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Security report for visitlatgale.com

Latgale Region Development Agency · Hospitality · Latvia

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

The website visitlatgale.com serves as an official regional tourism portal for the Latgale region in Latvia, managed by the Latgale Region Development Agency. It provides comprehensive information about local attractions, cultural heritage, routes, accommodations, and events to support tourism development. The site targets tourists and visitors interested in exploring Latgale's natural and cultural offerings. The business model is informational and promotional, supporting regional economic development through tourism. Technically, the website uses standard web technologies including Bootstrap for responsive design, jQuery and related plugins for interactivity, and integrates Google Analytics and AddThis for tracking and social sharing. The site is moderately optimized for mobile and accessibility but lacks advanced SEO and modern CMS indications. Hosting and domain registration are stable and consistent with the business purpose. From a security perspective, the site lacks visible HTTPS enforcement details and security headers in the HTML content, and DNSSEC is not enabled on the domain. No privacy or cookie policies are present, indicating compliance gaps with GDPR and related regulations. Contact information is not clearly provided, limiting user trust and support avenues. The domain is well aged and registered with standard protections against unauthorized changes, supporting legitimacy. Overall, the website is functional and provides valuable regional tourism content but requires improvements in security posture, privacy compliance, and user contact transparency to enhance trust and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
35/ 100 · High
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  2. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  3. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
77
Security headers
55
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
40
GDPR outside view
35
Average
57

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The Latgale Region Development Agency positions itself as a key regional player in tourism promotion within Latvia. Its competitive advantage lies in official backing and comprehensive local knowledge. The business model focuses on providing free informational services to tourists, supporting local businesses indirectly. Revenue streams are likely public funding and regional development grants. The target customers are domestic and international tourists interested in cultural and nature tourism. Growth indicators include partnerships with regional government and tourism clusters. The partnership ecosystem includes official government portals and neighboring regional entities, enhancing cross-border tourism cooperation. Strategic observations suggest a need to modernize digital presence and improve compliance to maintain and grow market relevance.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is basic. The absence of DNSSEC and security headers, combined with no visible HTTPS enforcement, exposes the site to potential man-in-the-middle and DNS spoofing risks. Lack of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps with GDPR, which could lead to regulatory scrutiny. No incident response or security contact information is provided, limiting readiness for security events. The use of common JavaScript libraries without visible vulnerability scanning is a moderate risk. Overall, the security culture appears minimal, focused on domain registration protections but lacking in web application security best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to protect against DNS spoofing.
  2. Implement HTTPS with HSTS and ensure all site content is served securely.
  3. Add comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  4. Publish clear contact information including security incident contacts.
  5. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Latgale Region Development Agency
Description
The website promotes tourism in the Latgale region of Latvia, providing information about local attractions, routes, cultural heritage, accommodations, and events. It serves as a portal for tourists to plan visits, discover nature, cultural sites, and local crafts.
Key services
Tourism information, Event calendar, Tourist routes, Accommodation listings, Cultural and natural heritage promotion
Content quality
good
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
HTML5, CSS (Bootstrap), JavaScript (jQuery, jQuery plugins), Google Analytics, AddThis social sharing
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
40/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of clientDeleteProhibited and other domain status flags to prevent unauthorized changes

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Marketing tools
AddThis
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is a regional tourism portal for Latgale, Latvia.
  2. No privacy or cookie policies found, indicating compliance gaps.
  3. No visible contact emails or phone numbers on main page.
  4. Uses standard web technologies and common JS libraries.
  5. No DNSSEC enabled, which is a security improvement opportunity.
  6. No HTTPS enforcement or security headers visible in HTML content.
  7. Includes social media links to Facebook and RSS feed.
  8. Contains partner logos linking to regional government and tourism sites.
  9. Google Analytics and AddThis used for analytics and social sharing.
  10. No signs of adult or questionable content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a traditional web stack with Bootstrap and jQuery, which are stable but somewhat dated technologies. Performance is moderate with no explicit optimizations detected. The site is partially mobile responsive but could improve accessibility features. The lack of a modern CMS or structured data (JSON-LD) limits SEO potential. Google Analytics and AddThis integration provide basic analytics and social sharing capabilities. Technical debt includes missing security headers, no DNSSEC, and no visible HTTPS enforcement. Modernization opportunities include adopting a CMS with built-in SEO and security features, improving mobile and accessibility compliance, and enhancing performance through optimization.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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