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Security report for visitmalta.com

Visit Malta · Hospitality · Malta

Low risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

76/100

Risk levelLow

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

Visit Malta operates as the official tourism website for Malta, Gozo, and Comino, providing comprehensive travel information, ticket booking, and activity discovery services. The website targets tourists and travelers interested in visiting Malta and offers a well-structured, content-rich platform with excellent design and SEO optimization. Technically, the site is built on WordPress using Elementor and Yoast SEO, integrating multiple third-party analytics and marketing tools such as Google Analytics, TikTok Pixel, and Facebook Pixel. The security posture is good with HTTPS enabled and no visible vulnerabilities, though security headers could be improved. However, the absence of publicly available WHOIS data and missing privacy and cookie policies represent compliance and trust gaps. Overall, the site is professional and functional but would benefit from enhanced transparency and security policy disclosures.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
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

4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

  3. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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  • 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
65
Security headers
55
Email security
90
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
76

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 website serves as a key digital asset for Malta's tourism promotion, positioning itself as the authoritative source for travel-related information and services. Its business model focuses on providing official tourism content and facilitating bookings, likely funded by government or tourism boards. The extensive use of tracking and marketing pixels indicates a strong emphasis on digital marketing and user engagement analytics. The lack of visible contact information and privacy policies suggests an area for improvement in customer support and regulatory compliance. The site’s market position as an official tourism portal gives it a competitive advantage in trust and content authority.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and no evident exposure of sensitive data. The use of multiple third-party scripts introduces potential risk vectors, but no vulnerable libraries or insecure forms were detected in the analyzed content. The absence of explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and security headers like Content-Security-Policy limits the overall security maturity. Compliance with GDPR and other privacy regulations is unclear due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Enhancing security headers and publishing clear security and privacy documentation would strengthen the site's security culture and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve GDPR compliance and user trust.
  2. Add and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  3. Verify and update WHOIS domain registration information to ensure transparency and legitimacy.
  4. Provide clear contact information including support emails and phone numbers to enhance business credibility.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking pixels to minimize security risks and improve performance.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Visit Malta
Description
Get all the information you need for your trip to Malta! Book tickets, discover new places to visit, find amazing things to do and more!
Key services
Tourism information, Ticket booking, Event and activity discovery
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO plugin, Elementor, JetEngine, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, TikTok Pixel, Facebook Pixel, Pinterest, Twitter Ads, jQuery, Swiper Carousel
Frameworks
WordPress, Elementor
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
excellent

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries detected

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, TikTok Analytics, Facebook Analytics, LinkedIn Analytics, Twitter Analytics
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Ad networks
Adalyser
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Twitter Universal Website Tag, Pinterest
Marketing tools
Yoast SEO
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and professional design
  2. No privacy or cookie policy pages detected in the provided HTML content
  3. Extensive use of third-party analytics and tracking pixels
  4. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet
  5. No visible forms detected in the provided HTML content
  6. WHOIS data is missing or not publicly available, which reduces trustworthiness
  7. Website uses modern WordPress CMS with Elementor and Yoast SEO plugins
  8. Good SEO and social media metadata implementation
  9. No explicit security or incident response policies found
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern WordPress CMS platform with Elementor page builder and Yoast SEO plugin, indicating a well-supported and widely used technology stack. It integrates multiple analytics and marketing tools, including Google Analytics, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Pinterest pixels, enabling extensive user tracking and marketing capabilities. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and good accessibility features. Performance is moderate, likely due to the number of third-party scripts. There is no explicit hosting provider information detected. Opportunities exist to optimize loading speed and reduce technical debt by auditing and possibly consolidating third-party integrations.
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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