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Ventspils labiekārtošanas kombinats · Government · Latvia

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

54/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Ventspils labiekārtošanas kombināts is a municipal company providing a range of public services including waste management, landscaping, road maintenance, burial services, and transportation in the Ventspils region of Latvia. The website reflects a regional government entity with a focus on community and environmental services. The company maintains a moderate market position as a trusted local service provider with a clear focus on municipal infrastructure and environmental management. Technically, the website is built on WordPress 5.8.10 with common plugins such as Contact Form 7, WP Polls, and WP Statistics, indicating a standard CMS-based infrastructure. The site uses HTTPS and includes Google Analytics for traffic monitoring. However, the site lacks advanced security headers and explicit privacy or cookie policies, which suggests room for improvement in compliance and security maturity. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS but does not show evidence of security headers like CSP or HSTS, which are recommended best practices. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates potential GDPR compliance gaps. The WHOIS data is unavailable due to query limits, but the domain appears legitimate and consistent with a municipal entity. Overall, the website is professional and trustworthy with good content quality and business credibility. However, it would benefit from enhanced security configurations and privacy compliance measures to reduce risk and improve user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 100 · Critical
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

10 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

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

    • Critical

      EU business without adequate privacy measures

      EU businesses are subject to strict GDPR requirements

      What to do: Implement comprehensive GDPR compliance including privacy policy, cookie consent, and data protection measures

  2. 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

  3. 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • 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';…

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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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
60
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
54

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 company operates as a municipal service provider in Latvia, focusing on environmental and infrastructure services such as waste management, landscaping, road maintenance, and burial services. Its business model is typical of a government-owned entity providing essential public services. The website targets local residents, businesses, and visitors in the Ventspils region. The presence of public documents and financial reports suggests transparency and accountability. The company leverages social media channels like Twitter and Facebook to engage with the community. Growth indicators include active project pages and job vacancies. The partnership with the official Ventspils city website reinforces its municipal status. Revenue streams likely come from municipal budgets and service fees. The company’s operations appear stable with a medium-sized organizational footprint.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security posture. HTTPS is properly implemented, ensuring encrypted communications. However, the absence of key security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options reduces protection against common web attacks like clickjacking and cross-site scripting. The use of popular WordPress plugins introduces potential risk vectors if not regularly updated. No explicit incident response or security policy information is available, indicating limited transparency on security governance. The lack of privacy and cookie policies also suggests incomplete GDPR compliance. Overall, while no critical vulnerabilities are evident, the site would benefit from enhanced security controls and formalized policies to strengthen its security posture.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTP security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web vulnerabilities.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with explicit user consent mechanisms to improve GDPR compliance.
  3. Regularly update WordPress core and all plugins to the latest versions to reduce vulnerability exposure.
  4. Establish and publish a security policy and incident response plan to enhance transparency and preparedness.
  5. Conduct periodic security audits and penetration testing to proactively identify and remediate risks.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Ventspils labiekārtošanas kombinats
Description
Pašvaldības SIA "Ventspils labiekārtošanas kombināts" nodarbojas ar teritoriju labiekārtošanu, atkritumu apsaimniekošanu, ceļu būvi un uzturēšanu, apbedīšanas pakalpojumiem, apzaļumošanu, transporta pakalpojumiem un citiem saistītiem pakalpojumiem Ventspils reģionā.
Key services
Atkritumu apsaimniekošana, Apzaļumošana, Ceļu ekspluatācija, Apbedīšanas pakalpojumi, Transporta pakalpojumi, Piejūras kempings
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 5.8.10, jQuery, Google Analytics, WP Statistics plugin, Contact Form 7, WP Polls, Essential Blocks plugin, SitePress Multilingual CMS (WPML)
Platforms
WordPress CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security plugins (implied by Contact Form 7 and WP Statistics)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, WP Statistics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
WP Statistics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a municipal service provider for Ventspils region in Latvia.
  2. Content is in Latvian language with some English metadata.
  3. No privacy or cookie policy pages found, indicating compliance gaps.
  4. Contact information includes email and social media but no phone numbers explicitly labeled.
  5. Uses WordPress CMS with common plugins for forms, polls, and multilingual support.
  6. No security headers detected in HTML; HTTPS is used.
  7. No WHOIS data available due to query limit error; domain likely privacy protected.
  8. No adult or questionable content detected; content is safe for general audiences.
  9. Website design and navigation are professional and consistent.
  10. Analytics usage includes Google Analytics and WP Statistics with moderate tracking.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 5.8.10 with a standard set of plugins for multilingual support, forms, polls, and analytics. It uses jQuery and other JavaScript libraries for UI effects and interactivity. The site loads resources from trusted external domains such as Google APIs and social media platforms. Performance is moderate with some optimization opportunities, especially for mobile responsiveness and accessibility. SEO is basic with meta tags and RSS feeds present but could be improved with structured data and enhanced metadata. The hosting provider is not explicitly identified. The site uses HTTPS but lacks advanced security headers. Overall, the technical infrastructure is typical for a municipal website but could benefit from modernization and security hardening.
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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