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Security report for vss.edu.lv

Valmieras sākumskola · Education · Latvia

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Valmieras sākumskola is a primary educational institution based in Latvia, providing comprehensive educational services including various projects, school management, teaching, and parental support. The website is built on Google Sites, leveraging Google's hosting and analytics infrastructure, indicating a moderate level of digital maturity. The site is well-structured with clear navigation and good mobile optimization, serving its target audience of students, parents, and staff effectively. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS enabled, but lacks advanced security headers and explicit privacy or cookie policies, which are important for compliance and trust. Overall, the website is safe, professional, and legitimate, but could improve privacy compliance and security practices.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

9 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

    • 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

  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. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • Critical

      DNS Resolution Failed

      Unable to resolve domain A records

      What to do: Verify domain is properly configured and not expired

  4. 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

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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
85
Security headers
70
Email security
40
DNS health
25
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
58

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 school operates in the education sector, focusing on primary education and community engagement. Its business model is that of a public educational institution serving local residents. The website highlights various projects such as KiVa and Erasmus+, indicating active participation in educational initiatives. The institution appears medium-sized with consistent branding and good content quality. There is no indication of parent or subsidiary companies. The lack of explicit contact details and privacy policies suggests room for improvement in transparency and stakeholder communication.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and Google-managed hosting, providing a secure transport layer. However, it lacks visible security headers like Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options, which could mitigate certain web attacks. No vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is provided, limiting the ability to report security issues. The use of Google Analytics without a visible consent mechanism raises privacy compliance concerns under GDPR. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected. The overall security posture is moderate but could be enhanced with better policies and headers.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy with explicit consent mechanisms.
  2. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to improve security posture.
  3. Provide clear contact information including emails and phone numbers for general and security-related inquiries.
  4. Consider publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience for all visitors.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Valmieras sākumskola
Description
Primary school providing education and related services including projects, school management, teaching, upbringing, support, and activities for parents and students.
Key services
Primary education, School projects (KiVa, Eko skola, Erasmus+), Student upbringing and support, Parental engagement, Extracurricular activities
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Sites, Google Fonts, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google APIs
Platforms
Google Sites
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a Google Sites based primary school site in Latvia.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the HTML content.
  4. Uses Google Analytics and Tag Manager for tracking without visible consent mechanism.
  5. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information present.
  6. Content is educational and safe for general audiences.
  7. No WAF or blocking detected; site is fully accessible.
  8. WHOIS data consistent with website claims.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Google Sites platform, utilizing Google Fonts and Google Analytics for tracking. The infrastructure is hosted by Google, ensuring reliable uptime and SSL support. The site has moderate performance and good mobile responsiveness. SEO optimization is basic with proper meta tags but could be improved. Accessibility is basic with some ARIA roles but lacks advanced features. The site uses modern JavaScript libraries from Google but does not employ additional frameworks. There is no evidence of technical debt or outdated technologies, but security headers and privacy compliance need attention.
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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