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Security report for zl.lv

Ltd. "heise marketing" · Other · Latvia

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

69/100

Risk levelMedium

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

ZL.LV is a leading Latvian business information portal operated by Ltd. "heise marketing" since 1996. It provides comprehensive company search, product information, business news, and advertising services targeting Latvian businesses and consumers. The website supports multiple languages and offers a rich directory of business sectors with active company counts and search statistics. Technically, the site uses a mix of open-source technologies including nginx, PHP, jQuery, Bootstrap, and integrates analytics and advertising services such as Google Analytics, Matomo, and Setupad. However, the SSL/TLS configuration is currently inadequate with no valid certificate and no modern TLS protocols enabled, which poses a security risk. Security headers are well implemented, but the lack of DNSSEC and CAA records indicates room for improvement in DNS security. The site includes a cookie consent mechanism compliant with GDPR, but lacks visible contact information and formal terms of service. Overall, the site is professionally designed with good content relevance and user experience but requires urgent security enhancements.

Scanned

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

7 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

    • 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

  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 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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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
90
Security headers
55
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
69

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

ZL.LV holds a strong market position as the number one business information portal in Latvia, serving a broad audience including companies and consumers seeking detailed business data. Its business model revolves around providing searchable business listings, categorized by industry sectors, and monetizing through advertising and premium listings. The portal maintains partnerships with regional business directories such as info.lt for Lithuania and is owned by heise marketing. The site’s content strategy includes news articles and advice columns to engage users beyond directory services. Growth indicators include over 240,000 companies listed with more than 100,000 active, and daily search volumes exceeding 2,000. The partnership ecosystem and advertising integrations suggest a mature digital marketing approach.

Security posture

The website demonstrates moderate security maturity with strong HTTP security headers like HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-XSS-Protection enabled. The presence of an enforced Expect-CT header indicates attention to certificate transparency. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of support for TLS protocols critically undermine secure communications, exposing users to potential interception and trust issues. DNS security is weak due to missing DNSSEC and CAA records. No explicit security policy or incident response contacts are published, limiting transparency and readiness for security incidents. The GDPR-compliant cookie consent mechanism is a positive privacy control. Overall, the security posture is moderate but requires immediate remediation of SSL/TLS issues and enhanced DNS security to reduce risk.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate supporting TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3 to secure all site traffic.
  2. Enable OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve SSL performance and security.
  3. Implement DNSSEC and CAA DNS records to strengthen DNS integrity and certificate issuance control.
  4. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and readiness.
  5. Enhance accessibility features and mobile optimization to improve user experience and compliance.

Contact details published on the site

Legal name
Ltd. "heise marketing"
Registration number
000740422
Technical notes

Notes

The site is hosted on nginx with PHP backend and uses popular frontend libraries such as jQuery and Bootstrap for responsive design. It integrates multiple analytics platforms including Google Analytics and Matomo, and uses Setupad and Google DoubleClick for advertising. Cookie consent is implemented with a detailed category and service structure, supporting Google Consent Mode. Despite these modern technologies, the site suffers from a lack of valid SSL/TLS configuration, no DNSSEC, and no CAA records, which are critical technical risks. Performance metrics are missing or zero, indicating potential monitoring gaps. The hosting provider appears to be businessmedia.lv based on DNS nameservers. The CMS is not explicitly identified, suggesting a custom or proprietary solution. Overall, the technical infrastructure is functional but requires 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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 74/100Medium23 findings · partial scanView report
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