For public sector leadership and administrators
Are your public web maps and portals exposing sensitive information without your knowledge? Geospatial data, utility infrastructure, security configurations: a non-intrusive external assessment determines your true public exposure in days, at very low fixed cost, with zero software to install.
100% external & non-intrusive • No internal credentials needed • Municipalities, regional bodies, and public agencies.
Public agencies & local government. A clear, shared assessment between leadership and technical teams.
The urgency of proactive verification
Public entities deploy critical online tools for residents. Yet what is publicly visible from the Internet often exceeds original design intentions. A non-intrusive external review is straightforward, rapid, and incomparably cheaper than crisis response.
An online map may look like a simple public visual guide. However, underlying geospatial services frequently leak unauthenticated data: landowner identities, precise water or gas pipeline locations, and even editing functions left accessible to anyone on the web without authentication.
Modern privacy legislation places direct accountability on public administrators. Unintended exposure of personal information triggers mandatory incident reporting, regulatory scrutiny, and significant loss of public trust.
Incomplete domain security records allow external threat actors to spoof your official organization’s email domain, sending fake payment notices or fraudulent vendor invoices in your entity’s name.
An external assessment requires zero internal software installation and zero operational downtime. For an accessible fixed fee, leadership gains objective clarity, whereas managing an avoidable data leak costs tens of thousands of dollars in crisis response.
Two complementary scopes
Select the relevant scope for your public body. Both assessments can be combined into a single executive briefing.
Verify what your interactive web maps and spatial services expose publicly and ensure no sensitive data is accessible without authorization.
For leadership, urban planning, GIS administrators, and IT partners.
Assess the defensive posture of your official websites, domains, and public access points to prevent spoofing and downtime.
For executive directors, communications, and IT administrators.
Each assessment is strictly external and passive, requiring no internal network access and causing zero disruption to public operations.
A proven approach
Our assessment operates exclusively from the outside. Your organization retains full control and receives clear documentation to take informed action.
Identification of your public web addresses, citizen portals, and mapping services to be examined.
Rigorous examination of publicly visible data and configurations, with zero exploits, zero intrusion, and zero system load.
Delivery of an executive summary for leadership alongside clear technical instructions (48-hour and 30-day priorities) for responsible teams.
GeoCerto provides documented technical observations. Leadership gains facts to arbitrate priorities. Your internal teams or existing vendors implement adjustments independently.
Frequently asked questions
Municipalities, regional county municipalities, intermunicipal groupings, regional authorities, public agencies, and government departments operating citizen web portals or public mapping services.
Because automated scanners and potential threat actors continuously search the web for default configurations and exposed data. Knowing what is externally visible before someone else exploits it is the most effective proactive safeguard.
The initial assessment is provided as an accessible one-off fee based on the agreed public scope, with no recurring contract requirement. It is a minor expense compared to the severe financial and operational burden of an unmitigated breach.
An online map is backed by full relational databases. Even if the visual map appears simple, underlying services often permit anyone to extract hidden attributes (utility network locations, resident identities, land permit notes) or modify layers if permissions are not locked down.
No. No internal network access is required, no software is installed, and no sales meetings are requested. The entire process is 100% external, non-intrusive, and documented in writing.
The audit provides exact URLs, dated evidence captures, and industry-standard resolution steps ready to be applied by your internal IT staff or contracted vendors.
Information requests & correspondence
If you would like to assess your organization’s public digital services or have questions, simply send us your public web addresses in writing.
service@geocerto.comAll correspondence is conducted in writing. Please do not submit internal credentials or confidential information.