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Arbeitsamt der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft Belgiens · Government · Belgium

Medium risk. 3 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

75/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Arbeitsamt der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft Belgiens is the official employment agency serving the German-speaking Community of Belgium. It provides a comprehensive range of services including job listings, registration for job seekers, vocational training, employer support, and career guidance. The website reflects a government entity with a clear focus on regional labor market facilitation and support for both job seekers and employers. The target audience includes job seekers, students, parents, and employers within the community. The agency maintains partnerships with other regional employment services, enhancing its market position and service reach. Technically, the website is built on an older ASP.NET Web Forms platform using the contentXXL CMS, with client-side libraries such as jQuery 1.11.0 and Modernizr. While functional and moderately optimized for mobile, the site shows opportunities for modernization, especially in updating libraries and improving accessibility and SEO. Performance is moderate, and the site uses HTTPS with a good SSL configuration. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses standard ASP.NET security features but lacks modern security headers and uses an outdated jQuery version with known vulnerabilities. Privacy compliance is partially addressed with privacy and cookie policies present, but no active cookie consent mechanism is detected. Contact information is primarily provided via contact forms and dedicated pages rather than direct emails or phone numbers on the homepage. Overall, the site is trustworthy and professional, reflecting its government affiliation. However, improvements in security practices, privacy compliance, and technical modernization would enhance its posture and user trust. The risk level is low, but attention to updating client-side libraries and implementing modern security headers is recommended.

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

3 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

  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
70
Email security
75
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
75

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 agency operates as a government entity focused on employment and labor market services within a defined regional community. Its business model is service-oriented, funded by the government, and aimed at facilitating employment, training, and employer-employee matching. The presence of multiple partner agencies indicates a collaborative ecosystem. The website supports this model by providing job portals, educational resources, and employer services. Growth indicators include active news updates and workshops. The agency's strategic position is stable, serving a niche community with specialized services. Revenue streams are public funding rather than commercial sales. The partnership ecosystem includes regional employment agencies and community information platforms, enhancing service delivery and outreach.

Security posture

The current security maturity is moderate. The site uses HTTPS and standard ASP.NET security features, including anti-forgery tokens. However, the use of an outdated jQuery version introduces potential vulnerabilities. The absence of modern security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options reduces protection against common web attacks like clickjacking and MIME sniffing. Privacy policies exist, but the lack of a cookie consent mechanism may pose GDPR compliance risks. No explicit incident response or security policy information is available. The site does not expose sensitive data in HTML, which is positive. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a government informational site but requires updates to client libraries and security headers to align with best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Update jQuery and other client-side libraries to the latest secure versions to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  2. Implement modern HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy.
  3. Add a visible and functional cookie consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and enhance user privacy transparency.
  4. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and trust.
  5. Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing to identify and remediate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Arbeitsamt der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft Belgiens
Description
Arbeitsamt der DG: Jobs in Ostbelgien und Umgebung. Lehrstellenbörse und Arbeitgeberportal
Key services
Job portal and job listings, Registration for job seekers, Employment counseling and support, Vocational training and qualification, Employer services and personnel search, Career guidance and workshops
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
ASP.NET Web Forms, jQuery 1.11.0, Modernizr 2.7.1, contentXXL CMS, Flexslider jQuery plugin, Lightbox2
Frameworks
.NET Framework 4.5
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of anti-forgery tokens in forms (implied by ASP.NET __VIEWSTATE and __EVENTVALIDATION)

Analytics and tracking

Services
etracker
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
etracker
Marketing tools
etracker
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website serves as the official employment agency for the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
  2. Content is comprehensive for job seekers, employers, and educational guidance.
  3. Uses an older ASP.NET Web Forms technology stack with contentXXL CMS.
  4. No visible privacy or security policy pages explicitly detailing incident response or security frameworks.
  5. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly shown in the homepage HTML; contact is via forms and contact page.
  6. Social media presence includes Facebook and Instagram official pages.
  7. No signs of suspicious or malicious content.
  8. Tracking via etracker is implemented with cookie blocking enabled.
  9. No cookie consent banner detected despite cookie policy presence.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on ASP.NET Web Forms with contentXXL CMS, indicating a mature but somewhat dated technology stack. Client-side technologies include jQuery 1.11.0 and Modernizr 2.7.1, which are outdated and should be upgraded. The site uses Flexslider and Lightbox2 for UI components. Performance is moderate, with some caching and minification implied but no advanced modern optimizations detected. Mobile optimization is basic, with responsive CSS but no advanced adaptive features. Accessibility is basic, with some ARIA roles and semantic HTML but no advanced accessibility features. SEO is basic, with meta keywords and descriptions but no structured data like JSON-LD or Open Graph tags detected. Hosting provider details are not explicit but likely a Windows-based environment given the technology stack.
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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