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Security report for denhaag.nl

Gemeente Den Haag · Government · Netherlands

Low risk. No critical or high findings.

Security score

93/100

Risk levelLow

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

Gemeente Den Haag operates as the official municipal government website for The Hague, Netherlands, providing digital products, services, and comprehensive information for residents and businesses. The website positions itself as a key public service portal with a strong focus on accessibility, user experience, and digital engagement. The target audience includes local residents and commercial entities within the city. The business model is that of a government entity delivering essential civic services and information digitally. Technically, the website is built on WordPress, leveraging modern frameworks such as the NL Design System and React components. It integrates advanced SEO tools like Yoast SEO Premium and uses Piwik PRO for analytics, alongside Cookiebot for GDPR-compliant cookie consent management. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and moderate performance, reflecting a mature digital infrastructure. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS with strong SSL configuration and implements multiple security headers. Cookie consent is actively managed, and forms are secured using Gravity Forms. However, explicit privacy policies, terms of service, and incident response contacts are not found in the provided content, representing areas for improvement. No vulnerabilities or suspicious activities were detected. Overall, the website exhibits a high level of professionalism, trustworthiness, and compliance with privacy standards, though it would benefit from publishing comprehensive privacy and security policies to enhance transparency and user trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
100/ 100 · Low
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

No critical or high findings. These medium findings are worth fixing next.

  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.

    • Medium

      Missing Permissions-Policy header

      Controls browser features and APIs

      What to do: Implement a Permissions-Policy to restrict feature access

      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Permissions-Policy: accelerometer=(), autoplay=(), camera=(), cross-origin-isolated=(),…

  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.

    • Medium

      No MTA-STS Policy

      MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

      What to do: Implement MTA-STS to prevent downgrade attacks

  3. DNS health

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

    • Medium

      DNSSEC Not Enabled

      DNSSEC is not configured for this domain

      What to do: Enable DNSSEC to prevent DNS spoofing attacks

      • CAPEC-142
      • RFC 4033
      • RFC 4035

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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
100
Security headers
90
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
100
Average
93

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 website serves as the digital face of the municipal government of The Hague, providing essential services and information to a broad audience of residents and businesses. Its market position is that of a trusted government entity with a stable and established presence. The business model focuses on public service delivery rather than commercial revenue generation. Key services include digital access to municipal resources, information dissemination, and citizen engagement tools. The partnership ecosystem includes official social media channels and technology providers such as Acato for design system implementation. Growth indicators include ongoing content updates and integration of modern web technologies. Strategically, the site maintains strong branding consistency and leverages trusted third-party tools for analytics and consent management, positioning itself well within the government digital services sector.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, robust SSL configuration, and implementation of key security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options. Cookie consent is managed via Cookiebot, ensuring GDPR compliance in tracking practices. The use of Gravity Forms suggests secure handling of user input data. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. However, the absence of published security policies, incident response procedures, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicates gaps in transparency and readiness. These gaps could impact user trust and compliance with evolving regulations such as NIS2. Overall, the security maturity is good but can be enhanced by formalizing and publishing security governance documents.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy page clearly accessible from the homepage.
  2. Add terms of service and cookie policy pages with detailed user information.
  3. Establish and publish an incident response policy including security contact emails.
  4. Implement a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and plugins to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Gemeente Den Haag
Description
Officiële site van de gemeente Den Haag. Met digitale producten en diensten en alle informatie voor bewoners en bedrijven in de stad.
Key services
digital products and services for residents, information for businesses, city-related services
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Gravity Forms, Yoast SEO Premium, NL Design System, Piwik PRO analytics, Cookiebot consent management, React
Frameworks
NL Design System
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
excellent

Security

Observed score
90/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent management via Cookiebot
  • Use of security headers
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure forms with Gravity Forms

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piwik PRO
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piwik PRO, Visual Website Optimizer (VWO)
Marketing tools
Yoast SEO Premium, Gravity Forms
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Official municipal website for The Hague, Netherlands
  2. Uses modern web technologies and CMS (WordPress)
  3. Strong SEO and accessibility features
  4. Comprehensive cookie consent management implemented
  5. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages found in provided content
  6. No explicit security or incident response policies published
  7. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in provided content
  8. Social media presence linked to official accounts
  9. No suspicious or malicious content detected
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a WordPress CMS platform enhanced with the NL Design System framework and React for client-side components. It uses Gravity Forms for form management and Yoast SEO Premium for search engine optimization. Analytics are handled by Piwik PRO, and cookie consent is managed by Cookiebot, reflecting a modern and privacy-conscious tech stack. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of scripts and preconnect hints to optimize resource fetching. Accessibility features such as screen reader text and keyboard navigation aids are present. Technical risks are minimal, but continuous monitoring of third-party dependencies is advised to prevent security issues. The site is well-structured with valid meta tags and schema.org JSON-LD structured data, supporting SEO and rich search results.
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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