Skip to main content

Security report for digitalwallonia.be

Digital Wallonia · Government · Belgium

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Digital Wallonia is the official digital strategy platform for the Wallonia region in Belgium, managed by the Walloon Government. It serves as a comprehensive resource for digital transformation initiatives, programs, and ecosystem mapping in the region. The platform targets businesses, public authorities, and digital stakeholders, providing detailed publications, event agendas, and strategic information. Technically, the site is built on a modern React Static framework, hosted on Amazon infrastructure, and uses Cloudflare DNS services. Despite a valid SSL certificate and no detected vulnerabilities, the site lacks advanced security headers and HSTS, which are recommended for enhanced security. Performance is notably slow, with a page load time exceeding 26 seconds, indicating room for optimization. Privacy compliance is well addressed with clear privacy and cookie policies, including consent mechanisms. Overall, the site demonstrates high business credibility and trustworthiness as a government entity but could improve technical and security aspects to enhance user experience and protection.

Scanned

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

6 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

    • 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

  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 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';…

Need hands-on remediation? Email guard@offseq.com

Keep watching digitalwallonia.be

This scan found 19 issues across 6 checks. Monitoring re-runs those checks daily, emails you when something material changes and records each fix, so you can show progress.

Daily monitoring

Recommended

€25per month

  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

Email alerts on material changes and an exportable JSON history of every change.

Billed monthly to your card. Cancel anytime. The full timeline opens with your unlock code.

Full report

€39.90one-time

  • The complete analysis as a PDF you can cite
  • Email delivery with an unlock code
  • Lifetime access to this report

Prices incl. 21% VAT. Secure checkout by Mollie; sold by SEQ SIA, Latvia.

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
70
Email security
80
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
70

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

Digital Wallonia occupies a strategic position as the regional government's digital transformation hub, offering a centralized platform for digital initiatives and stakeholder engagement. Its competitive advantage lies in official backing, comprehensive content, and ecosystem mapping capabilities. The business model is public sector-driven, focusing on information dissemination and program coordination rather than commercial revenue. The target audience includes regional businesses, digital startups, public authorities, and citizens interested in digital developments. Growth indicators include active program launches, international missions, and extensive publication updates. The partnership ecosystem is robust, linking multiple government bodies and digital agencies. Strategic observations highlight the importance of maintaining up-to-date content and improving technical performance to sustain engagement and effectiveness.

Security posture

The website's security posture is moderate. It employs HTTPS with a valid SSL certificate issued by Amazon, ensuring encrypted communications. No critical SSL vulnerabilities were detected. However, the absence of key security headers such as HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, and others reduces the overall security hardening. DNSSEC and CAA records are not enabled, which could improve DNS security. No explicit security or incident response policies are published, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are present, limiting transparency in security management. The site does not implement session resumption or OCSP stapling, which could enhance SSL performance and security. Overall, while the site is secure enough for general public use, it would benefit from adopting additional security best practices to mitigate potential risks.

Recommendations

  1. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS usage.
  2. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content Security Policy (CSP), X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy.
  3. Enable OCSP stapling and session resumption mechanisms to improve SSL performance and security.
  4. Introduce a publicly accessible security policy and incident response contact information to enhance transparency and trust.
  5. Optimize website performance to reduce load times, improving user experience and SEO.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using React and React Static, indicating a modern JavaScript-based static site generation approach. Hosting is on Amazon AWS infrastructure, with DNS managed by Cloudflare. The site uses Google Tag Manager for analytics and Axeptio for cookie consent management. Despite modern technologies, the site suffers from slow load times (26 seconds) and a large number of resources (112) contributing to a large page size (~260 KB). Mobile optimization is good, but accessibility features are basic and could be improved. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. The absence of a traditional CMS suggests content is managed via static site generation pipelines. Technical debt is moderate, with opportunities for performance optimization and enhanced security configurations.
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

Reviews of this site

Share your experience with digitalwallonia.be. Every review is verified by email and published after moderation.

Overall rating
Select a rating
4000 characters remaining

We’ll email you to confirm your review and keep your details private.

Community rating

No published reviews yet. Be the first to review digitalwallonia.be.

Feedback on this report

Rate this report, add an optional comment, and tell us if you want a security specialist to follow up.

Overall report quality
Select a rating
2000 characters remaining

We only use your feedback to improve Guard reports. Contact details are never shared.