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Security report for ebbenpartners.nl

EBBEN Partners · Other · Netherlands

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

EBBEN Partners is an independent integrity bureau based in the Netherlands, specializing in investigation, advisory, and dispute resolution services. Established in 2015, the company serves business executives, board members, and organizations in both public and private sectors. Their multidisciplinary team includes accountants, jurists, valuators, data analysts, and advisors, positioning them as a trusted partner for complex integrity and risk management issues. The website reflects a professional and consistent brand image with comprehensive service descriptions and a clear target audience. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including Bootstrap, jQuery, and various plugins for SEO, multilingual support, and forms. The site is mobile-optimized, SEO-friendly, and uses HTTPS with DNSSEC enabled, indicating a secure and mature infrastructure. Google Analytics and Tag Manager are used for user tracking with IP anonymization enabled, reflecting moderate digital maturity. From a security perspective, the site employs HTTPS and DNSSEC but lacks visible security headers and a published security or incident response policy. Cookie consent is implemented, supporting GDPR compliance to some extent. No critical vulnerabilities or WAF blocking were detected, suggesting a stable security posture, though improvements in security policy transparency and header implementation are recommended. Overall, the website demonstrates a high level of professionalism, trustworthiness, and business credibility. The domain registration data aligns well with the business claims, supporting legitimacy. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing security and incident response policies, and improving privacy compliance documentation to further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 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

10 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

  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 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
    • 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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  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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
52
Security headers
35
Email security
65
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
55

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

EBBEN Partners occupies a niche market as an independent integrity bureau offering specialized services in investigation, advisory, and dispute resolution. Their competitive advantage lies in a multidisciplinary team and hands-on partner involvement. The business model focuses on professional services to organizations facing integrity and risk challenges, targeting executives and supervisory boards. Revenue streams likely derive from consulting and investigative engagements. The company maintains a multilingual website, indicating an international or diverse client base. Partnerships or subsidiaries are not explicitly identified. Growth indicators include active publication of relevant articles and a visible social media presence. The company emphasizes trust and discretion, critical in their sector.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is moderate to good. HTTPS and DNSSEC are implemented, enhancing transport and DNS security. Cookie consent with opt-in/out mechanisms and IP anonymization in analytics reflect awareness of privacy regulations. However, the absence of key security headers (e.g., Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options) and lack of published security or incident response policies indicate gaps in security best practices. No vulnerability disclosures or security.txt files were found, limiting transparency. The site does not expose sensitive data or use vulnerable libraries visibly. Incident response readiness and security culture indicators are not publicly documented, suggesting room for improvement in security governance and communication.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web attacks.
  2. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve transparency and preparedness.
  3. Develop and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting and enhance trust.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and plugins to minimize risks from vulnerable components.
  5. Enhance privacy compliance by providing a detailed privacy policy and cookie policy pages, including data retention and user rights information.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
EBBEN Partners
Description
EBBEN Partners is een onafhankelijk integriteitsbureau gespecialiseerd in: Onderzoek, Advies en Geschiloplossing
Key services
Onderzoek, Advies, Geschiloplossing
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress, Yoast SEO, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, jQuery, Bootstrap, FontAwesome, SimpleLightbox, AOS (Animate On Scroll), Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, WPML (multilingual plugin)
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
excellent

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • DNSSEC enabled
  • Cookie consent banner with opt-in/out
  • IP anonymization enabled in Google Analytics

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Marketing tools
Yoast SEO
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is professionally designed and well-structured.
  2. Content is comprehensive and relevant to the business domain.
  3. No privacy policy or terms of service pages were found.
  4. Cookie consent mechanism is implemented and functional.
  5. Contact information is clearly presented with multiple channels.
  6. No explicit security policy or incident response information is provided.
  7. Use of multiple Google tracking scripts indicates moderate user tracking.
  8. No security headers detected in the HTML content.
  9. No signs of WAF or content blocking.
  10. WHOIS data supports legitimacy and consistency of the domain.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a WordPress CMS platform using a modern and well-supported tech stack including Bootstrap for responsive design, jQuery for scripting, and various plugins for SEO (Yoast), multilingual support (WPML), and forms (Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms). Google Analytics and Tag Manager are integrated for analytics and marketing purposes with IP anonymization enabled. The site uses DNS prefetching and asynchronous script loading to optimize performance. The presence of structured data (JSON-LD) enhances SEO and content discoverability. Hosting details beyond the registrar are not explicit. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. Technical debt appears low, but security header implementation is lacking, representing a modernization opportunity.
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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