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Security report for fgov.be

Kanselarij van de Eerste Minister - Externe Communicatie Chancellerie du Premier Ministre - Communication Externe · Government · Belgium

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

Security score

72/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The domain fgov.be is an official Belgian federal government domain registered since 1996 under the registrant Kanselarij van de Eerste Minister - Externe Communicatie Chancellerie du Premier Ministre - Communication Externe. The website content provided is not the full site but a security challenge page with captcha and obfuscated JavaScript, indicating bot mitigation and access control mechanisms. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies are present on this page, nor is there any contact information or business forms. The technical infrastructure includes custom scripts and fingerprinting techniques, but lacks visible modern SEO, accessibility, or security headers. The domain registration data is consistent and trustworthy, confirming the legitimacy of the site as a government entity. However, the content quality and user experience are poor due to the blocking mechanism and minimal content.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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

  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 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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  • 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
95
Security headers
55
Email security
85
DNS health
70
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
72

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 represents a government entity providing official communication and public information services for Belgium. The business model is essential government service provision with a target audience of the general public and government stakeholders. The domain age and registrant information support a long-standing presence in the government sector. No commercial or marketing activities are evident on the analyzed page. The lack of visible contact or policy information on this page limits deeper business intelligence insights.

Security posture

The security posture shows some strengths in bot mitigation via captcha and obfuscated fingerprinting scripts, but lacks standard security headers and visible HTTPS enforcement in the provided data. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is present. The absence of privacy and cookie policies indicates compliance gaps. Overall, the security score is moderate but limited by the inability to analyze the full site behind the challenge page.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce HTTPS with HSTS to secure all communications.
  2. Publish clear and comprehensive privacy and cookie policies to improve compliance.
  3. Add standard security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection.
  4. Improve accessibility and SEO metadata to enhance user experience and discoverability.
  5. Reduce or clarify the use of obfuscated JavaScript to improve transparency and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Generic detected. Page content is a security challenge with captcha and obfuscated scripts indicating bot mitigation and access control These observations may be incomplete. For a fuller analysis, contact guard@offseq.com.

Business

Company
Kanselarij van de Eerste Minister - Externe Communicatie Chancellerie du Premier Ministre - Communication Externe
Description
Official Belgian federal government website domain
Key services
government communication, public information dissemination
Content quality
poor
Branding
moderate

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, TSPD (custom script), Base64 encoded images
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
poor
SEO
poor

Security

Observed score
30/100

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
F5 security fingerprinting
Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
poor
User experience
poor
Content relevance
poor
Navigation
poor
Professionalism
poor
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website content is blocked behind a captcha challenge page
  2. No privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on this page
  3. No contact information or forms present
  4. Heavy use of obfuscated JavaScript and fingerprinting scripts
  5. No visible SEO or accessibility features
  6. WHOIS data confirms official government ownership and long domain age
  7. Content is minimal and serves as a bot check rather than full website content
Technical notes

Notes

The technical infrastructure relies on custom JavaScript and fingerprinting scripts, with base64 encoded images and minimal HTML content. No CMS or common frameworks are detected. The page performance is moderate but limited by the security challenge. Mobile optimization and accessibility are basic to poor. SEO optimization is minimal due to lack of metadata and structured data. Hosting provider and SSL configuration details are not visible from the provided data.
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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