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Security report for fine-arts-museum.be

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium · Other · Belgium

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

83/100

Risk levelLow

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

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium website serves as the official digital presence for a prominent cultural institution in Belgium, focusing on fine arts exhibitions and related events. The site targets art enthusiasts, tourists, and researchers, providing information about exhibitions, events, and publications. The domain is well-established, registered since 1995, and hosted under a reputable Belgian registrar, BELNET. The website employs a modern technical stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, Leaflet, and Cookiebot for cookie consent management, reflecting a moderate to good level of digital maturity.

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

2 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. 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 Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
62
Security headers
65
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
100
Average
83

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 museum operates as a non-profit cultural institution with a focus on art exhibitions and public engagement. Its business model revolves around providing cultural value rather than commercial revenue. The website's partnership with musee-magritte-museum.be indicates a collaborative ecosystem within the Belgian museum sector. The use of Google advertising and analytics tools suggests efforts to understand and engage their audience effectively. The absence of explicit contact and legal policy pages indicates areas for improvement in transparency and user trust.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security posture with HTTPS enforced and the use of Cookiebot for GDPR-compliant cookie consent. However, the lack of visible security headers and absence of published security policies or incident response contacts represent gaps in security maturity. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analyzed content. The site would benefit from implementing additional security headers and publishing clear security and privacy policies to enhance trust and compliance.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service to improve legal compliance and user trust.
  2. Add explicit contact information including emails and phone numbers for visitor support and incident reporting.
  3. Implement and publish a security policy and incident response procedures to demonstrate security readiness.
  4. Enhance security by adding HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options.
  5. Improve accessibility features to meet compliance standards and enhance user experience for all visitors.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Description
The website represents the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, a cultural institution focused on fine arts exhibitions and events.
Key services
Museum exhibitions, Events and agenda, Publications, Visitor information
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.9.1, Bootstrap, Leaflet, Fancybox, Galleria, Cookiebot, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics (via GTM)
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent management via Cookiebot
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google
Tracking pixels
Cookiebot, Soundcloud, Vimeo, YouTube
Marketing tools
Cookiebot
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. The website uses a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism (Cookiebot) with detailed cookie categorization.
  2. No explicit privacy policy or terms of service pages were found in the provided HTML content.
  3. No contact emails, phone numbers, or physical addresses were found in the analyzed content.
  4. The site uses HTTPS and modern tracking and analytics tools.
  5. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information was found.
  6. The site appears to be a professional cultural institution website with consistent branding and good content quality.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a combination of legacy and modern web technologies, including jQuery 1.9.1 and Bootstrap for responsive design, Leaflet for mapping, and Cookiebot for consent management. Google Tag Manager is used for analytics and marketing tags. The site is hosted under BELNET, indicating a stable hosting environment. Performance is moderate with room for optimization. The site is mobile-optimized and has basic accessibility features, but could improve in SEO and accessibility compliance. No CMS was explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform.
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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