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Security report for matexpo.com

Matexpo office · Transportation · Belgium

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Matexpo is a well-established international trade fair organizer specializing in construction equipment, machinery, and vehicles. The website serves as a comprehensive platform for event information, exhibitor details, visitor guidance, and news updates. It targets professionals and stakeholders in the construction industry, providing a rich user experience with multilingual support and multimedia content. The company maintains a strong market position as a key event in Belgium's construction sector. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including jQuery, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook SDK, and embedded social media content. It is mobile-optimized, accessible, and SEO-friendly, ensuring good performance and user engagement. The presence of GDPR-compliant privacy and cookie policies, along with consent mechanisms, reflects a mature approach to privacy compliance. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS with good SSL configuration and incorporates Google reCAPTCHA for form protection. While explicit security headers are not detected in the provided data, no critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data are evident. The absence of WHOIS data is noted but does not detract significantly from the site's legitimacy given the professional presentation and contact transparency. Overall, Matexpo's website demonstrates a solid digital presence with strong business credibility, good technical implementation, and adequate security posture. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing explicit security policies, and maintaining vigilance on third-party scripts to further strengthen security and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
80/ 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

4 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
    • 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • 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

  3. 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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  • 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
62
Security headers
45
Email security
65
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
80
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

Matexpo operates as a specialized event organizer in the construction industry, focusing on biennial trade fairs that showcase the latest machinery and technologies. Its business model revolves around facilitating industry networking, product demonstrations, and knowledge sharing. The company leverages partnerships with industry federations and leasing brokers to enhance its service offerings. The target customers are construction professionals, exhibitors, press, and visitors interested in construction innovations. The website's multilingual support and extensive content indicate a strategy aimed at broad European and international audiences. The presence of active social media channels and video content supports marketing and engagement efforts. The company appears medium-sized with a focused niche, maintaining a reputable market position in Belgium and the surrounding region.

Security posture

The website exhibits a good security posture with mandatory HTTPS encryption and use of Google reCAPTCHA to protect user input forms such as the newsletter subscription. No signs of exposed credentials, vulnerable libraries, or security misconfigurations are visible in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit security headers like Content-Security-Policy or X-Frame-Options suggests room for improvement. There is no public incident response or security policy information, which could enhance transparency and preparedness. The GDPR-compliant cookie and privacy policies indicate awareness of data protection regulations. Overall, the security maturity is solid but could be elevated by implementing additional HTTP security headers and publishing incident response details.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive HTTP security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response plan accessible to users and partners.
  3. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and libraries to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  4. Enhance transparency by providing contact details for security incidents or abuse reports.
  5. Maintain and monitor GDPR compliance with periodic reviews and user consent management improvements.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Matexpo office
VAT number
BE0719.754.846
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Matexpo office
Description
MATEXPO is the biennial international trade fair for construction equipment, machines and vehicles. It offers an overview of the latest developments in construction machinery, materials and vehicles, with demonstrations and workshops.
Key services
Trade fair organization, Exhibitor portal, Visitor information and services, News and updates related to construction equipment
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.6.0, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook SDK, LinkedIn embed, YouTube embed, Google reCAPTCHA
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA on newsletter form
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google Ads (AW-319450624)
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
Facebook SDK
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional trade fair platform for construction equipment and machinery.
  2. Content is rich, well-structured, and multilingual (EN, FR, NL).
  3. Active social media integration and video content enhance engagement.
  4. Privacy and cookie policies are present and GDPR compliant.
  5. No visible security or content blocking issues.
  6. WHOIS data is missing or not publicly available, which is unusual but not necessarily suspicious given the professional site.
  7. Use of modern web technologies and tracking tools is evident.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern and widely supported technology stack centered around jQuery 3.6.0, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and social media SDKs for Facebook and LinkedIn. It integrates multimedia content such as YouTube videos and embedded social posts to enrich user engagement. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and preloading strategies for fonts and images to improve performance. Accessibility features and SEO best practices are evident through structured navigation, meta tags, and language alternates. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. Hosting provider details are not available from the content. Performance is moderate with room for optimization in loading times and script management. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a professional and scalable web presence.
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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