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Security report for nbtc.nl

Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions · Hospitality · Netherlands

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions (NBTC) operates as the national destination management organization for the Netherlands, focusing on the development, branding, and marketing of the country as a tourism destination. The website reflects a professional and authoritative presence, targeting residents, visitors, companies, and tourism stakeholders with relevant insights and services. NBTC positions itself as a connector and facilitator for cities, regions, and businesses to enhance the Netherlands' appeal as a liveable and valuable destination. Technically, the website is built on the XperienCentral CMS platform and incorporates modern JavaScript libraries and Piwik PRO analytics for privacy-conscious user tracking. The site is mobile-optimized, accessible, and uses HTTPS with CSRF protection mechanisms, indicating a mature digital infrastructure. SEO is basic but functional, with proper meta tags and structured data. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates good practices such as HTTPS enforcement, consent management for cookies, and no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. However, it lacks publicly available security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms, which could be improved to enhance trust and compliance. Overall, the website is trustworthy, professionally maintained, and compliant with GDPR requirements. The absence of direct contact emails or phone numbers is mitigated by a contact form and social media presence. The domain registration aligns well with the organization's identity, supporting legitimacy. Strategic recommendations include publishing explicit security policies, incident response information, and enhancing SEO and accessibility further.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 100 · Medium
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. 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';…

  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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  • 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
20
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
64

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

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

NBTC holds a strong market position as the official Dutch national tourism board, providing strategic vision and marketing services to promote the Netherlands globally. Its business model revolves around destination management, stakeholder facilitation, and knowledge dissemination. The organization targets a broad audience including local residents, international visitors, businesses, and regional authorities. The website supports growth through content marketing, newsletters, and social media engagement. Partnerships with media banks and use of analytics indicate a data-driven approach. The lack of visible revenue streams suggests funding through government or public sources. The company maintains a consistent brand and professional digital presence, reinforcing its authoritative role in the hospitality and government sectors.

Security posture

The website exhibits a solid security posture with HTTPS enabled and CSRF protection scripts in place. The use of a consent management platform for cookies aligns with GDPR compliance. No security headers were explicitly detected in the HTML content, which is an area for improvement. No exposed sensitive information or vulnerable libraries were found. The absence of a public security policy or incident response contact limits transparency and readiness perception. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page was found, which is recommended for responsible disclosure. Overall, the site is secure for general users but could enhance its security maturity by publishing detailed policies and improving HTTP security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and commitments.
  2. Provide explicit incident response contact channels such as security@ or abuse@ emails.
  3. Implement and configure HTTP security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  4. Add a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure and responsible reporting.
  5. Enhance SEO and accessibility features to improve discoverability and user experience.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions
Description
NBTC is all about the development, branding and marketing of the Netherlands as a destination. As the national destination management organisation of and for the Netherlands, NBTC provides a national vision for tourism based on relevant knowledge and insights. They inspire, connect and facilitate cities, regions, business owners and other stakeholders to make the country a liveable, popular and valuable destination for residents, visitors and companies.
Key services
Tourism development, Branding and marketing of the Netherlands, Providing knowledge and insights, Facilitating stakeholders
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Piwik PRO analytics, jQuery UI, XperienCentral CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • CSRF protection script included
  • Consent management platform for cookies
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piwik PRO
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piwik PRO
Marketing tools
Piwik PRO, Mailchimp (via campaign-archive.com)
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website uses HTTPS with no visible security warnings.
  2. Comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with consent management implemented.
  3. No direct email or phone contact found on main page; contact form is provided.
  4. Social media presence on YouTube, X (Twitter), and LinkedIn with official channels.
  5. Use of Piwik PRO analytics indicates privacy-conscious tracking.
  6. No visible security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page.
  7. No explicit security policy or incident response information publicly available.
  8. Website content is professionally presented and relevant to tourism promotion.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using the XperienCentral CMS platform, leveraging JavaScript and jQuery UI libraries. It integrates Piwik PRO for analytics, emphasizing privacy compliance. The site uses modern web standards with responsive design and accessibility considerations. Performance is moderate, with video content on the homepage and multiple SVG images. The presence of CSRF protection scripts indicates attention to form security. External dependencies include campaign-archive.com for newsletters and social media platforms for engagement. No major technical debt or outdated technologies were detected. Opportunities exist to optimize loading times and enhance SEO metadata further.
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.

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