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Security report for poulpharm.be

Poulpharm · Healthcare · Belgium

High risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, SSL/TLS and 1 other check.

Security score

38/100

Risk levelHigh

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

Poulpharm is a medium-sized, specialized veterinary laboratory and contract research organization founded in 2006, serving veterinarians and the veterinary pharmaceutical and food industries primarily in Belgium and internationally through subsidiaries and partners. The company offers diagnostic testing, preclinical and clinical studies, biobank services, vaccine development, and tailored technical training. The website is built on WordPress and hosted on WordPress.com's Atomic infrastructure, utilizing modern plugins and SEO tools. However, the poulpharm.be domain lacks proper DNS and SSL configuration, which impacts security posture and trust. The site is accessible without WAF or blocking mechanisms, but lacks privacy and cookie policies, which affects compliance. Contact information and social media presence are clearly provided, supporting business credibility.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

9 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

    • Critical

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

  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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

  3. 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 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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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
0
Security headers
30
Email security
50
DNS health
50
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
38

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

Poulpharm positions itself as a reliable and independent partner in veterinary science, with a focus on quality and compliance (ISO 17025, GCP, GLP). Its business model revolves around providing laboratory diagnostics, contract research, and development services tailored to customer needs. The company maintains multiple international locations and partners, indicating a broad market reach. The website content is professionally presented with good navigation and multilingual support, targeting veterinarians and industry clients. The absence of privacy policies and incomplete domain setup are notable gaps. The company leverages WordPress and associated marketing tools but could improve technical and security infrastructure.

Security posture

The security posture is weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate on the poulpharm.be domain and lack of HTTPS enforcement. Although some security headers like Strict-Transport-Security are present, they are not fully enabled. No known SSL vulnerabilities are detected, but the lack of TLS protocols and cipher suites is a critical issue. No incident response or security policies are published, and no vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files are found. The site uses WordPress.com hosting which provides some baseline security, but the domain misconfiguration and missing privacy compliance reduce overall security maturity.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and properly configure a valid SSL certificate for poulpharm.be and enforce HTTPS site-wide.
  2. Publish clear privacy and cookie policies with GDPR compliance indicators and implement a consent mechanism.
  3. Add DNSSEC and CAA records to secure DNS infrastructure and prevent domain spoofing.
  4. Implement additional security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Establish and publish incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies to enhance trust and security readiness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern WordPress CMS with Elementor page builder and Yoast SEO plugin, hosted on WordPress.com's Atomic infrastructure. The site includes multiple JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and Gutenberg hooks. Performance data is missing but chunked transfer encoding and multiple external resources suggest moderate loading speed. Mobile optimization is good with responsive design and accessibility is basic. SEO is supported by meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). However, the poulpharm.be domain lacks DNS records and SSL configuration, which is a significant technical risk. The site uses Jetpack for analytics and social sharing but lacks advanced security configurations.
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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