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Security report for randstad.com

Randstad · Other · Netherlands

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

56/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Randstad is a global leader in the HR services industry, providing a wide range of staffing, recruitment, and workforce management solutions. The company targets job seekers, employers, investors, and press with a comprehensive digital presence and multiple country-specific subsidiaries. Their business model focuses on delivering specialized talent solutions at scale, supported by digital and enterprise services. The website reflects a mature and professional brand with strong market positioning and trust indicators. Technically, the website uses modern technologies including React and Drupal CMS, hosted on Amazon Web Services infrastructure. While the site is well-structured and mobile-optimized, performance data is unavailable. Security headers are properly configured, but the SSL certificate is invalid or missing, which is a critical vulnerability that undermines secure communications. The security posture shows good practices in headers and cookie management but lacks proper SSL/TLS implementation and explicit security or incident response policies. Privacy and cookie policies are present with consent mechanisms, indicating good compliance with GDPR. Contact information is primarily via forms, with no direct emails or phone numbers publicly listed. Overall, the site is professional and trustworthy but requires urgent remediation of SSL issues to ensure secure user interactions and maintain 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

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

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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

    • 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

  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

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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
80
Email security
70
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
56

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

Randstad operates in 39 markets worldwide, serving over 1.7 million people and 180,000 clients in 2024. Their competitive advantage lies in combining human passion with intelligent machines to deliver specialized talent solutions. The company offers operational, professional, digital, and enterprise HR services, including managed services programs and recruitment process outsourcing. Their partnership ecosystem includes country-specific subsidiaries and digital platforms. Growth indicators include recent capital markets events, sustainability reporting, and digital career initiatives. The company maintains a strong investor relations presence and emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Security posture

The current security maturity is moderate with well-implemented security headers and cookie policies. However, the invalid SSL certificate and lack of TLS 1.2/1.3 support are critical vulnerabilities that expose users to potential interception and downgrade attacks. No incident response or security policy pages were found, indicating a gap in transparency and readiness. The site uses secure cookies with HttpOnly and SameSite attributes, and content security policies restrict framing. No vulnerable libraries or known exploits were detected in the scripts. Overall, the security posture requires immediate SSL remediation and enhanced transparency on security policies.

Recommendations

  1. Immediately fix the SSL certificate to enable valid HTTPS connections.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable deprecated protocols.
  3. Implement OCSP stapling to improve SSL performance and security.
  4. Publish clear security and incident response policies accessible from the website footer or contact pages.
  5. Regularly audit and update security headers and cookie policies to maintain best practices.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Randstad N.V.
Registration number
33216172
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal CMS with React components, hosted on Amazon S3 and delivered via CloudFront CDN. It uses Google reCAPTCHA for bot protection and Optimizely for A/B testing and analytics. The site is mobile-optimized and uses modern web fonts and responsive images. Performance metrics were not available, but the use of CDN and modern frameworks suggests good scalability. Technical risks include the invalid SSL certificate and lack of session resumption mechanisms. The site could benefit from enhanced accessibility features and performance monitoring.
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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