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Security report for uzbrusselwerkt.be

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel · Healthcare · Belgium

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

UZ Brussel is a large university hospital based in Brussels, Belgium, employing nearly 5000 staff across medical and support roles. The website serves primarily as a recruitment portal, offering job vacancies and information about working at the hospital. It targets healthcare professionals and support staff seeking employment opportunities. The site is professionally designed using Drupal 10 CMS and integrates multiple marketing and analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, and LinkedIn Insight Tag. Cookie consent is implemented with an opt-in mechanism, reflecting good privacy compliance practices. Contact information is clearly provided, including an official HR email and physical address. However, no explicit security policy or incident response information is published.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
28/ 100 · High
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

5 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

    • 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. 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';…

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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
85
Security headers
40
Email security
70
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
28
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

Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

The hospital holds a strong market position as a major healthcare provider and university hospital in Belgium. Its recruitment website emphasizes social impact and employee testimonials, enhancing employer branding. The presence of certifications like 'Top Employer Belgium 2022' adds credibility. The business model is public healthcare employment, with a focus on attracting diverse healthcare and technical professionals. Partnerships with the Free University of Brussels (VUB) are evident, supporting academic and research collaboration. The site’s extensive use of tracking pixels indicates a mature marketing approach, though transparency could be improved with more detailed privacy disclosures.

Security posture

The website enforces HTTPS and uses cookie consent banners, indicating baseline security and privacy awareness. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of explicit security headers (e.g., CSP, X-Frame-Options) and lack of published security or incident response policies represent areas for improvement. The WHOIS data is restricted due to DNS Belgium policies, limiting domain transparency but not necessarily indicating risk. Overall, the security posture is solid but could be enhanced by publishing formal security policies and implementing additional HTTP security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and publish a formal security policy and incident response page to improve transparency and trust.
  2. Add HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  3. Provide a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting of security issues.
  4. Enhance privacy disclosures by detailing data retention policies and third-party data sharing practices.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party tracking scripts to minimize privacy risks and ensure compliance with evolving regulations.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Description
UZ Brussel is a large university hospital in Brussels employing nearly 5000 people across medical and support roles. The website focuses on recruitment and promoting job vacancies in healthcare and related fields.
Key services
Healthcare services, Medical employment opportunities, Job fairs and recruitment
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, jQuery, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Reddit Pixel, Outbrain
Frameworks
Drupal CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent banner with opt-in
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Outbrain
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Reddit Pixel
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional recruitment portal for UZ Brussel hospital
  2. Content is in Dutch with language switch options for English and French
  3. Uses modern Drupal 10 CMS with multiple tracking and marketing pixels
  4. Cookie consent banner is present and opt-in based
  5. Contact info includes official HR email and physical address
  6. No visible security policy or incident response info
  7. WHOIS data is restricted and not publicly available
  8. No signs of blocking or WAF interference
  9. Good branding consistency and trust indicators like awards and testimonials
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 10, a modern and widely supported CMS, ensuring a robust content management framework. It uses jQuery and integrates multiple third-party analytics and marketing scripts, including Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Reddit Pixel, and Outbrain. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive design and accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA labels. Performance is moderate, with optimized images and lazy loading for some assets. The technical implementation is solid, though reliance on multiple external tracking services could impact page load times and privacy compliance. No hosting provider details were identified from the content.
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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