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Groep Verhelst · Retail · Belgium

Low risk. No critical or high findings.

Security score

81/100

Risk levelLow

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

Groep Verhelst is a Belgian multispecialist company providing a wide range of building materials and integrated logistics services, including a webshop targeting construction professionals in regions such as West Flanders, East Flanders, and Antwerp. The website is built on the Fork CMS platform and integrates modern digital marketing and analytics tools such as Google Tag Manager and Cookiebot for GDPR-compliant cookie consent management. The site demonstrates a good level of technical maturity with responsive design and clear navigation, although some security best practices like security headers are not evident in the provided data. The absence of publicly available WHOIS data is consistent with .be domain policies but slightly reduces transparency. Overall, the website presents a professional and trustworthy digital presence for its business sector.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
83/ 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

No critical or high findings. These medium findings are worth fixing next.

  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.

    • Medium

      Missing Permissions-Policy header

      Controls browser features and APIs

      What to do: Implement a Permissions-Policy to restrict feature access

      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Permissions-Policy: accelerometer=(), autoplay=(), camera=(), cross-origin-isolated=(),…

  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • Medium

      Privacy policy may not be GDPR compliant

      Privacy policy lacks explicit GDPR compliance elements

      What to do: Update privacy policy to explicitly address GDPR requirements and user rights

  3. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Medium

      DMARC not enforcing

      DMARC policy is set to "none"

      What to do: Gradually move to "quarantine" then "reject" policy

    • Medium

      No MTA-STS Policy

      MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

      What to do: Implement MTA-STS to prevent downgrade attacks

  4. 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.

    • Medium

      SSL Certificate Expires Within 90 Days

      SSL certificate expires in 74 days

      What to do: Plan SSL certificate renewal

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  • 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
85
Security headers
85
Email security
65
DNS health
65
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
83
Average
81

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 company operates in the retail sector focused on building materials and construction logistics, serving a regional market in Belgium. Its business model combines wholesale and retail distribution with value-added logistics and e-commerce capabilities. The presence of multiple third-party marketing and analytics services indicates an active digital marketing strategy aimed at customer engagement and conversion optimization. The lack of explicit contact details and privacy policy pages suggests areas for improvement in customer communication and compliance transparency. The company appears to maintain a consistent brand identity and targets professional customers in the construction industry.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and implements a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism, indicating awareness of privacy and security regulations. However, no explicit security headers were detected in the HTML content, and no incident response or security policy information is publicly available. The use of multiple third-party tracking scripts increases the attack surface and requires ongoing monitoring for vulnerabilities. The absence of exposed sensitive data is positive, but the site would benefit from enhanced security headers and documented incident response procedures to improve its security maturity and compliance posture.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify HTTP security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Publish a clear and comprehensive privacy policy and terms of service pages accessible from the website footer to improve transparency and compliance.
  3. Add explicit contact information including company emails and phone numbers to facilitate customer and security incident communication.
  4. Conduct regular security audits of third-party scripts and dependencies to mitigate risks from external services.
  5. Develop and publish an incident response plan and vulnerability disclosure policy to strengthen security governance and customer trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Groep Verhelst
Description
Groep Verhelst is a multispecialist company offering all building materials including tiles, insulation, plaster, building boards, roofing materials, facade materials, interior doors, prefab concrete, screed, custom natural stone, tools, and logistics. They operate a webshop and serve regions in West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Belgium.
Key services
Building materials supply, Expertise in construction materials, Logistics services, Webshop for ordering
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Fork CMS, Google Tag Manager, Cookiebot, TrackedWeb, FontAwesome
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • Cookie consent banner with granular consent options
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by canonical link and scripts loaded over HTTPS)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Piwik Pro, New Relic
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Meta Platforms, Inc., Google
Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel, Piwik Pro, New Relic, TrackedWeb
Marketing tools
Cookiebot, Dotdigital
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenge detected.
  2. Uses Fork CMS platform with modern cookie consent and analytics integration.
  3. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in the provided HTML snippet.
  4. Cookie consent is comprehensive and GDPR compliant with granular controls.
  5. WHOIS data is not publicly available due to .be domain policy; no registrar or registrant info extracted.
  6. Website content is professional, focused on building materials and logistics in Belgium.
  7. No security headers detected in the HTML snippet; recommend further server header analysis.
  8. Multiple third-party tracking and marketing tools are used, indicating extensive user tracking.
  9. No privacy policy or terms of service pages explicitly found in the provided content.
  10. No security or incident response contact information found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Fork CMS platform, leveraging modern web technologies including FontAwesome for icons and Google Tag Manager for analytics management. Cookiebot is used for GDPR-compliant cookie consent, providing granular user control over cookie categories. The site loads multiple external scripts from trusted domains, indicating integration with marketing and analytics ecosystems. Performance appears moderate with responsive design and mobile optimization in place. However, the absence of detected security headers and limited visible server configuration details suggest opportunities for technical hardening. The domain WHOIS data is restricted due to .be registry policies, limiting external verification of domain ownership and age.
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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