European governments: 3.000 tracking sites, 1.000 phpMyAdmins, and 99% poorly
Key takeaways
- On May 13, 2026, the website Security Baseline.eu was launched.
- This article details what Security Baseline monitors, how we visualize risks with maps, and dives into three worrisome metrics:
- This data makes the web transparent and complies with tried-and-tested publication, measurement, and code-of-conduct policy.
On May 13, 2026, the website Security Baseline.eu was launched. It is a spin-off from the Dutch Basisbeveiliging , which has monitored baseline security for over a decade and is part of governmental policy. Three months ago we sent tens of thousands of e-mails to European governments indicating the new site would launch, giving them time to review the results and act on them in advance of publication.
This article details what Security Baseline monitors, how we visualize risks with maps, and dives into three worrisome metrics:
This data makes the web transparent and complies with tried-and-tested publication, measurement, and code-of-conduct policy. We target our findings at governments so they can protect their citizens. They can impose requirements on themselves and on the rest of the country.