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Security report for artsetmetiers.fr

École nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers · Education · France

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

59/100

Risk levelMedium

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

École nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) is a prestigious French engineering grande école specializing in initial and continuing education, research, and innovation in technology and industry. The institution maintains strong partnerships with industry and academic bodies, positioning itself as a leader in engineering education and industrial innovation in France. The website reflects a professional and comprehensive digital presence, targeting students, researchers, and industry collaborators. The business model focuses on education, research, and industry collaboration with services including degree programs, continuing education, and incubation support for startups. Technically, the website is built on Drupal 10 with modern web technologies including jQuery, Matomo analytics, and responsive design. The site demonstrates good SEO, accessibility, and mobile optimization. Hosting and domain registration are consistent with an academic institution, with domain age supporting legitimacy. Analytics usage respects privacy with Do Not Track enabled. Security posture is solid with HTTPS enforced and no visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data. However, the site lacks published privacy and cookie policies, incident response contacts, and security headers, which are areas for improvement to enhance compliance and trust. Overall, the website is trustworthy, professional, and well-maintained, with recommendations to improve privacy compliance and security transparency to further strengthen its security posture and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 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

8 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 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

  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
67
Security headers
35
Email security
80
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
59

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

ENSAM holds a strong market position as a leading French engineering school with a large institutional size and a broad portfolio of educational programs including engineering degrees, masters, bachelors, and doctoral studies. Its competitive advantage lies in its integration with industry, research partnerships, and recognized accreditations such as CTI and Eur-ACE. Revenue streams likely include tuition, research grants, continuing education fees, and industry collaborations. The target customer segments include prospective engineering students, continuing education professionals, researchers, and industrial partners. The institution's partnership ecosystem includes ParisTech, Carnot institutes, and various industry alliances, supporting its strategic growth and innovation agenda.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with HTTPS enforced and use of privacy-respecting analytics (Matomo with Do Not Track). No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. However, the absence of security headers (e.g., CSP, X-Frame-Options), lack of published privacy and cookie policies, and missing incident response contact information represent compliance gaps and potential risk areas. The site uses client-side validation for forms but could benefit from enhanced server-side security disclosures. Overall, the security maturity is good but can be improved by formalizing policies and adding security headers.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie policy accessible from the homepage and footer.
  2. Implement a cookie consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and ePrivacy regulations.
  3. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  4. Provide clear incident response and security contact information, including abuse@ or security@ email addresses.
  5. Consider publishing a security.txt file or vulnerability disclosure policy to encourage responsible reporting.
  6. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries for vulnerabilities and update them promptly.
  7. Enhance transparency on data retention policies related to analytics and user data.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
École nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers
Description
École d’ingénieurs française proposant des formations initiales et continues, recherche, innovation, et partenariats industriels.
Key services
Engineering education, Research and innovation, Continuing education, Incubation and startup support
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, jQuery, Matomo Analytics, FontAwesome, jQuery Validation, Views Slideshow
Frameworks
Drupal CMS
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of Matomo with Do Not Track enabled
  • Form validation with jQuery Validation

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professional, well-structured educational institution site
  2. No privacy or cookie policy pages found, which is a compliance gap
  3. Strong presence of accreditations and partner logos indicating trust
  4. Use of Matomo analytics with Do Not Track enabled shows privacy consideration
  5. No security.txt or incident response contacts found
  6. Domain WHOIS data is consistent and domain is active with no suspicious status
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 10 CMS, leveraging modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and jQuery Validation for client-side form validation. It uses Matomo for analytics, configured to respect Do Not Track signals, indicating privacy-conscious design. The site loads multiple CSS stylesheets for layout and theming, including FontAwesome for icons. Hosting appears stable with domain registration through GIP RENATER, a French academic network provider. Performance is moderate with deferred and async script loading, but could be optimized further. The site is mobile responsive and accessible with skip links and ARIA roles. No critical technical debt or deprecated technologies were detected, but the site could benefit from enhanced security headers and formal privacy compliance mechanisms.
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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