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Security report for canotech.fr

CanoTech · Education · France

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

CanoTech is a French educational platform specializing in continuing education for primary and secondary school teachers and educational teams. The website offers training modules aimed at diversifying student learning experiences. The business operates in the education sector with a focus on teacher professional development. The website is built using modern web technologies including Angular and employs Matomo and Piwik Pro for analytics tracking. The site is responsive and well-structured, providing a good user experience for its target audience. However, the absence of WHOIS data for the domain and lack of visible privacy and cookie policies indicate areas for improvement in transparency and compliance. Security headers are not detected, and SSL configuration details are unknown, suggesting potential enhancements in security posture. Overall, the website appears legitimate and safe, but the missing WHOIS information and privacy compliance gaps reduce trustworthiness.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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. 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.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  3. 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

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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
52
Security headers
85
Email security
60
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
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

CanoTech positions itself as a niche provider of continuing education for educators in France, leveraging digital modules to support teacher development. The business model centers on educational content delivery, targeting schools and educational teams. The platform's integration with the French educational network (reseau-canope.fr) suggests strategic partnerships within the education ecosystem. The use of analytics tools indicates a focus on user engagement and performance monitoring. The lack of explicit business registration or contact details on the site limits deeper insights into company size or revenue streams. The website's consistent branding and quality content support a professional market presence, though further transparency would enhance credibility.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS and modern JavaScript frameworks but lacks visible security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or Strict-Transport-Security, which are important for mitigating common web vulnerabilities. The absence of privacy and cookie policies raises compliance concerns under GDPR. No incident response or vulnerability disclosure information is provided, which could hinder timely handling of security issues. The use of Matomo and Piwik Pro analytics suggests some level of privacy-conscious tracking, but without clear policies, user data protection is uncertain. Overall, the security posture is moderate but would benefit from enhanced headers, documented policies, and incident response readiness.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies clearly accessible on the website to ensure GDPR compliance.
  2. Add and configure security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
  3. Verify and update WHOIS domain registration information to improve transparency and trust.
  4. Provide clear contact information including security incident response contacts and data protection officer details.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and analytics tools to minimize privacy risks and vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
CanoTech
Description
Diversifiez les apprentissages des élèves du primaire et du secondaire grâce à nos modules de formation continue pour enseignants et équipes éducatives
Key services
continuing education modules for teachers, training for educational teams
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript modules, Matomo analytics, Piwik Pro analytics, Web fonts (Marianne)
Frameworks
Angular (inferred from ngcontent attributes)
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
50/100

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo, Piwik Pro
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo, Piwik Pro
Marketing tools
Matomo analytics, Piwik Pro analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF detected.
  2. WHOIS data is missing or domain not found in AFNIC database, which is unusual for a .fr domain.
  3. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the homepage HTML content.
  4. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in the provided HTML snippet.
  5. Website uses Matomo and Piwik Pro analytics for tracking user behavior.
  6. Website is built using Angular framework with modern web fonts and responsive design.
  7. No security headers detected in the provided data; SSL configuration unknown.
  8. Content is educational and safe for general audiences.
  9. No evidence of security incident response or vulnerability disclosure pages.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Angular framework with modern web fonts and uses Matomo and Piwik Pro for analytics. It employs preloading and preconnect techniques to optimize performance. The site is mobile responsive and has good SEO meta tags. However, no CMS or hosting provider information is evident from the HTML. The performance is moderate with room for improvement in accessibility features. The lack of security headers and missing privacy compliance documentation indicate technical debt in security and compliance areas. Overall, the technical infrastructure supports a functional and user-friendly educational platform but requires enhancements in security and privacy implementations.
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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