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Security report for centraledesmarches.com

Medialex · Government · France

Medium risk. 10 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 2 other checks.

Security score

57/100

Risk levelMedium

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

La Centrale des Marchés, operated by Medialex, is a French platform dedicated to monitoring public and private market tenders. It provides companies with tools to find relevant market opportunities and buyers with solutions to publish and manage market notices. The platform is well integrated within the Medialex ecosystem, leveraging its legal secretariat expertise. Technically, the website uses a modern tech stack including jQuery, FontAwesome, and Google Tag Manager, hosted on Akamai infrastructure, ensuring moderate performance and good mobile responsiveness. Security posture is adequate with HTTPS and domain transfer protection, but lacks advanced security headers and explicit incident response information. Privacy and cookie policies are present but lack an active consent mechanism. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and serves a clear business purpose in the French government tender market.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
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

10 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  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.

    • 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

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

    • 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';…
  2. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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 Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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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
55
Security headers
20
Email security
70
DNS health
45
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
57

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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention centraledesmarches.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
1,187
Employees
0
Customers
1,187
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
10%

3 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

The platform targets companies and buyers involved in French public and private tenders, offering subscription-based monitoring and alert services. It holds a strong market position as part of Medialex, a leader in legal secretariat services. The business model focuses on providing value-added services such as email alerts, tender publication portals, and training. Partnerships with related Medialex domains enhance its ecosystem. The domain age and registration data support a credible and stable business presence. Growth potential lies in expanding service offerings and improving digital maturity.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a baseline security maturity with HTTPS enforced and domain transfer protection enabled. However, it lacks DNSSEC, security headers (CSP, HSTS, etc.), and published security policies or incident response contacts. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the content. The absence of a security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy limits transparency. Privacy compliance is partial, with policies present but no explicit cookie consent mechanism. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be improved to meet higher compliance and trust standards.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC to improve domain name system security.
  2. Implement comprehensive security headers such as Content Security Policy and HSTS.
  3. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information.
  4. Add an explicit cookie consent mechanism to enhance GDPR compliance.
  5. Consider adding social media or additional contact channels to improve business credibility.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Medialex
Description
La Centrale des Marchés is a platform launched by Medialex in 2021 to provide monitoring and alerts on public and private market tenders in France. It offers services for companies to find relevant market opportunities and for buyers to publish and manage their market notices.
Key services
Market tender monitoring, Email alerts, Tender publication portal, Training on public markets
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 3.5.1, FontAwesome 5.5.0, Bootstrap (IE8/9 support), Google Tag Manager, Piano Analytics
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • ClientTransferProhibited domain status

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piano Analytics, Xiti, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piano Analytics, Xiti
Transparency
basic

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 challenges.
  2. Content is in French and targets French public/private market participants.
  3. No direct company contact emails or phone numbers found on main pages; contact form is primary contact method.
  4. No explicit security policy or incident response contacts published.
  5. Privacy and cookie policies are present as PDF documents hosted on a related Medialex domain.
  6. Website uses modern tracking and analytics tools but lacks explicit cookie consent mechanism.
  7. No social media links detected in the provided content.
  8. Website is mobile responsive and uses standard web technologies.
  9. No explicit certifications or security frameworks mentioned.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a custom CMS or framework with standard web technologies including jQuery and Bootstrap for UI components. It integrates Google Tag Manager and Piano Analytics for tracking and analytics. Hosting is via Akamai CDN, providing reliable content delivery. The site is mobile responsive and SEO optimized with appropriate meta tags. However, accessibility features are basic and could be enhanced. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in resource optimization. No CMS like WordPress or Drupal detected, indicating a custom or proprietary platform.
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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