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Security report for charente-maritime.fr

Département de la Charente-Maritime · Government · France

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The website la.charente-maritime.fr serves as the official online presence for the Département de la Charente-Maritime, a governmental entity in France. It provides extensive information about departmental services, elected officials, public projects, social services, tourism, and cultural activities. The site targets residents, visitors, and stakeholders within the Charente-Maritime region, offering a broad range of public sector services and information. The business model is that of a public sector government service provider, with a large scope and audience. Technically, the website is built on the Drupal CMS platform, leveraging modern web technologies such as Google Fonts, Google Maps API, and Matomo Analytics for privacy-conscious user tracking. The site demonstrates good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices, although performance is moderate. The presence of cookie consent mechanisms indicates attention to privacy compliance, though an explicit privacy policy page was not detected in the provided content. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS and uses modern JavaScript libraries, but lacks visible security headers and explicit security policies or incident response contacts. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected. The WHOIS data is unavailable, which is unusual but may be due to AFNIC registry policies or privacy protections. Overall, the site appears trustworthy and professional, consistent with an official government entity. The overall risk is low, but improvements are recommended in publishing comprehensive privacy and security policies, implementing security headers, and providing clear contact information for security incidents to enhance trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
40/ 100 · High
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

6 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

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Cloudflare, Google APIs

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

  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
72
Security headers
40
Email security
85
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
40
Average
70

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 Département de la Charente-Maritime holds a strong market position as the official government authority for the region, providing essential public services across multiple sectors including social services, transport, health, culture, environment, and tourism. The website acts as a key communication channel to residents and visitors, supporting transparency and engagement. The use of Matomo analytics suggests a preference for privacy-respecting tools. The absence of explicit contact details and WHOIS data limits direct business intelligence but the comprehensive content and structured navigation indicate a mature digital presence. The site supports a wide range of public programs and initiatives, reflecting a large organizational size and broad stakeholder ecosystem.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with HTTPS enforced and no visible exposure of sensitive data. However, the absence of security headers such as Content Security Policy, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options reduces its defense-in-depth posture. No vulnerability disclosure or security.txt files were found, and no incident response contacts are provided, which could hinder timely security incident management. The use of Matomo analytics aligns with privacy-conscious practices. Overall, the site is secure for general public use but would benefit from enhanced security controls and transparency to meet higher compliance standards such as GDPR and NIS2.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive and accessible privacy policy page detailing data processing and user rights.
  2. Implement standard security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection to strengthen security posture.
  3. Create and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to facilitate responsible reporting.
  4. Provide clear contact information for security incidents and data protection officer to improve incident response readiness.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party libraries and scripts to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Département de la Charente-Maritime
Description
Département de la Charente-Maritime : les services, les élus, les missions, l'actualité, les événements
Key services
Information about departmental organization and elected officials, Public services for parents, youth, elderly, disabled persons, Tourism and leisure information, Transport and infrastructure updates, Health and social services, Cultural and environmental initiatives
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal CMS, Google Fonts, Google Maps API, Matomo Analytics, Modernizr
Frameworks
Drupal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of modern JS libraries

Analytics and tracking

Services
Matomo
Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Matomo
Marketing tools
Matomo Analytics
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is official departmental government site for Charente-Maritime, France.
  2. Content is comprehensive and well-structured covering multiple public service domains.
  3. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly found in provided HTML snippet.
  4. Uses Matomo analytics, indicating privacy-conscious tracking.
  5. No explicit privacy policy page detected in provided content.
  6. Cookie consent mechanism is present and active.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure found.
  8. WHOIS data unavailable, possibly due to AFNIC registry policies or privacy.
  9. No WAF or blocking detected; site fully accessible.
  10. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal CMS, a widely used and robust content management system suitable for government websites. It integrates Google Fonts and Google Maps APIs for enhanced user experience and geographic information. Matomo Analytics is used for tracking, reflecting a privacy-focused approach. The site includes modern JavaScript libraries like Modernizr for feature detection. Performance is moderate, likely due to multiple external scripts and map integrations. The site is mobile optimized and accessible, with good SEO metadata and structured navigation. Technical risks include missing security headers and potential performance impacts from multiple external API calls. Opportunities exist to improve security configurations and optimize loading times.
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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