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Security report for cic-marketsolutions.eu

CIC Market Solutions · Finance · France

Low risk. 3 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

80/100

Risk levelLow

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

CIC Market Solutions is a specialized financial services division of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, providing market solutions and advisory services to corporate clients and financial institutions. With a workforce of approximately 200 employees and multiple trading rooms across France and internationally, the company serves over 6,000 enterprises and 600 financial institutions. Their offerings include market financing, treasury placement, corporate brokerage, and financial communication services, positioning them as a significant player in the French financial services sector. Technically, the website employs modern web technologies including jQuery and JavaScript, with responsive design and good SEO practices. The site is served over HTTPS and includes cookie consent mechanisms aligned with GDPR requirements. However, accessibility compliance is currently poor, and some security headers are not explicitly detected, indicating room for improvement in security hardening. From a security perspective, the site demonstrates a solid baseline with HTTPS and cookie consent but lacks explicit security policies, incident response contacts, and detailed data protection officer information. The absence of WHOIS registrant data is due to EURid privacy protection, which is common and justified for financial entities. No critical vulnerabilities or suspicious patterns were detected. Overall, CIC Market Solutions presents a professional and trustworthy online presence consistent with its business profile. Strategic recommendations include enhancing accessibility, publishing explicit security and privacy policies, and improving security header implementation to strengthen the security posture and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 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

3 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 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 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

  3. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1

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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
77
Security headers
75
Email security
70
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
80

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

CIC Market Solutions operates within the finance sector as an essential entity under the Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale umbrella. Their business model focuses on B2B financial market services, targeting corporate clients and financial institutions. The company leverages its market position and extensive client base to offer a broad range of services including market financing, treasury management, and brokerage. Their digital presence supports multiple client portals, indicating a mature service delivery platform. The partnership ecosystem includes the parent bank and related subdomains for specialized client services. Growth indicators include active event promotion (CIC Forum) and regular publication of market insights. The company maintains a consistent brand image and demonstrates good content quality, supporting its credibility and market trust.

Security posture

The website's security posture is moderate to good, with mandatory HTTPS enforced and a cookie consent mechanism in place, reflecting GDPR compliance efforts. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options reduces defense-in-depth. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the HTML content. The site lacks published incident response contacts or a security policy page, which are important for transparency and trust. Accessibility issues noted may also impact security for users relying on assistive technologies. Overall, the security maturity is adequate for a financial services website but could be improved by adopting additional security best practices and enhancing transparency.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Improve website accessibility to meet recognized standards and address the 'non conforme' status.
  3. Publish a detailed security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  4. Provide clear contact details including emails and phone numbers for customer and security inquiries.
  5. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and tracking tools to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
CIC Market Solutions
Description
CIC Market Solutions accompagne et conseille les dirigeants, directeurs financiers et trésoriers d’entreprise, ainsi que les dirigeants de sociétés de gestion et investisseurs, sur l’ensemble de leurs enjeux de marché. Direction du CIC en charge des activités de marché pour les clients de Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, avec 200 collaborateurs et 8 salles de marché en France et à l’international. Plus de 6 000 entreprises et plus de 600 institutions financières leur font confiance.
Key services
Financement de marchés et offres publiques, Solutions de couverture, Placement de trésorerie, Corporate Brokerage, Tenue de registre & prestations d'AG, Listing sponsor, Recherche sponsorisée & Evaluation et Diagnostic, Tenue de comptes titres, Tenue de compte conservation, Dépositaire d’OPC
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
poor
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piano Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piano Analytics
Marketing tools
Piano Analytics
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content in French.
  2. No WHOIS registrant data available due to EURid privacy policy.
  3. Strong presence of cookie consent and privacy policy pages.
  4. Multiple client login portals indicate active business operations.
  5. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found on homepage.
  6. Social media presence on LinkedIn and YouTube supports legitimacy.
  7. No security.txt or explicit DPO contact found.
  8. Accessibility compliance is noted as 'non conforme' on footer link.
  9. No terms of service page explicitly found.
  10. No visible security headers detected in HTML content.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a traditional web stack with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, including jQuery libraries. It loads resources from a dedicated CDN domain (cdnii.e-i.com) and includes custom scripts for UI components and analytics. The site is responsive and mobile-optimized, with good SEO metadata and canonical links. Performance is moderate, with no major blocking scripts detected. Accessibility is currently poor, with a footer link indicating non-compliance. No CMS is explicitly detected, suggesting a custom or proprietary platform. Hosting provider details are not disclosed. The site uses Piano Analytics for audience measurement, integrated via JavaScript and cookies. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could benefit from modernization and enhanced accessibility compliance.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 75/100Medium19 findingsView report
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