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Security report for cmit.fr

CMIT · Technology · France

Partial score · DNS & email only

37/100

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

CMIT is a French non-profit club dedicated to enriching and promoting marketing and communication functions within the IT sector in France. The organization offers events, publications, and networking opportunities targeted at marketing professionals in technology. The website reflects a professional presence with a clear focus on its niche audience and provides structured data to enhance search engine visibility. The domain is well-established since 2009, reinforcing the organization's credibility. Technically, the website is built on WordPress and employs common marketing and analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Twitter tracking pixels. The site uses HTTPS exclusively and enforces secure connections. However, some technologies like jQuery are outdated, and there is a lack of advanced security headers, which could be improved. The site is moderately optimized for performance and mobile devices. From a security perspective, the website shows good basic practices such as HTTPS enforcement and no visible sensitive data exposure. However, it lacks visible privacy and cookie policies, security incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure information, which are important for compliance and trust. No security challenges or WAF blocks were detected, allowing full content access. Overall, CMIT's website is a credible and professional platform for its target audience but would benefit from enhanced privacy compliance and security best practices to improve trust and regulatory adherence.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 100 · Critical
Checks completed
6of 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

12 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

  2. Network security

    Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.

    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: MySQL

      Port 3306 (MySQL) is publicly accessible - MySQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to MySQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection
    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: PostgreSQL

      Port 5432 (PostgreSQL) is publicly accessible - PostgreSQL - Database server

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to PostgreSQL using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection
    • Critical

      Critical Service Exposed: Redis

      Port 6379 (Redis) is publicly accessible - Redis - In-memory database

      What to do: Immediately restrict access to Redis using firewall or VPN

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection

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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
Email security
75
DNS health
50
Network security
0
GDPR outside view
10
Average
37

Not counted

  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • 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 · found on this site
  • 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

CMIT occupies a specialized niche as a marketing and communication club within the French IT sector. Its business model revolves around membership, events, and content dissemination to support marketing professionals. The organization leverages partnerships and hosts events to maintain engagement and visibility. The website content and structure indicate a small-sized organization with a focused target audience. The presence of member directories and active event calendars suggests a well-maintained community. The lack of explicit revenue streams or commercial services on the site aligns with a non-profit or association model. Strategic partnerships, such as event hosting platforms, support its operational ecosystem.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security posture. HTTPS is enforced, which is mandatory and well-implemented. However, the absence of security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and others reduces the overall security hardening. The use of an outdated jQuery version poses potential risks if not patched regularly. No exposed sensitive data or credentials were found in the HTML content. The lack of published security policies, incident response contacts, or vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicates gaps in security governance and transparency. Overall, the site is secure enough for general informational use but should improve compliance and security best practices to reduce risk and enhance user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and enhance user trust.
  2. Implement security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection to harden the website against common attacks.
  3. Update jQuery and other third-party libraries to their latest secure versions to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  4. Add visible contact information for security incident reporting and consider publishing a security policy or security.txt file.
  5. Include terms of service and vulnerability disclosure information to improve transparency and legal clarity.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
CMIT
Description
Le Club a pour vocation d’enrichir et promouvoir les fonctions Marketing & Communication du secteur IT en France.
Key services
Organizing events and forums, Publishing infographics, white papers, newsletters, Providing member directory and partner network, Offering training and workshops
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery 1.12.4, Font Awesome 6.7.2, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Twitter Universal Website Tag, WordPress 5.0.3
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced via script redirect
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of secure analytics scripts

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Twitter Universal Website Tag
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Twitter Universal Website Tag
Marketing tools
Twitter tracking
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 challenges.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the homepage or linked pages.
  3. Contact information such as emails or phone numbers is not explicitly present in the visible content.
  4. The site uses WordPress CMS with common marketing and analytics scripts.
  5. Good use of structured data (JSON-LD) for SEO and organization information.
  6. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  7. No data protection officer contact or security incident response contacts found.
  8. The website is focused on a professional non-profit club for marketing professionals in IT in France.
  9. External links mostly point to trusted domains related to analytics and event hosting.
  10. No suspicious or malicious domains detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on WordPress 5.0.3 and uses jQuery 1.12.4, which is outdated and should be updated. Font Awesome 6.7.2 is used for icons, and Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Twitter tracking scripts are integrated for analytics and marketing purposes. The site enforces HTTPS via a JavaScript redirect and uses OVH as the hosting provider. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and basic accessibility features. SEO is supported by proper meta tags and structured data in JSON-LD format. There is room for improvement in accessibility and modernizing the tech stack to enhance performance and security.
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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