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Security report for coface.ca

Coface · Finance · Canada

Partial score · DNS & email only

75/100

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

Coface is a globally recognized leader in trade credit insurance, business information, and debt collection services, with a history dating back to 1946. The company supports over 100,000 businesses across approximately 200 markets, focusing on protecting companies from financial risks and enabling growth. Their website reflects a mature digital presence with comprehensive service offerings and clear communication tailored to business clients seeking risk management solutions. Technically, the website is built on a modern CMS platform (Ibexa), leveraging frameworks like Symfony and integrating advanced consent management tools such as Didomi. The site employs Google Tag Manager for analytics and tracking, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations through explicit cookie consent mechanisms. The design is professional, mobile-optimized, and accessible, providing a seamless user experience. From a security perspective, the site enforces HTTPS, implements key security headers, and avoids exposing sensitive data. However, explicit security policies and incident response information are not publicly available, representing an area for improvement. The absence of WHOIS data due to privacy protection is typical for corporate domains and does not detract from the site's legitimacy. Overall, Coface's website demonstrates strong business credibility, technical maturity, and privacy compliance, positioning it as a trustworthy platform for its target audience. Strategic enhancements in transparency around security policies and vulnerability disclosures would further strengthen its security posture.

Scanned

5 of 7 checks could not complete. The site may be unreachable or blocking automated scans, so the results below cover only what could be checked. Try a rescan later.

NIS2 and GDPR posture

NIS2 outside view
Not assessed
GDPR outside view
Not assessed

Both readouts depend on the site's pages, which could not be loaded in this scan.

Priority findings

No critical or high findings in the checks that completed. These medium findings are worth fixing next.

  1. DNS health

    DNS sends visitors and email to the right servers. Misconfigured records can cause outages or let someone redirect your traffic.

    • Medium

      DNSSEC Not Enabled

      DNSSEC is not configured for this domain

      What to do: Enable DNSSEC to prevent DNS spoofing attacks

      • CAPEC-142
      • RFC 4033
      • RFC 4035
    • Medium

      Domain Transfer Lock Not Enabled

      Domain can be transferred without authorization

      What to do: Enable domain transfer lock for security

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
  • SPF, DKIM and DMARC
  • Security headers
  • GDPR and NIS2 posture
  • Exposed services
  • Third-party trackers
  • 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

DNS health
70
Network security
100
Average
85
After the cap
75

Not counted

  • SSL/TLS: did not complete in this scan.
  • Security headers: did not complete in this scan.
  • Email security: did not complete in this scan.
  • GDPR outside view: 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
  • 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

Coface operates in the finance sector, specializing in trade credit insurance and related risk management services. The company benefits from a well-established brand with a global footprint, supported by numerous international domains. Their business model centers on providing insurance products, debt collection, and business intelligence to companies of various sizes, primarily targeting businesses concerned with credit risk. The website's content and structure indicate a focus on medium to large enterprises, with tailored solutions for multinational corporations and financial institutions. Coface's partnership ecosystem includes consent management providers and analytics platforms, reflecting a commitment to regulatory compliance and data-driven insights. Growth indicators include a broad service portfolio and active content updates via news and insights sections. The company maintains a professional online presence with clear calls to action and customer support channels.

Security posture

The website exhibits a solid security posture with HTTPS enforced and multiple security headers implemented, including Strict-Transport-Security, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, and Content-Security-Policy. The use of a consent management platform ensures compliance with GDPR and other privacy regulations. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive information were detected in the HTML content. However, the absence of a publicly accessible security policy, incident response plan, or vulnerability disclosure program limits transparency. There is no visible security.txt file or dedicated security contact email. The site uses third-party scripts responsibly, but continuous monitoring is recommended to mitigate risks from external dependencies. Overall, the security maturity is good but could be enhanced by publishing formal security documentation and incident response procedures.

Recommendations

  1. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and compliance frameworks.
  2. Implement and publicize a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  3. Provide contact information for a Data Protection Officer or security team to improve transparency.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and dependencies to ensure they remain secure and up to date.
  5. Enhance user trust by displaying relevant certifications and compliance badges prominently on the website.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Coface for Trade
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Coface
Description
Coface supports your company's development with its trade credit insurance, debt collection and business information offers. Protect your company now!
Key services
Trade credit insurance, Debt collection, Business information
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, Google Tag Manager, Didomi Consent SDK
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management for cookies
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of security headers

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (via Google Tag Manager)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Marketing tools
Didomi Consent SDK
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges
  2. Professional and comprehensive content focused on trade credit insurance and risk management
  3. Strong privacy and cookie consent mechanisms implemented
  4. No exposed sensitive data or security vulnerabilities detected in HTML content
  5. WHOIS data is unavailable, indicating privacy protection or domain registration through CIRA privacy services
  6. Multiple international Coface domains linked, indicating a global presence
  7. Use of modern technologies and frameworks with good SEO and accessibility practices
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the Ibexa CMS platform, leveraging Symfony framework components, which indicates a modern and scalable infrastructure. It uses JavaScript extensively, including Google Tag Manager for analytics and Didomi for consent management, reflecting adherence to privacy regulations. The site is mobile-optimized and accessible, with good SEO practices evident from meta tags and structured data. Performance is moderate, with potential improvements in load times achievable through optimization of scripts and images. The technical stack is robust, but continuous modernization and security patching are essential to maintain operational stability and security. The presence of multiple international domains suggests a distributed hosting or CDN strategy, although specific hosting providers were not identified from the data.
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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