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Security report for coface.com

Coface · Finance · France

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and SSL/TLS.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Coface is a global leader in trade credit insurance, debt collection, and business information services, supporting over 100,000 clients across approximately 200 countries. Founded in 1946 and headquartered in France, the company offers comprehensive solutions to help businesses manage credit risks and optimize credit management. The website reflects a mature digital presence with professional design, clear navigation, and extensive content tailored to its target audience of businesses seeking credit risk solutions. Technically, the site uses modern web technologies including a CDN (CloudFront), a CMS (Ibexa), and integrates advanced consent management and analytics tools. However, the security posture is weakened by an invalid SSL certificate and lack of enabled TLS protocols, which is a critical issue that must be addressed to ensure secure communications. Privacy compliance is strong, with clear privacy and cookie policies and consent mechanisms in place. Overall, Coface's website demonstrates high business credibility and professionalism but requires urgent SSL/TLS remediation to improve security and trust.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 100 · Critical
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

      No HTTPS encryption

      GDPR requires appropriate security measures for personal data

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate for HTTPS

    • 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 Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • 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

  2. 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.

    • Critical

      No HTTPS Encryption

      Website does not use HTTPS encryption, making all data transmission vulnerable to interception

      What to do: Implement SSL/TLS certificate and redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS

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  • 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

SSL/TLS
0
Security headers
90
Email security
50
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
Average
55

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

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Dark web exposure

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

Total records
637
Employees
41
Customers
395
Third parties
201
Weak passwords
19%

Latest record dated 2026-05-15 · 31 subdomains affected

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  • –information.coface.com2026-05-15
  • –join.coface.com2026-05-12
  • –signin.coface.com2026-05-11
  • –ion.coface.com2026-01-12
  • –signin.coface.com2026-01-10

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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

Coface operates in the finance sector, specializing in credit insurance and risk management services. Its business model revolves around providing insurance products, debt collection, and business intelligence to mitigate credit risks for companies globally. The company holds strong market positioning as a global leader with a broad international footprint and recognized credit ratings from Fitch, Moody's, and AM Best. The website supports multiple localized domains, indicating a decentralized approach to regional markets. Coface targets medium to large enterprises and businesses engaged in international trade. The presence of investor relations content and financial calendars suggests transparency and engagement with shareholders. The company leverages partnerships and subsidiaries to extend its service reach, although no explicit subsidiaries were listed in the data.

Security posture

The website implements several security best practices including a strict Content Security Policy, X-Frame-Options set to DENY, and X-Content-Type-Options to prevent MIME sniffing. However, the SSL/TLS configuration is critically flawed with no valid certificate and no TLS protocols enabled, exposing users to potential interception risks. HSTS is present in headers but not enabled, and OCSP stapling and session resumption are absent, reducing the effectiveness of SSL security. No explicit incident response or security policy pages were found, which could be a gap in transparency and readiness. The site uses secure forms and consent management, indicating attention to data protection. Overall, the security posture is moderate but requires immediate SSL/TLS fixes to avoid critical vulnerabilities.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL certificate and enable TLS 1.2 or 1.3 protocols to secure all communications.
  2. Enable and configure HSTS with includeSubDomains and preload to enforce HTTPS usage.
  3. Implement OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve SSL performance and security.
  4. Publish clear security and incident response policies to enhance transparency and trust.
  5. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries to ensure no vulnerable components are used.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Coface for Trade
Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted on Amazon CloudFront CDN, leveraging modern JavaScript frameworks and SVG graphics for a responsive and visually appealing design. It uses the Ibexa CMS platform, which is suitable for enterprise content management. Performance is moderate with caching headers and stale-while-revalidate directives, but no explicit load time data was available. Accessibility and SEO optimizations are well implemented with proper meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter cards, and structured JSON-LD data. Consent management is handled by Didomi, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. The technical stack is modern and robust, but the invalid SSL configuration is a significant technical risk that must be addressed promptly.
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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