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Security report for effical.fr

Effical Ingénierie · Energy · France

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

55/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Effical Ingénierie is a French company specializing in climate engineering, focusing on high-efficiency heating systems, thermal exchange substations, and turnkey thermal modules for sustainable development. Their website presents a professional and content-rich platform targeting businesses and organizations in the energy sector requiring advanced heating and thermal solutions. The company emphasizes energy efficiency and sustainable development in its offerings. Technically, the website is built on the SPIP CMS platform and uses common web technologies such as jQuery and Google Analytics. The site is accessible, with a moderate performance profile and basic mobile optimization. However, it lacks advanced security headers and cookie consent mechanisms, which are important for GDPR compliance and overall security posture. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS, which is positive, but the absence of WHOIS data and security headers reduces trustworthiness. No direct contact emails or phone numbers are visible, only a contact form, which may limit direct communication. The use of Google Analytics indicates moderate user tracking without clear privacy disclosures. Overall, the website is functional and professional but would benefit from improved transparency in domain registration, enhanced security practices, and stronger privacy compliance measures to increase trust and reduce risk.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
10/ 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

9 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. 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • 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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  • 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
62
Security headers
15
Email security
85
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
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

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Effical Ingénierie operates in a specialized niche within the energy sector, providing engineering and manufacturing services for thermal modules and heating network components. Their business model is B2B, targeting municipalities, housing developers, and industrial clients needing efficient heating solutions. The company leverages partnerships (e.g., with Axome for web development) and showcases multiple references and case studies to build credibility. The lack of visible direct contact information and WHOIS transparency may impact customer trust. Growth indicators include a focus on sustainable development and energy transition, aligning with current market trends. The company appears small but focused, with a consistent brand presence and a clear sector focus.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a basic to moderate security maturity level. HTTPS is enforced, which is mandatory for secure communications. However, the absence of security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security is a gap that could expose the site to certain web attacks. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The lack of a published security policy or incident response contact reduces transparency and preparedness. GDPR compliance is partial, with a privacy policy present but no cookie consent mechanism. The site uses Google Analytics, which requires clear user consent under GDPR. Overall, the security posture is adequate but requires improvements to meet best practices and regulatory requirements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, HSTS) to enhance protection against common web attacks.
  2. Add a cookie consent banner/mechanism to comply with GDPR and improve user privacy transparency.
  3. Publish a clear security policy and incident response contact information to improve trust and preparedness.
  4. Enhance mobile optimization and accessibility to improve user experience across devices.
  5. Investigate and resolve the lack of WHOIS data to improve domain registration transparency and trustworthiness.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Effical Ingénierie
Description
Effical Ingénierie provides expertise in climate engineering, specializing in high-efficiency heating systems and turnkey thermal modules for sustainable development. They offer thermal modules combining thermal performance and comfort, prefabricated thermal exchange substations, and magnetic sludge filters.
Key services
Thermal modules for apartments, Prefabricated thermal exchange substations, Magnetic sludge filters, Custom studies and installation services
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Google Analytics, Fancybox
Performance
moderate
Mobile
basic
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
70/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enabled
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

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 rich content in French.
  2. No WHOIS data available, which is unusual and reduces domain trust.
  3. No explicit privacy cookie consent mechanism found despite GDPR relevance.
  4. No visible email or phone contact information; only contact form available.
  5. Use of Google Analytics indicates user tracking but no clear privacy disclosures.
  6. No security headers detected in HTML source.
  7. Website uses SPIP CMS and jQuery libraries.
  8. No social media links or email addresses found in content.
  9. Website content is professionally structured and relevant to energy sector.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on the SPIP CMS platform, utilizing jQuery and several JavaScript plugins such as Fancybox for UI effects. Google Fonts and Google Analytics are integrated for typography and analytics respectively. The site uses HTTPS, indicating a secure transport layer. Performance is moderate, with some room for improvement in mobile responsiveness and accessibility. The HTML structure is valid and SEO basics are covered with meta tags and canonical links. However, the absence of modern security headers and cookie consent mechanisms indicates technical debt in security and privacy compliance. Hosting provider details are not discernible from the content. Overall, the technical infrastructure is stable but could benefit from modernization and enhanced security controls.
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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