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Security report for exoscale.com

Exoscale · Technology · Switzerland

Low risk. No critical or high findings.

Security score

90/100

Risk levelLow

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

Exoscale is a European cloud hosting provider specializing in GDPR-compliant, secure, and scalable cloud infrastructure services tailored for businesses across Europe. The company operates data centers in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and Bulgaria, positioning itself as a reliable alternative to larger cloud providers with a strong emphasis on data sovereignty and compliance. Their service portfolio includes compute instances, managed Kubernetes, database-as-a-service, object and block storage, GPU servers, networking, and more, catering primarily to engineers and enterprises requiring high performance and regulatory adherence. Technically, the website demonstrates a mature digital presence with modern JavaScript integrations, cookie consent management via OneTrust, and marketing tools such as Beamer and Kiflo. The site is well-optimized for performance, mobile responsiveness, and accessibility, reflecting a professional and user-friendly design. The hosting infrastructure is self-managed on their own cloud platform, ensuring control over data and compliance. From a security perspective, Exoscale enforces HTTPS and implements comprehensive cookie consent mechanisms aligned with GDPR. The company holds recognized certifications including ISO27001, Cloud Security Alliance membership, and ISO27018, underscoring their commitment to security and privacy. However, explicit security headers are not evident in the HTML content, and no security.txt file was found, suggesting areas for improvement in transparency and security posture. Overall, the website and business present a trustworthy and professional cloud service provider with strong compliance and security focus. The absence of WHOIS data slightly reduces domain trust but is mitigated by the company's clear branding, certifications, and contact information. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security headers, publishing a security.txt file, and providing explicit Data Protection Officer contact details to further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
95/ 100 · Low
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

No critical or high findings. These medium findings are worth fixing next.

  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.

    • Medium

      Missing Permissions-Policy header

      Controls browser features and APIs

      What to do: Implement a Permissions-Policy to restrict feature access

      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Permissions-Policy: accelerometer=(), autoplay=(), camera=(), cross-origin-isolated=(),…
  2. Email security

    SPF, DKIM and DMARC stop others sending email that looks like it comes from your domain, a common route to phishing and invoice fraud.

    • Medium

      No MTA-STS Policy

      MTA-STS enforces TLS for email delivery

      What to do: Implement MTA-STS to prevent downgrade attacks

  3. 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

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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
100
Security headers
75
Email security
87
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
95
Average
90

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

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

Add-on

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

Total records
1,151
Employees
0
Customers
1,151
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
15%

5 subdomains affected

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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

Exoscale occupies a niche in the European cloud market emphasizing data sovereignty and GDPR compliance, differentiating itself from global hyperscalers. Its competitive advantages include localized data centers, strong security certifications, and a broad service offering that supports cloud-native applications. The business model is pay-per-use cloud infrastructure with managed services, targeting SMEs and enterprises in regulated industries. Revenue streams likely derive from compute, storage, managed Kubernetes, and database services. The partnership ecosystem includes memberships in CNCF, Linux Foundation, OCRE, and Gaia-X, enhancing credibility and market reach. Growth indicators include expanding data centers and a comprehensive product portfolio. The company is a subsidiary of Akenes SA, with no listed subsidiaries, focusing on core cloud services.

Security posture

Exoscale demonstrates a solid security maturity level with enforced HTTPS, GDPR-aligned cookie consent, and recognized certifications (ISO27001, CSA, ISO27018). The website does not expose sensitive data and uses secure forms. However, the lack of explicit security headers (e.g., CSP, HSTS) and absence of a security.txt file indicate room for improvement in defense-in-depth and vulnerability disclosure transparency. Incident response contact is available via an abuse email. Compliance with GDPR is clearly stated, but explicit Data Protection Officer contact details are not found. Overall, the security posture is strong but could benefit from enhanced header policies and formal vulnerability disclosure mechanisms.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and X-Frame-Options to strengthen web security.
  2. Publish a security.txt file at the root domain to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure and improve transparency.
  3. Provide explicit Data Protection Officer contact information on the privacy or compliance pages to enhance GDPR compliance visibility.
  4. Regularly audit and update third-party scripts and tracking tools to minimize privacy risks and ensure compliance.
  5. Enhance monitoring and incident response readiness with publicly documented procedures and contact channels.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Akenes SA
VAT number
CHE-423.524.322
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Exoscale
Description
European sovereign cloud hosting provider offering high performance, GDPR compliant, secure and scalable cloud services for EU businesses.
Key services
Compute Instances, Managed Kubernetes, DBaaS, Object Storage, Block Storage, GPU Servers, Networking, Virtual Private Cloud, DNS, CDN
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, OneTrust cookie consent, Beamer changelog, Kiflo marketing script
Platforms
Cloud hosting platform, Terraform support
Performance
fast
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent with granular controls
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Secure forms with email input validation

Analytics and tracking

Services
OneTrust, Beamer
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
OneTrust, Beamer, Kiflo
Marketing tools
Beamer, Kiflo
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 rich content and professional design.
  2. Strong focus on European cloud hosting with GDPR compliance.
  3. Comprehensive cookie consent and privacy mechanisms implemented.
  4. WHOIS data is missing, which is unusual but not necessarily suspicious given the business profile.
  5. No security headers explicitly detected in HTML but HTTPS is enforced.
  6. Multiple trusted certifications and memberships displayed.
  7. Clear contact information and support channels available.
  8. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses modern JavaScript libraries and integrates third-party services for cookie consent (OneTrust), changelog notifications (Beamer), and marketing (Kiflo). The site is hosted on Exoscale's own cloud infrastructure, indicating control over hosting and data. Performance is optimized with fast loading times and mobile responsiveness. The HTML structure is valid and SEO-friendly with comprehensive meta tags and structured data (JSON-LD). Accessibility features are present, supporting a broad user base. Technical risks are minimal, but the absence of some security headers and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms could pose future risks if not addressed.
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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