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Security report for expertisefrance.fr

Expertise France · Government · France

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Security headers and 1 other check.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Expertise France is a French public agency specializing in international technical cooperation, operating as a subsidiary of the Agence française de développement. The agency holds a strong market position as the second largest technical cooperation entity in Europe, delivering projects across governance, security, climate, health, education, and cultural sectors in over 140 countries. The website reflects a mature digital presence with professional design, clear navigation, and multilingual support. Technically, it leverages Drupal CMS, the French government design system (DSFR), and integrates modern analytics and consent management tools, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. Security posture is robust with HTTPS enforcement and consent mechanisms, though some security headers could be explicitly confirmed. Overall, the site demonstrates high professionalism and trustworthiness, though WHOIS data is unavailable, which slightly impacts domain legitimacy assessment.

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

8 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

    • 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. 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 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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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
Security headers
55
Email security
85
DNS health
80
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
10
Average
64

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

The agency operates primarily in the government and non-profit sectors, funded by French and European public funds. Its business model centers on delivering technical cooperation projects that support sustainable development goals in partner countries. The website's ecosystem includes strong partnerships with French government ministries and related agencies, enhancing its credibility and operational reach. The content and navigation cater to public sector stakeholders, civil society, and private sector partners, indicating a broad target audience within international development. The absence of direct contact emails or phone numbers suggests controlled communication channels, typical for government entities.

Security posture

The website employs HTTPS with a good SSL configuration and integrates consent management for cookies, reflecting GDPR compliance. Security best practices such as secure forms and no visible sensitive data exposure are observed. However, explicit security headers like X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options are not clearly present in the HTML, representing an area for improvement. No vulnerabilities or malware indicators were detected. The site lacks a public vulnerability disclosure or security.txt file, which could enhance transparency and incident response readiness.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify explicit security headers including X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options to strengthen browser security.
  2. Publish a security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy to facilitate responsible vulnerability reporting.
  3. Enhance accessibility compliance to move beyond partial conformance, improving inclusivity.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and analytics tools to mitigate supply chain risks.
  5. Consider publishing more explicit contact information for security and incident response purposes to improve trust.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Legal name
Expertise France
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Expertise France
Description
Expertise France is the French public agency for international technical cooperation, a subsidiary of the Agence française de développement group. It aims to strengthen public policies sustainably in partner countries by designing and implementing projects that stimulate innovation and support public actors, civil society, and the private sector.
Key services
Project implementation, Mobilization of expertise
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal CMS, jQuery, DSFR (French government design system), Google Tag Manager, Piano Analytics, AppConsent (consent management)
Frameworks
DSFR
Platforms
Drupal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
excellent
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management for cookies
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of secure forms with CSRF tokens (implied by Drupal)

Analytics and tracking

Services
Piano Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Piano Analytics
Marketing tools
TagCommander, AppConsent
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 no blocking detected.
  2. Content is professionally presented in French with English alternate language available.
  3. Strong presence of official French government branding and partner links.
  4. Comprehensive navigation menus covering agency info, services, domains, projects, news, events, and publications.
  5. Multiple calls to action including newsletter subscription and social media follow links.
  6. Use of modern web technologies and compliance with privacy regulations.
  7. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly listed in visible content; contact likely via forms or official channels.
  8. Partial accessibility compliance noted.
  9. No explicit security.txt or vulnerability disclosure page found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal CMS with integration of the French government design system (DSFR), ensuring a consistent and accessible user interface. It uses modern JavaScript libraries and analytics tools such as Piano Analytics and Google Tag Manager. The site is mobile-optimized with responsive images and layouts. Performance is moderate, likely due to rich media content and third-party scripts. The technical infrastructure appears well-maintained with no visible errors or broken elements. Opportunities exist to improve SEO and accessibility further by enhancing metadata and ARIA attributes.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 66/100Medium28 findingsView report
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