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Security report for forumdepartementaldessciences.fr

Forum départemental des Sciences · Education · France

Medium risk. 9 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view, Email security and 2 other checks.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Forum départemental des Sciences is a public cultural and educational institution managed by the Département du Nord in France. It serves as a regional center for scientific, technical, and industrial culture, offering exhibitions, a planetarium, educational activities, and resources for professionals and educators. The website reflects a well-established organization with a domain registered since 2007, consistent with its public service mission. Technically, the website is built on WordPress with a modern tech stack including jQuery, Swiper.js, GSAP, and lazy loading technologies. It is hosted behind Cloudflare, ensuring good performance and security. The site is mobile-optimized, accessible, and SEO-friendly, with structured data and meta tags properly implemented. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS with a good SSL configuration, employs Google reCAPTCHA for form protection, and manages cookie consent via tarteaucitron.js. However, explicit security headers and a dedicated security policy or incident response contact are not found, representing areas for improvement. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with GDPR requirements. It provides clear contact information and maintains a transparent presence through social media channels. The content is safe for general audiences, focusing on educational and cultural topics without any adult or explicit material.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 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. 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.

    • Critical

      No email authentication configured

      Domain is vulnerable to email spoofing

      What to do: Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC immediately

  3. 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 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
85
Security headers
45
Email security
40
DNS health
50
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
58

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

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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

The Forum départemental des Sciences occupies a unique position as a government-managed cultural and educational center in the Nord region of France. Its business model is centered on public service, providing science mediation and educational resources to a broad audience including families, schools, and professionals. The institution benefits from strong local government backing, enhancing its credibility and stability. Its offerings include exhibitions, planetarium shows, guided visits, and support for scientific projects, positioning it as a key regional player in science education and culture. The website supports this mission with comprehensive content and outreach via social media, reflecting a mature digital presence aligned with its public service goals.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a solid security posture with mandatory HTTPS enforced and SSL certificates properly configured. The use of Google reCAPTCHA on forms helps mitigate automated abuse. Cookie consent is managed effectively with tarteaucitron.js, supporting GDPR compliance. However, the absence of explicit security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), X-Frame-Options, and HSTS reduces the overall security hardening. No visible vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the HTML content. The lack of a published security policy or incident response contact limits transparency in security governance. Overall, the site is secure for its purpose but could benefit from enhanced security headers and documented policies.

Recommendations

  1. Implement HTTP security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-XSS-Protection to strengthen browser security.
  2. Publish a dedicated security policy page outlining security practices and incident response procedures.
  3. Add explicit incident response contact channels such as security@ or abuse@ email addresses.
  4. Regularly update WordPress core and plugins to the latest versions to mitigate vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance transparency by providing terms of service and data retention policies.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Forum départemental des Sciences
Description
Le Forum départemental des Sciences est un équipement culturel géré par le Département du Nord. C’est un centre de culture scientifique, technique et industrielle – véritable service public de médiation culturelle généraliste sur le champ des sciences et des techniques.
Key services
Science exhibitions, Planetarium, Educational activities, Resource center for professionals and educators, Guided visits
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
WordPress 5.5.1, jQuery 1.12.4, Swiper.js, GSAP (TweenMax, ScrollToPlugin), Plyr, Tingle modal, LazySizes, Google reCAPTCHA, tarteaucitron.js (cookie consent)
Platforms
WordPress
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Use of Google reCAPTCHA for forms
  • Cookie consent management with tarteaucitron.js
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics (gtag.js)
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Google Analytics (gtag.js)
Marketing tools
tarteaucitron.js
Transparency
good

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a public cultural and educational center managed by local government.
  2. Content is rich, well-structured, and professionally presented.
  3. Good use of modern web technologies and accessibility features.
  4. Cookie consent and privacy compliance mechanisms are implemented.
  5. No signs of malicious or suspicious activity.
  6. Contact information is clear and includes phone and physical address.
  7. No explicit security policy or incident response information found.
  8. No terms of service page explicitly found.
  9. Social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a WordPress CMS platform version 5.5.1, utilizing a range of modern JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Swiper.js for sliders, GSAP for animations, Plyr for media playback, and Tingle for modals. Lazy loading is implemented via LazySizes to optimize performance. Hosting is supported by Cloudflare, providing CDN and DNS services. The site is mobile responsive and includes accessibility features such as font size adjustment and dyslexia-friendly options. SEO is well addressed with Yoast SEO plugin integration and structured data in JSON-LD format. Performance is moderate, with asynchronous loading of scripts and optimized images. Technical debt appears low, but updating WordPress and plugins to newer versions is advisable to maintain security and performance.
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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