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Security report for globenet.org

Globenet · Non-profit · N/a

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

68/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Globenet is a small, non-profit oriented website focused on digital rights, surveillance, and privacy activism. It provides news articles, event information, and resources primarily in French, targeting activists and the general public interested in digital liberties. The website uses the SPIP CMS platform with Bootstrap and jQuery, indicating a moderately modern technical infrastructure. The site is accessible and well-structured but lacks explicit privacy and cookie policies, contact information, and security headers, which are areas for improvement. The WHOIS data is unavailable, likely due to privacy protection, which is understandable given the activist nature of the site. Overall, the website is legitimate and serves a niche community but could enhance its security and compliance posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
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. 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';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • 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

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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
95
Security headers
15
Email security
75
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
68

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

Globenet operates in the non-profit and activist sector, focusing on digital rights and surveillance issues. Its market position is niche, serving a community of privacy advocates and activists. The business model appears informational and advocacy-based without commercial intent. The site links to reputable external organizations in the privacy and digital rights space, indicating a networked ecosystem. Growth indicators and partnerships are not explicitly visible. The lack of direct contact information and formal business registration details suggests a grassroots or volunteer-driven operation.

Security posture

The website uses HTTPS, which is a fundamental security measure. However, it lacks visible security headers such as Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options, which could improve protection against common web attacks. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the provided content. The absence of a security policy or incident response contact reduces the site's readiness for handling security incidents. Privacy compliance is weak due to missing privacy and cookie policies. Overall, the security posture is moderate but could be significantly improved with standard best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Implement comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  2. Add security headers like Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance security.
  3. Provide clear contact information including a security incident response contact.
  4. Introduce a vulnerability disclosure policy or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting.
  5. Improve accessibility features and SEO optimization to enhance user experience and reach.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Globenet
Description
Globenet appears to be a non-profit or activist-oriented website focused on digital rights, surveillance, and privacy issues. It publishes articles and hosts events related to digital liberties, surveillance laws, and resistance to repression.
Key services
Publishing articles on digital rights and surveillance, Hosting event information and colloquia, Providing support and resources related to digital liberties
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
SPIP 4.2.17, jQuery, Bootstrap 4.6.1.1, mediabox (lity), jquery.form, js.cookie
Frameworks
Bootstrap
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
basic

Security

Observed score
65/100
Good practices seen
  • Use of HTTPS (implied by URL https://www.globenet.org/)

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
moderate

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF detected.
  2. Content is primarily in French with an option for English language.
  3. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the homepage or main navigation.
  4. No direct contact emails or phone numbers found in the visible content.
  5. Site uses SPIP CMS with Bootstrap and jQuery libraries.
  6. No social media links explicitly found in the provided HTML.
  7. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure information found.
  8. No business registration or certification information found.
  9. External links mostly point to reputable activist and privacy-related organizations.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on SPIP CMS version 4.2.17, using Bootstrap 4.6.1.1 and jQuery libraries, which are mature and stable technologies. The site includes mediabox and other plugins for media display. Performance appears moderate with no explicit indicators of slow loading. Mobile optimization is good due to responsive Bootstrap framework. Accessibility is basic, with room for improvement. SEO is basic with meta tags present but no advanced structured data like JSON-LD or Open Graph tags detected. Hosting provider and infrastructure details are not visible from the content.
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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