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Security report for groupe-genes.fr

Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique (GENES) · Education · France

Medium risk. 8 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Security headers.

Security score

58/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique (GENES) is a French public higher education and research institution specializing in economics, statistics, finance, and data science. It operates under the French Ministry of Economy and Finance and comprises several academic entities including ENSAE Paris, ENSAI, CREST, and CEPE. The website serves as an informational portal targeting students, researchers, and professionals interested in these fields. Technically, the site is built on legacy technologies including PHP 5.4.14 and ASP.NET hosted on Microsoft IIS 8.0, with basic use of JavaScript libraries like MooTools and Google Analytics for tracking. However, the site lacks a valid SSL certificate, exposing it to security risks and reducing trustworthiness. Security headers and modern security practices are minimal or absent. Privacy compliance is limited, with no visible cookie consent mechanism and only a basic privacy/legal mentions page. Business credibility is moderate due to official government affiliation and academic partnerships, but the site’s technical and security posture needs significant improvement.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
0/ 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

  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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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
90
Security headers
20
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
0
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

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
3
Employees
0
Customers
3
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
0%

1 subdomain 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

GENES holds an important position as a public institution in the French education and research sector focused on economics and statistics. Its business model is government-funded education and research, with key revenue streams likely from public funding and continuing education programs. The institution targets students, researchers, and professionals in economics, statistics, finance, and data science. The website reflects a stable partnership ecosystem with well-known academic entities. Growth indicators include recent press releases and strategic partnerships. However, the digital presence is somewhat outdated, which may impact user engagement and perception.

Security posture

The website’s security posture is weak due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS enforcement, exposing users to potential data interception risks. The use of an outdated PHP version (5.4.14) further increases vulnerability to known exploits. No advanced security headers or policies are implemented, and there is no published incident response or security policy information. The lack of cookie consent mechanisms also indicates non-compliance with GDPR requirements. While no active vulnerabilities like Heartbleed or POODLE were detected, the overall security maturity is low, posing risks to user data and institutional reputation.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS site-wide and enforce secure connections.
  2. Upgrade server-side technologies, especially PHP, to supported and secure versions to mitigate known vulnerabilities.
  3. Implement comprehensive security headers including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Publish clear privacy, security, and incident response policies including contact channels for security issues.
  5. Add a cookie consent mechanism to comply with GDPR and improve user trust.
Technical notes

Notes

The website runs on Microsoft IIS 8.0 with PHP 5.4.14 and ASP.NET, indicating a legacy technology stack. JavaScript libraries include MooTools 1.4 and Google APIs. The site lacks modern CMS or frameworks and shows basic SEO and accessibility features. Performance data is missing but inferred as slow due to outdated tech and lack of optimization. Hosting appears to be on a French IP address without DNSSEC or CAA records, reducing DNS security. The absence of SSL and modern TLS protocols is a critical technical deficiency. Overall, the infrastructure requires modernization to improve security, performance, and user experience.
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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