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Security report for ina.fr

Institut national de l'audiovisuel · Media · France

Low risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

76/100

Risk levelLow

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

Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) is a prominent French national audiovisual institute that provides extensive audio and video archives, educational content, media training, and subscription-based video services. The website reflects a well-established media organization with a strong digital presence and a focus on public access to audiovisual heritage. The site is professionally designed, mobile-optimized, and offers clear navigation and rich content relevant to its audience of media professionals, researchers, and the general public. Technically, the site is built on Drupal 10 with modern frameworks and includes consent management for privacy compliance. Security posture is good with HTTPS and consent mechanisms, though explicit security policies and vulnerability disclosures are not found. WHOIS data is unavailable, which is common for .fr domains, but the website's branding and social media presence strongly support its legitimacy. Overall, the site scores well on content quality, technical implementation, security, privacy compliance, and business credibility.

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

4 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 Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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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
90
Security headers
80
Email security
72
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
76

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

INA holds a strong market position as the official French audiovisual archive and media institute. Its business model combines free access to archival content with subscription services like madelen. The organization targets a broad audience including the general public, media professionals, and educational sectors. Partnerships with platforms such as france.tv and dedicated podcast and press subdomains enhance its ecosystem. The website's content quality and branding consistency reinforce its authoritative presence. Revenue streams likely include public funding, subscriptions, and educational services. The lack of explicit contact emails or phone numbers suggests a controlled communication channel primarily via contact forms, consistent with a large public institution.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a mature security posture with enforced HTTPS, use of modern frameworks, and a comprehensive cookie consent mechanism via Didomi. Security headers are implied but not explicitly confirmed in the HTML. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. However, the absence of a published security policy or incident response page and lack of a security.txt file indicate room for improvement in transparency and vulnerability management. The site should consider publishing explicit security policies and a vulnerability disclosure program to enhance trust and readiness.

Recommendations

  1. Publish explicit security and incident response policies on the website.
  2. Implement and verify all recommended security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy).
  3. Add a security.txt file to facilitate responsible vulnerability disclosure.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and libraries for security vulnerabilities.
  5. Enhance contact information availability with verified company emails and phone numbers for support and security contacts.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Institut national de l'audiovisuel
Description
Découvrez les fonds audios et vidéos à consulter gratuitement, des articles qui éclairent l’actualité, les activités de l’INA, ses rendez-vous, ses formations et bien plus encore !
Key services
Audio and video archives, Educational content, Media training, Subscription video service (madelen)
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal 10, Bootstrap 5.3.2, Google Tag Manager, Didomi Consent SDK
Frameworks
Drupal
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
85/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Consent management for cookies
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • Use of modern libraries and frameworks

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Tag Manager
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Marketing tools
Didomi Consent SDK
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. Strong privacy and cookie consent mechanisms implemented.
  3. No explicit contact emails or phone numbers found in HTML; contact is via form.
  4. Use of modern web technologies and frameworks.
  5. WHOIS data unavailable, typical for .fr domains with privacy or registry restrictions.
  6. No security.txt or explicit security policy pages found.
  7. Social media presence is official and consistent with organization.
  8. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on Drupal 10 CMS with Bootstrap 5.3.2 for responsive design and uses Google Tag Manager for analytics and Didomi SDK for consent management. The site loads asynchronously and uses modern JavaScript libraries. Performance is moderate with good mobile optimization and accessibility features. SEO is supported by proper meta tags, Open Graph tags, and structured JSON-LD data describing the organization and social media profiles. Hosting provider details are not explicitly found. The site uses multiple external domains for content delivery and tracking, all reputable and consistent with the business model. Technical risks are low but depend on ongoing maintenance of third-party scripts and security headers.
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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