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Security report for madd-bordeaux.fr

Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux · Government · France

Medium risk. 6 critical or high findings in Email security, Security headers and 2 other checks.

Security score

62/100

Risk levelMedium

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

The Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux is a French cultural institution dedicated to decorative arts and design, located in Bordeaux. The museum showcases collections from the 18th and 19th centuries, emphasizing regional and national heritage. The website serves as an information portal for visitors, offering details on exhibitions, events, and educational content. It targets a general audience including local residents, tourists, and cultural enthusiasts. The museum operates as a non-profit entity under the auspices of the city of Bordeaux. Technically, the website is built on Drupal CMS with Bootstrap and Font Awesome for styling and icons. It employs modern web standards, is mobile-optimized, and includes a cookie consent mechanism compliant with GDPR. Performance is moderate with good SEO and accessibility basics. The site integrates social media channels and external cultural partners, enhancing its digital presence. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS with good SSL configuration and cookie consent management. However, explicit security headers like CSP and X-Frame-Options are not detected, and no formal security policy or incident response contacts are published. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were found. The WHOIS data confirms domain legitimacy and consistency with the museum's identity. Overall, the website is professional, trustworthy, and compliant with privacy regulations, though it could improve security posture by adding formal policies and security headers. The risk level is low, with recommendations focused on enhancing security transparency and technical hardening.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
68/ 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. 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

    • High

      No SPF record found

      SPF helps prevent email spoofing

      What to do: Add SPF record: "v=spf1 include:_spf.yourmailprovider.com ~all"

  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 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';…

  3. GDPR outside view

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

    • 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

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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
62
Security headers
40
Email security
40
DNS health
60
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
68
Average
62

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 museum holds a strong regional position as a cultural institution supported by the city of Bordeaux and local partners such as Château Haut Bailly. Its business model is non-profit, focusing on cultural preservation, education, and community engagement. Revenue streams likely include public funding, sponsorships, and event-related income. The target audience spans local residents, tourists, and cultural scholars. The website reflects a mature digital strategy with multilingual support and multimedia content. Partnerships with local cultural entities strengthen its ecosystem. Growth indicators include active social media and ongoing renovation projects. Strategic observations suggest opportunities to expand digital engagement and formalize security and compliance frameworks.

Security posture

The current security maturity is moderate. The site enforces HTTPS and uses a cookie consent tool aligned with GDPR. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed data were detected. However, the absence of explicit security headers and lack of published security policies or incident response contacts indicate gaps in security governance. The site does not provide a security.txt file or vulnerability disclosure program. These gaps could impact incident handling and user trust in case of security events. Compliance with GDPR is evident but could be enhanced with clearer documentation. Overall, the security posture is adequate for a cultural institution but would benefit from formalization and technical improvements.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options to mitigate common web attacks.
  2. Publish a formal security policy and incident response contact information on the website to improve transparency and readiness.
  3. Create and maintain a security.txt file to facilitate vulnerability disclosure and responsible reporting.
  4. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking pixels to ensure privacy compliance and minimize tracking footprint.
  5. Enhance accessibility features to meet higher standards and improve user experience for all visitors.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux
Description
Le musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design, Bordeaux, est un musée situé dans l'hôtel de Lalande, à Bordeaux, en Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Les collections du musée, mobilier, meubles portuaires, céramique, verrerie, orfèvrerie, instruments de musique et de mesure, miniatures, arts de la table ou objets de l'intime constituent un exemple des arts décoratifs français, et en particulier bordelais, des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, et un témoignage sur l'histoire de Bordeaux, ville des Lumières et grand port de négoce au XVIIIe siècle.
Key services
museum exhibitions, cultural events, educational workshops, podcasts, online content
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Drupal CMS, Bootstrap 3.4.1, Font Awesome 6.4.2, tarteaucitron cookie consent
Frameworks
Drupal, Bootstrap
Platforms
Web
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Cookie consent mechanism implemented
  • No exposed sensitive data in HTML
  • No visible vulnerable libraries

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Facebook Pixel
Marketing tools
tarteaucitron cookie consent
Transparency
basic

Site quality

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

Key observations

  1. Website is a professionally maintained cultural museum site.
  2. Content is in French with English alternate available.
  3. Cookie consent is implemented with detailed user control.
  4. Social media presence is active on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
  5. No security policy or incident response information publicly available.
  6. No visible security vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data.
  7. WHOIS data supports legitimacy and consistency of the domain.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a stable and widely used CMS platform (Drupal) with Bootstrap for responsive design and Font Awesome for icons. It uses modern CSS and JavaScript libraries loaded from reputable CDNs. The site is mobile-optimized and includes SEO best practices such as canonical links, meta descriptions, and Open Graph tags. Performance is moderate, with room for optimization in loading times and resource management. The technical debt appears low, but the site could benefit from updated security headers and enhanced accessibility compliance. Hosting details are limited but domain registration is consistent and well-maintained.
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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