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Security report for mines-albi.org

IMT Mines Albi-Carmaux Alumni · Education · France

Medium risk. 5 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view and Network security.

Security score

53/100

Risk levelMedium

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

IMT Mines Albi-Carmaux Alumni operates as a non-profit alumni association serving graduates, students, and recruiters connected to the IMT Mines Albi-Carmaux engineering school in France. The website provides comprehensive services including news updates, event management, career resources, and an extensive alumni directory with nearly 40,000 registered members. The platform targets alumni and community members seeking networking and professional development opportunities. Technically, the website employs a traditional tech stack with jQuery, Bootstrap, slick carousel, and integrates hCaptcha for form security and tarteaucitron.js for cookie consent management. However, the site suffers from a critical lack of valid SSL/TLS certificates, resulting in no HTTPS support and no modern TLS protocols enabled, which significantly undermines its security posture. Despite this, the site maintains GDPR compliance through cookie consent and privacy policies, and offers a good user experience with clear navigation and responsive design. The overall risk is moderate due to security gaps, particularly the absence of HTTPS and security headers, which should be prioritized for remediation.

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

5 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.

    • 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

    • 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: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google APIs

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

  2. Network security

    Services reachable from the internet are the first thing attackers probe. Anything open that does not need to be should be closed.

    • High

      High-Risk Service Exposed: FTP

      Port 21 (FTP) is publicly accessible - FTP - Often unencrypted file transfer

      What to do: Consider restricting access to FTP or implementing strong authentication

      • NIS2 21(2)(e)
      • IR 2024/2690 6.7.2(f): Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690, Annex point 6.7.2(f): Network security
      • NIST CM-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 CM-7: Least Functionality
      • NIST SC-7: NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 SC-7: Boundary Protection

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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
50
Security headers
85
Email security
50
DNS health
85
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
25
Average
53

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 association holds a strong market position within the French educational alumni sector, leveraging partnerships with related institutions such as IMT Mines Albi, Fondation Mines Telecom, and other alumni groups. Its business model focuses on community engagement, career support, and fundraising through mécénat. The large member base and active event calendar indicate healthy growth and engagement. The website's integration of social media channels and analytics tools supports ongoing marketing and outreach efforts. However, the lack of visible certifications or advanced security policies may impact trust among more security-conscious users. The partnership ecosystem is well represented, enhancing credibility and reach.

Security posture

The current security maturity level is low due to the absence of a valid SSL certificate and HTTPS, exposing users to potential interception and data integrity risks. No security headers are implemented, and TLS protocols are disabled, which further weakens the site's defense against common web attacks. The use of hCaptcha and cookie consent mechanisms are positive indicators of security awareness and GDPR compliance. Incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies are not found, indicating limited preparedness for security incidents. Overall, the site requires urgent improvements in encryption, header security, and incident management to meet modern security standards.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS across the entire site.
  2. Enable and enforce modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable insecure protocols.
  3. Implement essential security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  4. Establish and publish a formal security policy and incident response plan accessible to users.
  5. Enhance monitoring and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms to improve security culture and transparency.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a legacy but stable technology stack including jQuery, Bootstrap, and slick carousel, with integrations for rich text editing (tinymce) and enhanced form controls (select2). Hosting appears to be provided by OVH, a reputable provider. Performance is suboptimal with a large page size (~1.2MB) and high resource count (328), resulting in slow load times (~20 seconds). The site is mobile responsive and includes accessibility features at a basic level. SEO is well addressed with proper meta tags and Open Graph data. Technical debt is evident in the lack of modern HTTPS support and missing security headers, which pose operational risks. Modernization efforts should focus on improving security infrastructure and optimizing 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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