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IMT Mines Alès Alumni · Education · France

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

Security score

60/100

Risk levelMedium

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

IMT Mines Alès Alumni operates as a non-profit alumni association dedicated to serving graduates, students, and recruiters associated with IMT Mines Alès. The website provides comprehensive services including networking, career support, event management, and community engagement. It maintains a strong presence on social media and integrates multiple partner organizations, reflecting a well-established position within the French educational sector. The content is professionally presented in French, targeting alumni and related stakeholders. Technically, the website is built on a custom CMS platform with a technology stack including Apache, PHP, jQuery, Bootstrap, and various JavaScript libraries. While the site is mobile-optimized and SEO-friendly, performance metrics indicate slow loading times. The hosting appears to be with OVH, and the site uses several third-party services for analytics, cookie consent, and anti-bot measures. From a security perspective, the site implements several important HTTP security headers and a content security policy. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and lack of TLS protocol support significantly weaken its security posture. Cookies are set with secure and HttpOnly flags, and forms include anti-bot protection via hCaptcha. Privacy compliance is strong, with clear cookie and privacy policies and GDPR adherence. Overall, the site is functional and professional but requires urgent improvements in SSL/TLS configuration to enhance security and user trust. Addressing these issues will improve the security score and overall risk profile, ensuring better protection for users and data integrity.

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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: Google Analytics, 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
90
Security headers
85
Email security
50
DNS health
90
Network security
20
GDPR outside view
25
Average
60

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 IMT Mines Alès Alumni website serves as a central hub for the alumni community of IMT Mines Alès, a French engineering school. Its business model focuses on fostering connections among graduates, supporting career development, and organizing events. The association leverages partnerships with related educational institutions and foundations to enhance its offerings. Revenue streams likely include membership fees, event participation, and possibly donations or sponsorships. The target audience includes alumni, current students, recruiters, and academic partners. The presence of a boutique and career services indicates diversified engagement channels. The website's integration with multiple social media platforms and external partners suggests a mature ecosystem supporting growth and community building.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a moderate security maturity level with implementation of key HTTP security headers and a content security policy. The use of HttpOnly and Secure flags on cookies and integration of hCaptcha for form protection are positive indicators. However, the lack of a valid SSL certificate and absence of TLS protocols are critical vulnerabilities that expose users to potential interception and downgrade attacks. The site does not support session resumption or OCSP stapling, which could impact both security and performance. No explicit incident response or security policy information is found, indicating potential gaps in security governance. Compliance with GDPR is evident through privacy and cookie policies, but technical security improvements are necessary to reduce risk.

Recommendations

  1. Obtain and deploy a valid SSL/TLS certificate to enable HTTPS and protect data in transit.
  2. Enable modern TLS protocols (TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3) and disable insecure protocols.
  3. Implement session resumption and OCSP stapling to improve security and performance.
  4. Regularly audit and update security headers and Content Security Policy to cover evolving threats.
  5. Publish a clear security policy and incident response plan accessible to users.
  6. Enhance accessibility features to improve compliance and user experience.
  7. Optimize website performance to reduce load times and improve user engagement.

Contact details published on the site

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Technical notes

Notes

The website is hosted on an Apache server with a custom CMS platform likely based on NetAssociés. It uses a variety of JavaScript libraries including jQuery, Bootstrap, TinyMCE, Select2, and LABjs, indicating a moderately complex front-end. The site integrates third-party services such as Google Analytics, Hotjar, Raygun, and hCaptcha for analytics, error tracking, and bot protection. The DNS is managed by Gandi with SPF records configured for email security. Despite a rich feature set, the site suffers from slow performance and lacks a valid SSL certificate, which is a significant technical debt. The mobile optimization is good, and SEO metadata is well implemented. There is no JSON-LD structured data detected, which could be an opportunity for SEO improvement.
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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