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Security report for scaleway.com

Scaleway SAS · Technology · France

Low risk. 2 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

82/100

Risk levelLow

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

Scaleway SAS is a well-established European cloud provider founded in 1999, specializing in delivering a resilient and sustainable cloud ecosystem tailored for AI and intelligent applications. Positioned as a European alternative to major hyperscalers, Scaleway emphasizes data sovereignty, sustainability, and high-performance infrastructure including bare metal servers, virtual instances, GPU instances, and quantum computing services. Their target audience includes developers, enterprises, startups, and AI researchers seeking cloud solutions with strong compliance and regional data control. Technically, the website is built on modern frameworks such as Next.js and React, supported by a headless CMS (Strapi), and hosted partly on their own infrastructure and AWS S3 for media. The site offers good mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices but suffers from slow load times. Security posture reveals critical issues with an invalid SSL certificate and lack of TLS protocols, which significantly impacts trust and security scores. Privacy compliance is strong with comprehensive policies and consent mechanisms. Overall, Scaleway demonstrates a high level of business credibility and professionalism but must urgently address SSL/TLS issues to ensure secure user interactions.

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NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
58/ 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

2 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. 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 X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

  2. 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
92
Security headers
65
Email security
87
DNS health
90
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
58
Average
82

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

Scaleway holds a strong market position as a European cloud provider focusing on sovereignty and sustainability, differentiating itself from global hyperscalers. Their business model revolves around cloud infrastructure and platform services with a strong emphasis on AI and emerging technologies like quantum computing. Revenue streams likely include subscription and usage-based billing for a wide range of cloud products. The company targets a diverse customer base from startups to large enterprises, supported by a rich partner ecosystem including Cloud IAM, Sentium Consulting, and others. Scaleway's strategic focus on GDPR compliance and regional hosting aligns with growing demand for data privacy and sovereignty in Europe. Their extensive product portfolio and community engagement through Slack and feature requests indicate a mature and customer-centric operation.

Security posture

The current security posture of Scaleway's website shows a mix of strengths and critical weaknesses. Strengths include valid SPF and DMARC records, HSTS enabled, GDPR compliance, and no detected subdomain takeover vulnerabilities. However, the absence of a valid SSL certificate and disabled TLS protocols represent critical vulnerabilities that expose users to potential man-in-the-middle attacks and data interception. The lack of OCSP stapling and session resumption further degrade SSL performance and security. Security headers are minimal, missing important protections like Content-Security-Policy and X-Frame-Options. Incident response channels are available, including abuse reporting and internal mail-team contacts. Overall, while organizational security policies appear robust, the technical implementation on the website requires urgent remediation to meet industry best practices and maintain user trust.

Recommendations

  1. Immediately renew and deploy a valid SSL certificate and enable TLS 1.2 or higher to secure all web traffic.
  2. Implement OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve SSL performance and security.
  3. Correct and properly configure CAA DNS records to specify authorized certificate authorities.
  4. Add comprehensive security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  5. Optimize website performance to reduce load times below 5 seconds for better user experience and SEO.
  6. Maintain and publicize clear incident response and vulnerability disclosure policies to enhance security transparency.
  7. Continue to enforce GDPR compliance and provide clear privacy and cookie policies with user consent mechanisms.
  8. Enhance contact information visibility, including verified phone numbers for support and sales.
  9. Regularly audit third-party scripts and tracking pixels to ensure privacy compliance and minimize user tracking.
  10. Promote certifications and security frameworks publicly to strengthen trust and market positioning.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using modern web technologies including React and Next.js, supported by a headless CMS (Strapi) for content management. Media assets are hosted on AWS S3, indicating hybrid hosting infrastructure. The site is mobile optimized and accessible with good SEO metadata and Open Graph tags. However, the SSL/TLS configuration is critically flawed with no valid certificate and no TLS protocols enabled, which is a major risk. Performance is slow with a load time exceeding 10 seconds, likely due to heavy resource count and unoptimized assets. Security headers are minimal, and session resumption is disabled. The DNS setup includes valid SPF and DMARC records, but CAA records are malformed. Overall, the technical infrastructure is modern but requires urgent security and performance improvements to reduce operational risks and enhance user trust.
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

Earlier scans of this domain

  1. 86/100Low17 findingsView report
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