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HarfangLab: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

HarfangLab is a French cybersecurity company focused on endpoint protection. Its platform is built around a single lightweight agent for endpoints and servers and centres on EDR (endpoint detection and response), with detection engines based on YARA signatures, Sigma rules and indicators of compromise, plus ransomware detection. Further modules cover endpoint protection, attack surface management, identity threat detection and email security. Customers can choose a cloud deployment, an on-premises installation or hosting on SecNumCloud.

HarfangLab is headquartered in Paris. The company states that data is hosted in Europe, without naming data centres or providers, and that its EDR holds ANSSI certification and German BSI certification. The sources consulted name no foreign parent company. The software is proprietary. Thanks to the on-premises option, a European organisation can choose between a vendor-operated service and fully self-managed operation.

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Sovereignty score

71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
Key management with a European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 4, 2026

Headquarters	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal	CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
Category	Cybersecurity
Type	Product
Website	harfanglab.io ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to HarfangLab

The European alternatives to HarfangLab come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with HarfangLab

HarfangLab is headquartered in FR and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so HarfangLab scores best on data residency.

HarfangLab is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs HarfangLab together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to HarfangLab?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to HarfangLab include Actalis, Advenica and Avira. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to HarfangLab?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to HarfangLab include CrowdSec. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is HarfangLab GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

HarfangLab is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes HarfangLab an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 4, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

Report a vulnerability: harfanglab.io/medias/2026/04/harfanglab-secure-user-guidance-1.2.pdf

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

Checked on October 9, 2026. What is the Cyber Resilience Act?

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