Comparison Overview

AS Watson

VS

Jewel-Osco

AS Watson

1-5 Wo Liu Hang Road, Hong Kong, undefined, undefined, HK
Last Update: 2025-12-09

AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, is operating over 16,800 stores under 12 retail brands in 30 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2023, AS Watson Group recorded revenue of US$23 billion. Every year, we are serving over 6 billion shoppers via our O+O (Offline plus Online) technology-enabled platforms. Together with our 12 retail brands including Watsons, Kruidvat, Trekpleister, Superdrug, Savers, Rossmann, Drogas, ICI PARIS XL, The Perfume Shop, PARKnSHOP, FORTRESS and Watson’s Wine, we set O+O (Offline Plus Online) as the new standard for retail. O+O is more about creating an integrated offline and online experience to better serve customers’ needs through digital transformation, that enables them to shop across any channel, anytime, anywhere. Every day, we work towards a clear purpose: To put a Smile on our customers’ faces today and tomorrow. Our success depends on our people staying ahead of the game. We believe that our attitude to teamwork and our encouragement for your personal growth comes shining through everything we do. We also know that our success as an employer isn’t just about influencing you on why you should join our business. It’s about asking you to imagine where it could take you.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 17,282
Subsidiaries: 27
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Jewel-Osco

150 Pierce Road, Suite 400, Itasca, IL, US, 60143
Last Update: 2025-12-11
Between 750 and 799

Proudly serving our customers in the Chicagoland area since 1899, Jewel-Osco provides friendly service, quality products and great value. Jewel-Osco operates 188 stores throughout the Chicagoland area, Indiana and Iowa, which is part of a 2,200+ store operation that employs approximately 290,000 people nationwide. All of our stores, no matter what banner they operate under, were founded around the philosophy of offering customers the products they wanted to buy at a fair price, with lots of tender, loving care. We still open our doors every day with that in mind.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 11,479
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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AS Watson
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Jewel-Osco
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
AS Watson
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Jewel-Osco
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for AS Watson in 2025.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Jewel-Osco in 2025.

Incident History — AS Watson (X = Date, Y = Severity)

AS Watson cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Jewel-Osco (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Jewel-Osco cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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AS Watson
Incidents

Date Detected: 08/2018
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Credential Stuffing
Motivation: Data Theft
Blog: Blog
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Jewel-Osco
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Credential Theft (Fraudulent Website)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 12/2022
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2014
Type:Cyber Attack
Motivation: Criminal (Potential Theft of Payment Card Data)
Blog: Blog

FAQ

AS Watson company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Jewel-Osco company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Jewel-Osco company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to AS Watson company.

In the current year, Jewel-Osco company and AS Watson company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Jewel-Osco company nor AS Watson company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Jewel-Osco company and AS Watson company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Jewel-Osco company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while AS Watson company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither AS Watson company nor Jewel-Osco company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither AS Watson nor Jewel-Osco holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

AS Watson company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Jewel-Osco company.

AS Watson company employs more people globally than Jewel-Osco company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither AS Watson nor Jewel-Osco holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Jewel-Osco holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Jewel-Osco holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Jewel-Osco holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Jewel-Osco holds HIPAA certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Jewel-Osco holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N