Comparison Overview

Acer

VS

NVIDIA

Acer

8F, 88, Sec. 1, Xin Tai Wu Rd., Sec 1, XiZhi District, New Taipei City, TW, 221
Last Update: 2025-12-19
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Between 650 and 699
http://www.acer.com/

Founded in 1976, Acer is one of the world's top ICT companies with a presence in more than 160 countries. As Acer evolves with the industry and changing lifestyles, it is focused on enabling a world where hardware, software and services will fuse with one another, creating ecosystems and opening up new possibilities for consumers and businesses alike. Acer's 7,500 employees are dedicated to the research, design, marketing, sale, and support of products and solutions that break barriers between people and technology. At Acer, we've created an atmosphere that stimulates creativity and encourages individuality, freedom, and autonomy. Our established yet flexible organization invites you to work "out of the box"​ to surprise us with new ideas and challenge us with original thinking. Get a fresh perspective on your career. Take a look at where you could go with Acer. We're ready to offer new directions—and a fresh perspective—to talented people looking for career opportunities.

NAICS: 3341
NAICS Definition: Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Employees: 9,292
Subsidiaries: 14
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
4
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NVIDIA

2701 San Tomas Expressway, None, Santa Clara, CA, US, 95050
Last Update: 2025-12-17
Between 800 and 849
http://www.nvidia.com

Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

NAICS: 3341
NAICS Definition: Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Employees: 41,594
Subsidiaries: 19
12-month incidents
2
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Acer
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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NVIDIA
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Acer
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
NVIDIA
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Computer Hardware Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

Acer has 56.25% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Computer Hardware Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

NVIDIA has 212.5% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Acer (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Acer cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — NVIDIA (X = Date, Y = Severity)

NVIDIA cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Acer
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Misconfigured Windows Named Pipe permissions
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 03/2023
Type:Data Leak
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2021
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog
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NVIDIA
Incidents

Date Detected: 7/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Rowhammer, Bluetooth Exploits, Phishing, Data Theft
Motivation: Financial Gain, Data Theft
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Remote Code Execution (RCE) via shared memory manipulation
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2024
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Software Vulnerability, DoS Attack
Motivation: Data Theft, Disruption of Operations
Blog: Blog

FAQ

NVIDIA company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Acer company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Acer company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to NVIDIA company.

In the current year, NVIDIA company has reported more cyber incidents than Acer company.

Acer company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while NVIDIA company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both NVIDIA company and Acer company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

NVIDIA company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Acer company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Acer company and NVIDIA company have disclosed vulnerabilities.

Neither Acer nor NVIDIA holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

NVIDIA company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Acer company.

NVIDIA company employs more people globally than Acer company, reflecting its scale as a Computer Hardware Manufacturing.

Neither Acer nor NVIDIA holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Acer nor NVIDIA holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Acer nor NVIDIA holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Acer nor NVIDIA holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Acer nor NVIDIA holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Acer nor NVIDIA holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
Description

Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.15.1, it was possible to overwrite Git configuration remotely and override some of its behavior. Version 5.15.1 fixes the issue.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 9.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can allow a low-privileged authenticated user to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of computing resources and a denial of service (DoS) of the Kibana process via a crafted HTTP request.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Description

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an unauthenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a vulnerability a function handler in the Vega AST evaluator.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References