Comparison Overview

Acer

VS

Western Digital

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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Western Digital

5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, US, 95138
Last Update: 2025-12-17
Between 750 and 799
www.westerndigital.com

At Western Digital, our vision is to unleash the power and value of data. For decades, we have been at the forefront of storage innovation, which fuels our mission to be the market leader in data storage, delivering solutions for now and the future. We are committed to providing scalable, sustainable technology for the world’s hyperscalers, enterprises, and cloud providers, and delivering cutting-edge innovation that will drive the next generation of AI-driven data workloads. All that we do is powered by our people, who are united in a common purpose of creating solutions that move the world forward. Learn more at www.westerndigital.com.

NAICS: 3341
NAICS Definition: Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Employees: 22,284
Subsidiaries: 1
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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Western Digital
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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
Western Digital
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)

Western Digital 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 — Western Digital (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Western Digital 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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Western Digital
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Network (Remote)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Network (HTTP POST request)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 05/2023
Type:Breach
Motivation: Data theft
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Western Digital 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 Western Digital company.

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

Both Western Digital company and Acer company have confirmed experiencing at least one ransomware attack.

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

Neither Western Digital company nor Acer company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Both Acer company and Western Digital company have disclosed vulnerabilities.

Neither Acer nor Western Digital holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Acer company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Western Digital company.

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

Neither Acer nor Western Digital holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Acer nor Western Digital holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Acer nor Western Digital holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Acer nor Western Digital holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Acer nor Western Digital holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Acer nor Western Digital 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