Comparison Overview

Advocate Aurora Health

VS

Ascension

Advocate Aurora Health

750 W Virginia St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, 53204
Last Update: 2025-12-11

Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health are now Advocate Health – the fifth-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the U.S. Advocate Health is the fifth-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States –created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health serves nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs nearly 150,000 team members across 67 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in annual community benefits. Learn more: advocatehealth.org Read our social media community engagement guidelines: aah.org/social

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 14,988
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Ascension

101 South Hanley Rd., Suite 450, St. Louis, MO, US, 63105
Last Update: 2025-12-11
Between 0 and 549

Answering God's call to bring health, healing and hope to all. Ascension is one of the nation’s leading non-profit and Catholic health systems, with a Mission of delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to those most vulnerable. In FY2025, Ascension provided $1.7 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs along with $1.8 billion of unreimbursed care for Medicare patients. Across 16 states and the District of Columbia, Ascension’s network encompasses approximately 99,000 associates, 22,300 aligned providers, 95 wholly owned or consolidated hospitals, and ownership interests in 26 additional hospitals through partnerships. Ascension also operates 30 senior living facilities and a variety of other care sites offering a range of healthcare services.

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 66,110
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Advocate Aurora Health
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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Ascension
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
Advocate Aurora Health
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Ascension
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Advocate Aurora Health in 2025.

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

Ascension has 19.05% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Advocate Aurora Health (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Advocate Aurora Health cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Ascension cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Advocate Aurora Health
Incidents

Date Detected: 10/2022
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Improper use of Meta Pixel
Blog: Blog
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Ascension
Incidents

Date Detected: 4/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Vulnerability in third-party software
Motivation: Data theft
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 12/2024
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Social Engineering
Motivation: Financial
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2024
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Advocate Aurora Health company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Ascension company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Ascension company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Advocate Aurora Health company.

In the current year, Ascension company has reported more cyber incidents than Advocate Aurora Health company.

Ascension company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Advocate Aurora Health company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Ascension company and Advocate Aurora Health company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither Ascension company nor Advocate Aurora Health company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Advocate Aurora Health company nor Ascension company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Advocate Aurora Health nor Ascension holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Advocate Aurora Health company nor Ascension company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Ascension company employs more people globally than Advocate Aurora Health company, reflecting its scale as a Hospitals and Health Care.

Neither Advocate Aurora Health nor Ascension holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Advocate Aurora Health nor Ascension holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Advocate Aurora Health nor Ascension holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Advocate Aurora Health nor Ascension holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Advocate Aurora Health nor Ascension holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Advocate Aurora Health nor Ascension 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