Comparison Overview

Allianz

VS

Merrill Lynch

Allianz

Koeniginstrasse 28, Munich, undefined, 80802, DE
Last Update: 2025-11-27

The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 100 million private and corporate customers in more than 70 countries. We are proud to be the Worldwide Insurance Partner of the Olympic & Paralympic Movements from 2021 until 2028 and to be recognized as one of the industry leaders in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. Join us and together, let’s care for tomorrow. Credits: https://www.allianz.com/en_GB/credits-allianz-se.html Follow us on: Twitter: twitter.com/Allianz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamallianz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllianzCareers Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.de/%C3%9Cberblick/Arbeit-bei-Allianz-EI_IE3062.11,18.htm Allianz Data Privacy Statement: https://www.allianz.com/en_GB/privacy-statement.html Allianz Careers Data Privacy Statement: https://careers.allianz.com/en_EN/footer/data-privacy.html LinkedIn Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy LinkedIn General Terms: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 147,457
Subsidiaries: 126
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
6
Attack type number
3

Merrill Lynch

2 World Financial Center, New York, NY, 10281, US
Last Update: 2025-11-26
Between 800 and 849

Founded in 1914, Merrill is one of the largest wealth management businesses in the world. Merrill financial advisors combine financial knowledge and experience with a deep understanding of their clients’ needs to help their clients pursue the lives they want. With a deep commitment to placing their clients' interests first, Merrill financial advisors draw upon the investment insights of Merrill and the banking insights of Bank of America to unlock opportunities tailored to their clients’ needs in many areas of their financial lives. The strategies our financial advisors offer go beyond investment management to include college savings strategies, retirement planning, eldercare, philanthropy, estate planning services, small business services, and access to cash management & banking strategies. Any opinions, views, statements, estimates or projections ("posts") posted on this web page are solely those of the author(s). Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management is part of Bank of America Corporation's Global Wealth & Investment Management business. Additional Terms, Conditions & Disclaimers found here: https://www.ml.com/social-media/merrill-lynch-on-twitter.html Disclaimer The site is maintained by a third party that has no affiliation with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("MLPF&S" or "Merrill"). The recommendations posted to this page by or about Merrill employees, are not endorsed by, and may not represent the views. This material is not intended to constitute a recommendation, offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security financial instrument. or strategy. Always consult with your independent attorney, tax advisor, investment managers, and insurance agent for final recommendations and before changing or implementing any financial, tax, or estate planning strategy. Bank of America Linkedin Community Guidelines: http://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/social-media/linkedin-community­guidelines.html

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 34,776
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
4
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Allianz
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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Merrill Lynch
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
Allianz
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Merrill Lynch
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Allianz in 2025.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Merrill Lynch in 2025.

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

Allianz cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Merrill Lynch (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Merrill Lynch cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Allianz
Incidents

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Third-party CRM compromise, Malware deployment (ransomware), Unauthorized access
Motivation: Data Theft, Financial Gain (likely)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2025
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Exploitation of Salesforce Instances, Data Exfiltration
Motivation: Financial Gain, Extortion, Data Theft for Resale or Fraud
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Third-party cloud-based CRM system
Motivation: Data theft
Blog: Blog
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Merrill Lynch
Incidents

Date Detected: 2/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Inadvertent Disclosure
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2024
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 4/2024
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Human Error (Email Misconfiguration)
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

Allianz company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Merrill Lynch company.

In the current year, Allianz company has reported more cyber incidents than Merrill Lynch company.

Allianz company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Merrill Lynch company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Merrill Lynch company and Allianz company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Allianz company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Merrill Lynch company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Allianz company nor Merrill Lynch company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Allianz nor Merrill Lynch holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Allianz company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Merrill Lynch company.

Allianz company employs more people globally than Merrill Lynch company, reflecting its scale as a Financial Services.

Neither Allianz nor Merrill Lynch holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Allianz nor Merrill Lynch holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Allianz nor Merrill Lynch holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Allianz nor Merrill Lynch holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Allianz nor Merrill Lynch holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Allianz nor Merrill Lynch holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H