Comparison Overview

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

VS

Gilead Sciences

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

675 W Kendall St, Cambridge, 02142, US
Last Update: 2025-11-27
Between 800 and 849

SILENCE DISEASE. AMPLIFY LIFE.™ Alnylam is a leading independent biopharmaceutical company and the pioneer in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics – a revolutionary approach to treating diseases which “silences” the genes that cause or contribute to them. Founded in 2002 by a group of distinguished researchers and biotech leaders, Alnylam’s work over more than two decades has yielded the critical breakthroughs and advancements that have made the field of (RNAi) therapeutics possible. In 2018, our first commercial medicine, and the world’s first RNAi therapeutic was approved. Since then, four more Alnylam-developed medicines have been approved and we’re hard at work developing new therapies to treat both rare and prevalent diseases. We are a global and diverse company of 2,500+ people. We pride ourselves on fostering a fun, inclusive and dynamic work environment where employees can recognize their fullest potential. That's why we’re consistently ranked as a top employer by The Boston Globe (2015-24), Science Magazine (2018-25), Fast Company (Best Workplaces for Innovators 2020-25) and LinkedIn (2024). We are based in Cambridge, Massachusetts (U.S.), with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. See our social media community guidelines: https://bit.ly/2FcRhJy. Please note: If you wish to report an adverse event or product complaint, please email [email protected] or you may call us using the following telephone numbers: for North America, 877.ALNYLAM (877.256.9526), for Europe, +31 20 369 7861 Fraudulent Recruitment Activity Be aware of the potential for scams and fraudulent recruitment activity from individuals claiming to represent Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Alnylam never conducts its interview process via messaging apps, freelance sites, or social media platforms. Alnylam team members only communicate with potential candidates through an official Alnylam email address ending in “@alnylam.com.”

NAICS: 541714
NAICS Definition: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
Employees: 2,711
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Gilead Sciences

333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA, US, 94404
Last Update: 2025-11-25
Between 800 and 849

At Gilead, we set – and achieve – bold ambitions to create a healthier world for all people. From our pioneering virology medicines to our growing impact in oncology, we're delivering innovations once thought impossible in medicine. Our focus goes beyond medicines, and we also strive to remedy health inequities and break down barriers to care. We empower our people to tackle these challenges, and we’re all united in our commitment to help millions of people live healthier lives. Social Media Guidelines: https://www.gilead.com/social-media-guidelines

NAICS: 541714
NAICS Definition: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
Employees: 14,615
Subsidiaries: 10
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
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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Gilead Sciences
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
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Gilead Sciences
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Biotechnology Research Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in 2025.

Incidents vs Biotechnology Research Industry Average (This Year)

Gilead Sciences has 25.0% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Gilead Sciences (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Gilead Sciences cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Incidents

No Incident

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Gilead Sciences
Incidents

Date Detected: 2/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Human Error (Mailing Error)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 05/2020
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Phishing, Server Compromise
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Gilead Sciences company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Gilead Sciences company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company has not reported any.

In the current year, Gilead Sciences company has reported more cyber incidents than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company.

Neither Gilead Sciences company nor Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Gilead Sciences company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Gilead Sciences company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company nor Gilead Sciences company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Alnylam Pharmaceuticals nor Gilead Sciences holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Gilead Sciences company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company.

Gilead Sciences company employs more people globally than Alnylam Pharmaceuticals company, reflecting its scale as a Biotechnology Research.

Neither Alnylam Pharmaceuticals nor Gilead Sciences holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Alnylam Pharmaceuticals nor Gilead Sciences holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Alnylam Pharmaceuticals nor Gilead Sciences holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Alnylam Pharmaceuticals nor Gilead Sciences holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Alnylam Pharmaceuticals nor Gilead Sciences holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Alnylam Pharmaceuticals nor Gilead Sciences 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