Comparison Overview

Asahi Kasei

VS

Sasol

Asahi Kasei

1-1-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, JP, 100-0006
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

The Asahi Kasei Group contributes to life and living for people around the world. Since its foundation in 1922 with ammonia and cellulose fiber business, Asahi Kasei has consistently grown through the proactive transformation of its business portfolio to meet the evolving needs of every age. With more than 48,000 employees around the world, the company contributes to sustainable society by providing solutions to the world’s challenges through its three business sectors of Material, Homes, and Health Care.

NAICS: 325
NAICS Definition: Chemical Manufacturing
Employees: 10,499
Subsidiaries: 28
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
4
Attack type number
2

Sasol

50 Katherine Street, Sandton, Gauteng, ZA, 2191
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

Sasol is a global chemicals and energy company. We harness our knowledge and expertise to integrate sophisticated technologies and processes into world-scale operating facilities. We safely and sustainably source, produce and market a range of high-quality products in 22 countries, creating value for stakeholders. Our revised strategy aims to have a greater focus on value realisation for our stakeholders, sustainable growth and improved business sustainability as well as enhanced cash generation. The Chemicals Business will grow by meeting evolving consumer needs, including the demands of a growing and urbanising middle class. It will focus its activities on specialty chemicals where it has differentiated capabilities and strong market positions that can be expanded over time. The Energy Business will position to be responsive to global trends by providing new energy and mobility solutions over time, pursuing greenhouse gas emission reductions through growth in gas and renewables, and higher cash generation. Terms of use: While we encourage a multitude of views and opinions on this forum, any comments that contain spam (irrelevant links/self-promotion), hate speech, undue negativity or foul language will be removed. Fraud Alert! Sasol's recruitment process does not include unsolicited offers of employment and also does not require advance payments from candidates. Sasol will only contact you if you have applied for a vacancy through the career website, the official Sasol LinkedIn page or if you were contacted by one of our authorised recruitment personnel or local recruiting office. Sasol will not ask you to send personal banking information via email. If you suspect fraud, you are encouraged to alert Sasol by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Alternatively please report such activity to your local law enforcement authorities.

NAICS: 325
NAICS Definition: Chemical Manufacturing
Employees: 17,796
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Asahi Kasei
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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Sasol
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
Asahi Kasei
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Sasol
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Chemical Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Asahi Kasei in 2025.

Incidents vs Chemical Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Sasol in 2025.

Incident History — Asahi Kasei (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Asahi Kasei cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Sasol cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Asahi Kasei
Incidents

Date Detected: 11/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Phishing
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Phishing
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 1/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: External System Hack
Blog: Blog
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Sasol
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

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

Asahi Kasei company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Sasol company has not reported any.

In the current year, Sasol company and Asahi Kasei company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Sasol company nor Asahi Kasei company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Asahi Kasei company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Sasol company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Sasol company nor Asahi Kasei company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Asahi Kasei company nor Sasol company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Asahi Kasei nor Sasol holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Asahi Kasei company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Sasol company.

Sasol company employs more people globally than Asahi Kasei company, reflecting its scale as a Chemical Manufacturing.

Neither Asahi Kasei nor Sasol holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Asahi Kasei nor Sasol holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Asahi Kasei nor Sasol holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Asahi Kasei nor Sasol holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Asahi Kasei nor Sasol holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Asahi Kasei nor Sasol 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