Comparison Overview

Ascension

VS

Houston Methodist

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

Houston Methodist

6565 Fannin St, Houston, 77030, US
Last Update: 2025-12-09

Houston Methodist is one of the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers. The health system consists of eight hospitals: Houston Methodist Hospital, its flagship academic hospital in the Texas Medical Center, seven community hospitals and one long-term acute care hospital throughout the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Houston Methodist also includes a research institute; a comprehensive residency program; international patient services; freestanding comprehensive care, emergency care and imaging centers; and outpatient facilities. Houston Methodist employs more than 32,000 people. Come lead with us.

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 21,257
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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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
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Houston Methodist
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
Ascension
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Houston Methodist
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

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.

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

No incidents recorded for Houston Methodist in 2025.

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

Ascension cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Houston Methodist (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Houston Methodist cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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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
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Houston Methodist
Incidents

Date Detected: 03/2017
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Email
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Houston Methodist 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 Houston Methodist company.

In the current year, Ascension company has reported more cyber incidents than Houston Methodist company.

Ascension company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Houston Methodist company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Ascension company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Houston Methodist company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Houston Methodist company nor Ascension company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Ascension company nor Houston Methodist company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Ascension nor Houston Methodist holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Ascension company nor Houston Methodist company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

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

Neither Ascension nor Houston Methodist holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Ascension nor Houston Methodist holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Ascension nor Houston Methodist holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Ascension nor Houston Methodist holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Ascension nor Houston Methodist holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Ascension nor Houston Methodist 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