Comparison Overview

ASUS

VS

Western Digital

ASUS

No.15, Lide Road, Beitou District, Taipei City, Taipei, TW, 112
Last Update: 2025-12-11
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Between 650 and 699
http://www.asus.com

ASUS is a global technology leader delivering incredible experiences that enhance the lives of people everywhere. World renowned for continuously reimagining today’s technologies for tomorrow, ASUS puts users first In Search of Incredible to provide the world’s most innovative and intuitive devices, components, and solutions. Today’s ASUS is more ambitious than ever, unleashing remarkable gaming, content-creation, AIoT, and cloud solutions that solve user needs and infuse delight. ASUS is home to industry-leading experts who are encouraged to pursue their passion for innovation and entrepreneurial spirit to deliver the future of technology to the world. With a team of 5,000 in-house R&D colleagues, ASUS received more than 11 awards every day in 2020 and is ranked as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies. Working together as One Team, ASUS team members strive to transform and evolve, trust in radical truth and transparency, and embrace idea meritocracy and foster collective wisdom in the limitless pursuit of the incredible. And because tomorrow's experiences start with today’s actions, the people of ASUS are setting new industry standards and delivering on a strong commitment to environmental and community stewardship every day. At ASUS, every individual can find the opportunity to push the limits of what is yet to be imagined, and to make it real. To learn more about our aspirations and what we offer, visit asus.com/about-asus/

NAICS: 3341
NAICS Definition: Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Employees: 16,061
Subsidiaries: 4
12-month incidents
3
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
4
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Western Digital

5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, US, 95138
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799
www.westerndigital.com

At Western Digital, our vision is to unleash the power and value of data. For decades, we have been at the forefront of storage innovation, which fuels our mission to be the market leader in data storage, delivering solutions for now and the future. We are committed to providing scalable, sustainable technology for the world’s hyperscalers, enterprises, and cloud providers, and delivering cutting-edge innovation that will drive the next generation of AI-driven data workloads. All that we do is powered by our people, who are united in a common purpose of creating solutions that move the world forward. Learn more at www.westerndigital.com.

NAICS: 3341
NAICS Definition: Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Employees: 22,284
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
2
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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ASUS
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Western Digital
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
—
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
ASUS
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Western Digital
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Computer Hardware Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

ASUS has 368.75% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Computer Hardware Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

Western Digital has 212.5% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

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

ASUS cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Western Digital (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Western Digital cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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ASUS
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2025
Type:Ransomware
Motivation: Extortion
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Local
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 5/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Remote Code Execution
Blog: Blog
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Western Digital
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Network (Remote)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Network (HTTP POST request)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 05/2023
Type:Breach
Motivation: Data theft
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Western Digital company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to ASUS company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

ASUS company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Western Digital company.

In the current year, ASUS company has reported more cyber incidents than Western Digital company.

Both Western Digital company and ASUS company have confirmed experiencing at least one ransomware attack.

Western Digital company has disclosed at least one data breach, while ASUS company has not reported such incidents publicly.

ASUS company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Western Digital company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both ASUS company and Western Digital company have disclosed vulnerabilities.

Neither ASUS nor Western Digital holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

ASUS company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Western Digital company.

Western Digital company employs more people globally than ASUS company, reflecting its scale as a Computer Hardware Manufacturing.

Neither ASUS nor Western Digital holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither ASUS nor Western Digital holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither ASUS nor Western Digital holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither ASUS nor Western Digital holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither ASUS nor Western Digital holds HIPAA certification.

Neither ASUS nor Western Digital 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.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
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
References
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
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
References
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."

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
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
References
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.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
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
References
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).

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
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
References