Comparison Overview

AS Watson

VS

Lidl in Germany

AS Watson

1-5 Wo Liu Hang Road, Fo Tan, Shatin, Hong Kong, HK
Last Update: 2025-11-20

AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, is operating over 17,000 stores under 12 retail brands in 31 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2024, AS Watson Group recorded revenue of over US$24 billion. Every year, we are serving over 6 billion shoppers via our O+O (Offline plus Online) technology-enabled platforms. Together with our 12 retail brands including Watsons, Kruidvat, Trekpleister, Superdrug, Savers, Rossmann, Drogas, ICI PARIS XL, The Perfume Shop, PARKnSHOP, FORTRESS and Watson’s Wine, we set O+O (Offline Plus Online) as the new standard for retail. O+O is more about creating an integrated offline and online experience to better serve customers’ needs through digital transformation, that enables them to shop across any channel, anytime, anywhere. Every day, we work towards a clear purpose: To put a Smile on our customers’ faces today and tomorrow. Our success depends on our people staying ahead of the game. We believe that our attitude to teamwork and our encouragement for your personal growth comes shining through everything we do. We also know that our success as an employer isn’t just about influencing you on why you should join our business. It’s about asking you to imagine where it could take you.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 16,357
Subsidiaries: 24
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Lidl in Germany

Bonfelder Straße 2, Bad Wimpfen, Baden-Württemberg, DE, 74206
Last Update: 2025-11-24
Between 800 and 849

Anpacker. Durchstarter. Möglichmacher. Alle reden vom Kundenfokus, Customer first, dem Kunden als König. Wir finden, das ist zu kurz gedacht und würden es so formulieren: Der Mensch ist Dreh- und Angelpunkt unseres Erfolgs. Dazu gehört neben einer Kunden- auch die Mitarbeiterfokussierung. Und genau das macht unser weltweit vernetztes Team aus insgesamt 215.000 Lidl Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus. Wir teilen das Bewusstsein, dass wir uns mit unserem Engagement in erster Linie gegenseitig unterstützen. Und damit als Gemeinschaft Lidl möglich machen. Wenig Raum also für Ellenbogen, viel Platz für Herz und Verstand. Ein Aspekt, der das Lidl-Team zu einem besonderen macht. Mit einem Einstieg bei uns eröffnen Sie sich viele Möglichkeiten: Sie starten in einem Team, das Sie herzlich aufnimmt und tatkräftig unterstützt. Sie übernehmen umgehend Verantwortung und sehen täglich die Ergebnisse der eigenen Arbeit. Sie werden sich über kurz und lang über gemeinsame Erfolge freuen. Übrigens auch über persönliche Erfolge, zum Beispiel im Rahmen unserer Weiterbildungsangebote. Kurz: Sie werden einen packenden Entwicklungsschritt erleben. Was genau heißt eigentlich „möglich machen“? Wir sind unkompliziert, denn unser Geschäft ist denkbar einfach: Wir kaufen und verkaufen mit dem Ziel, unseren Kundinnen und Kunden stets beste Qualität zum günstigen Preis zu bieten. In den Lidl-Filialen findet man ein reichhaltiges Sortiment von über 1.600 verschiedenen Artikeln des täglichen Bedarfs. Und in unseren 39 Logistikzentren organisieren wir den kompletten Warenfluss auf einer Fläche von 170 Fußballfeldern. Dabei finden wir gute Ideen und konkretes Handeln zielführender als langwierige Diskussionen.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 82,000
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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AS Watson
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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Lidl in Germany
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
AS Watson
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Lidl in Germany
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for AS Watson in 2025.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Lidl in Germany in 2025.

Incident History — AS Watson (X = Date, Y = Severity)

AS Watson cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Lidl in Germany (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Lidl in Germany cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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AS Watson
Incidents

Date Detected: 08/2018
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Credential Stuffing
Motivation: Data Theft
Blog: Blog
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Lidl in Germany
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Lidl in Germany company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to AS Watson company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

AS Watson company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Lidl in Germany company has not reported any.

In the current year, Lidl in Germany company and AS Watson company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Lidl in Germany company nor AS Watson company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

AS Watson company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Lidl in Germany company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Lidl in Germany company nor AS Watson company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither AS Watson company nor Lidl in Germany company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither AS Watson nor Lidl in Germany holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

AS Watson company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Lidl in Germany company.

Lidl in Germany company employs more people globally than AS Watson company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither AS Watson nor Lidl in Germany holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Lidl in Germany holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Lidl in Germany holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Lidl in Germany holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Lidl in Germany holds HIPAA certification.

Neither AS Watson nor Lidl in Germany 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