Comparison Overview

AS Watson

VS

SPAR International

AS Watson

1-5 Wo Liu Hang Road, Fo Tan, Shatin, Hong Kong, HK
Last Update: 2026-01-18

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: 18,966
Subsidiaries: 24
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

SPAR International

Rokin 99, Amsterdam, 1012KM, NL
Last Update: 2026-01-18

The worldwide SPAR organisation operates over 13,800 SPAR stores in 48 countries on four continents, meeting the needs of over 14,7 million consumers every day. The SPAR concept was established on the basis of wholesalers and retailers working in partnership to the benefit of all, including customers. The cornerstone of this partnership is a commitment to the open exchange of knowledge and information. This commitment is a hallmark of the organisation and is intimately connected to the sense of SPAR as a family. Today, SPAR is the world's largest food retail voluntary chain with a rapidly growing presence globally. SPAR located in central Amsterdam is the custodian of the SPAR brand worldwide and unites the scale and resources of the global group, providing strategies and a wide scope of service to grow our brand, our retail operations and our presence worldwide.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 10,812
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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SPAR International
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
SPAR International
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 2026.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for SPAR International in 2026.

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

AS Watson cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — SPAR International (X = Date, Y = Severity)

SPAR International 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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SPAR International
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

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

AS Watson company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas SPAR International company has not reported any.

In the current year, SPAR International company and AS Watson company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither SPAR International 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 SPAR International company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither SPAR International company nor AS Watson company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither AS Watson company nor SPAR International company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither AS Watson nor SPAR International holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

AS Watson company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to SPAR International company.

AS Watson company employs more people globally than SPAR International company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither AS Watson nor SPAR International holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither AS Watson nor SPAR International holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither AS Watson nor SPAR International holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither AS Watson nor SPAR International holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither AS Watson nor SPAR International holds HIPAA certification.

Neither AS Watson nor SPAR International holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Typemill is a flat-file, Markdown-based CMS designed for informational documentation websites. A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) exists in the login error view template `login.twig` of versions 2.19.1 and below. The `username` value can be echoed back without proper contextual encoding when authentication fails. An attacker can execute script in the login page context. This issue has been fixed in version 2.19.2.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description

A DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the DomainCheckerApp class within domain/script.js of Sourcecodester Domain Availability Checker v1.0. The vulnerability occurs because the application improperly handles user-supplied data in the createResultElement method by using the unsafe innerHTML property to render domain search results.

Description

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Modern Image Gallery App v1.0 within the gallery/upload.php component. The application fails to properly validate uploaded file contents. Additionally, the application preserves the user-supplied file extension during the save process. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary PHP code by spoofing the MIME type as an image, leading to full system compromise.

Description

A UNIX symbolic link following issue in the jailer component in Firecracker version v1.13.1 and earlier and 1.14.0 on Linux may allow a local host user with write access to the pre-created jailer directories to overwrite arbitrary host files via a symlink attack during the initialization copy at jailer startup, if the jailer is executed with root privileges. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.13.2 or 1.14.1 or above.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
cvss4
Base: 6.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/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

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the /srvs/membersrv/getCashiers endpoint of the Aptsys gemscms backend platform thru 2025-05-28. This unauthenticated endpoint returns a list of cashier accounts, including names, email addresses, usernames, and passwords hashed using MD5. As MD5 is a broken cryptographic function, the hashes can be easily reversed using public tools, exposing user credentials in plaintext. This allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized logins and potentially gain access to sensitive POS operations or backend functions.