Comparison Overview

Barclays

VS

Equifax

Barclays

1 Churchill Place, London, GB, E14 5HP
Last Update: 2025-12-09
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Between 800 and 849
http://www.home.barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. Our vision is to be the UK-centred leader in global finance. We are a diversified bank with comprehensive UK consumer, corporate and wealth and private banking franchises, a leading investment bank and a strong, specialist US consumer bank. Through these five divisions, we are working together for a better financial future for our customers, clients and communities. With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 83,500 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide. Barclays is a trading name of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries. Barclays Bank PLC is registered in England and is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Registered in England. Registered No. 1026167. Registered office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP.

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 76,977
Subsidiaries: 11
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0
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Equifax

P.O. Box 740241, None, Atlanta, GA, US, 30374
Last Update: 2025-12-11
Between 650 and 699
https://www.equifax.com

At Equifax (NYSE: EFX), we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics, and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping financial institutions, companies, employers, and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence. Our unique blend of differentiated data, analytics, and cloud technology drives insights to power decisions to move people forward. Headquartered in Atlanta and supported by nearly 15,000 employees worldwide, Equifax operates or has investments in 24 countries in North America, Central and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit Equifax.com.

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 17,772
Subsidiaries: 19
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
5
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Barclays
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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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Equifax
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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
Compliance Summary
Barclays
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Equifax
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Barclays in 2025.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

Equifax has 20.48% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

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

Barclays cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Equifax cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Barclays
Incidents

No Incident

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Equifax
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Breach
Motivation: Financial Gain, Fraud
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 04/2018
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 03/2018
Type:Data Leak
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

Equifax company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Barclays company has not reported any.

In the current year, Equifax company has reported more cyber incidents than Barclays company.

Neither Equifax company nor Barclays company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Equifax company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Barclays company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Equifax company nor Barclays company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Barclays company nor Equifax company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Barclays nor Equifax holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Equifax company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Barclays company.

Barclays company employs more people globally than Equifax company, reflecting its scale as a Financial Services.

Neither Barclays nor Equifax holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Barclays nor Equifax holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Barclays nor Equifax holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Barclays nor Equifax holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Barclays nor Equifax holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Barclays nor Equifax 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