Comparison Overview

Cathay Pacific

VS

British Airways

Cathay Pacific

Cathay City, Chek Lap Kok, undefined, undefined, HK
Last Update: 2025-12-09
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Between 750 and 799
http://www.cathaypacific.com

Welcome to the official Cathay Pacific LinkedIn page. We have over 200 destinations in our global network, but want to do more than just move you from A to B. We want to take you further in your journey, and ultimately, to move beyond. And we’re here to do what we can to help you discover what’s next. For flight and other inquiries, please contact us via WhatsApp (+852 2747 2747) and Facebook.

NAICS: 481
NAICS Definition: Air Transportation
Employees: 13,834
Subsidiaries: 18
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0
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British Airways

Harmondsworth, Postcode for satnav purposes, Middlesex, None, GB, UB7 0GA
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 700 and 749
http://www.ba.com

As a global airline and the UK’s flag carrier, British Airways has been flying its customers to where they need to be for more than 100 years. The airline connects Britain with the world and the world with Britain, operating one of the most extensive international scheduled airline route networks together with its joint business, codeshare and franchise partners. Together with its affiliates, British Airways operates to around 200 destinations in over 75 countries throughout Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. In September 2021, British Airways launched its sustainability programme, BA Better World, committing to put sustainability at the heart of everything it does and with a clear roadmap to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Unfortunately, we're unable to answer any specific customer service queries here. If you need to contact someone about our service or need immediate assistance, please DM us directly on Instagram, Facebook or X.

NAICS: 481
NAICS Definition: Air Transportation
Employees: 31,334
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Cathay Pacific
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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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British Airways
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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
Cathay Pacific
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
British Airways
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Airlines and Aviation Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Cathay Pacific in 2025.

Incidents vs Airlines and Aviation Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for British Airways in 2025.

Incident History — Cathay Pacific (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Cathay Pacific cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — British Airways (X = Date, Y = Severity)

British Airways cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Cathay Pacific
Incidents

No Incident

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British Airways
Incidents

Date Detected: 06/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Cyberattack on payroll service provider
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 08/2019
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: View victim's personal data, Manipulate booking information
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 09/2018
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Website, Mobile App
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Cathay Pacific company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to British Airways company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

British Airways company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Cathay Pacific company has not reported any.

In the current year, British Airways company and Cathay Pacific company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither British Airways company nor Cathay Pacific company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

British Airways company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Cathay Pacific company has not reported such incidents publicly.

British Airways company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Cathay Pacific company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Cathay Pacific company nor British Airways company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Cathay Pacific nor British Airways holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Cathay Pacific company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to British Airways company.

British Airways company employs more people globally than Cathay Pacific company, reflecting its scale as a Airlines and Aviation.

Neither Cathay Pacific nor British Airways holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Cathay Pacific nor British Airways holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Cathay Pacific nor British Airways holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Cathay Pacific nor British Airways holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Cathay Pacific nor British Airways holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Cathay Pacific nor British Airways 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