Comparison Overview

The Citizen News

VS

Al Jazeera English

The Citizen News

Johannesburg , ZA
Last Update: 2026-01-18
Between 750 and 799

The Citizen is a Gauteng-based national newspaper and national news website. The website publishes breaking news and in-depth news, analysis, sport, motoring, and lifestyle content 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The print publication is distributed daily from Monday to Friday, with its core circulation in Gauteng (82%). Saturday Citizen appears on Saturdays. In 2012, Eureka Zandberg took over from Greg Stewart as the publisher of The Citizen. She brought in renowned design guru Dr. Mario Garcia to give the newspaper a complete revamp. In Dr. Garcia's words, "​In South Africa, The Citizen decided to face challenges and seize opportunities, while sending a message to its devoted readers: you have changed, and so have we."​ The new edition hit the streets on 1 August 2013. The Citizen represents the best of what a modern media house can produce. Today's journalists are storytellers and do so in a variety of ways on numerous platforms. We offer our readers a smooth journey and fully integrated experience across mobile, tablet, print and online. Our value propositions are tailored to fit the various interests of our readers. The Citizen Print Editor is Trevor Stevens and Digital Editor is Earl Coetzee. The newspaper carries quality content across its various editorial pillars including: news, business, sport, lifestyle and entertainment, motoring, horse racing, gaming and auctions. We bring our readers the most important daily happenings, both locally and internationally in a concise, easy-to-read tabloid format. Our supplements carry a large variety of interesting subjects such as sport, economics, politics, entertainment and leisure, motoring, health and horse racing. In response to a huge gap in the market for local soccer news, The Citizen launched a new soccer supplement, Phakaaathi, on the 22nd July 2014. Phakaaathi is edited by Jonty Mark a well-known sports writer who specialises in soccer and is published as a pull-out supplement every Tuesday.

NAICS: 5191311
NAICS Definition: Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
Employees: 241
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Al Jazeera English

Doha, QA
Last Update: 2026-01-21
Between 750 and 799

Al Jazeera is an independent news organisation funded in part by the Qatari government. Launched in 1996, Al Jazeera Arabic was the first independent news channel in the Arab world dedicated to providing comprehensive news and live debate. Al Jazeera English, which was launched in 2006, is part of a growing network comprising more than 10 channels and divisions. The network challenged established narratives and gave a global audience an alternative voice, one that put the people back at the centre of the news agenda, and quickly made it one of the world’s most influential news networks. Each subsidiary in the Al Jazeera Media Network follows the same principles and values that inspire it to be challenging and bold, and to provide a voice for the voiceless in some of the world’s most unreported places. It’s a responsibility shared by every employee at the Al Jazeera Media Network, from our headquarters to our broadcast centres.

NAICS: 5191311
NAICS Definition: Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
Employees: None
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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The Citizen News
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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Al Jazeera English
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
The Citizen News
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Al Jazeera English
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Internet News Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for The Citizen News in 2026.

Incidents vs Internet News Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Al Jazeera English in 2026.

Incident History — The Citizen News (X = Date, Y = Severity)

The Citizen News cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Al Jazeera English (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Al Jazeera English cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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The Citizen News
Incidents

No Incident

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Al Jazeera English
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Al Jazeera English company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to The Citizen News company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Historically, Al Jazeera English company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to The Citizen News company.

In the current year, Al Jazeera English company and The Citizen News company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Al Jazeera English company nor The Citizen News company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither Al Jazeera English company nor The Citizen News company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither Al Jazeera English company nor The Citizen News company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither The Citizen News company nor Al Jazeera English company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither The Citizen News nor Al Jazeera English holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither The Citizen News company nor Al Jazeera English company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Neither The Citizen News nor Al Jazeera English holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither The Citizen News nor Al Jazeera English holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither The Citizen News nor Al Jazeera English holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither The Citizen News nor Al Jazeera English holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither The Citizen News nor Al Jazeera English holds HIPAA certification.

Neither The Citizen News nor Al Jazeera English 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.