Comparison Overview

Cloudflare

VS

Palo Alto Networks

Cloudflare

101 Townsend St, San Francisco, California, US, 94107
Last Update: 2026-01-21
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Between 550 and 599
https://www.cloudflare.com

Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud delivers the most full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools, so any organization can gain the control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their business. Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations – from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the globe.

NAICS: 541514
NAICS Definition: Others
Employees: 6,599
Subsidiaries: 2
12-month incidents
2
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
4
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Palo Alto Networks

3000 Tannery Way, SANTA CLARA, California, US, 95054
Last Update: 2026-01-21
Between 700 and 749
http://www.paloaltonetworks.com

Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.

NAICS: 541514
NAICS Definition: Others
Employees: 18,620
Subsidiaries: 8
12-month incidents
2
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Cloudflare
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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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Palo Alto Networks
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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
Cloudflare
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Palo Alto Networks
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Computer and Network Security Industry Average (This Year)

Cloudflare has 41.84% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Computer and Network Security Industry Average (This Year)

Palo Alto Networks has 41.84% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

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

Cloudflare cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Palo Alto Networks (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Palo Alto Networks cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Cloudflare
Incidents

Date Detected: 1/2026
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Exposed insecure web applications (DVWA, OWASP Juice Shop, Hackazon, bWAPP)
Motivation: Financial gain (crypto mining), Persistence establishment
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 1/2026
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Compromised OAuth tokens via third-party integration (Salesloft Drift)
Motivation: Data exfiltration for credential harvesting, potential further attacks or dark web sales
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: ACME HTTP-01 challenge path bypass
Blog: Blog
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Palo Alto Networks
Incidents

Date Detected: 1/2026
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Exposed insecure web applications (DVWA, OWASP Juice Shop, Hackazon, bWAPP)
Motivation: Financial gain (crypto mining), Persistence establishment
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 1/2026
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Unauthenticated remote exploitation
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Network-based (no authentication or user interaction required)
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Palo Alto Networks company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Cloudflare company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Cloudflare company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Palo Alto Networks company.

In the current year, Palo Alto Networks and Cloudflare have reported a similar number of cyber incidents.

Cloudflare company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Palo Alto Networks company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Palo Alto Networks company and Cloudflare company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Cloudflare company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Palo Alto Networks company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Cloudflare company and Palo Alto Networks company have disclosed vulnerabilities.

Neither Cloudflare nor Palo Alto Networks holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Palo Alto Networks company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Cloudflare company.

Palo Alto Networks company employs more people globally than Cloudflare company, reflecting its scale as a Computer and Network Security.

Neither Cloudflare nor Palo Alto Networks holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Cloudflare nor Palo Alto Networks holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Cloudflare nor Palo Alto Networks holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Cloudflare nor Palo Alto Networks holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Cloudflare nor Palo Alto Networks holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Cloudflare nor Palo Alto Networks holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

SummaryA command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) has been found to exist in the `wrangler pages deploy` command. The issue occurs because the `--commit-hash` parameter is passed directly to a shell command without proper validation or sanitization, allowing an attacker with control of `--commit-hash` to execute arbitrary commands on the system running Wrangler. Root causeThe commitHash variable, derived from user input via the --commit-hash CLI argument, is interpolated directly into a shell command using template literals (e.g.,  execSync(`git show -s --format=%B ${commitHash}`)). Shell metacharacters are interpreted by the shell, enabling command execution. ImpactThis vulnerability is generally hard to exploit, as it requires --commit-hash to be attacker controlled. The vulnerability primarily affects CI/CD environments where `wrangler pages deploy` is used in automated pipelines and the --commit-hash parameter is populated from external, potentially untrusted sources. An attacker could exploit this to: * Run any shell command. * Exfiltrate environment variables. * Compromise the CI runner to install backdoors or modify build artifacts. Credits Disclosed responsibly by kny4hacker. Mitigation * Wrangler v4 users are requested to upgrade to Wrangler v4.59.1 or higher. * Wrangler v3 users are requested to upgrade to Wrangler v3.114.17 or higher. * Users on Wrangler v2 (EOL) should upgrade to a supported major version.

Published
Date
2026-01-20
Updated
Date
2026-01-20
Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/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
References
Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Published
Date
2026-01-20
Updated
Date
2026-01-20
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.2
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L).

Published
Date
2026-01-20
Updated
Date
2026-01-20
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
References
Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Published
Date
2026-01-20
Updated
Date
2026-01-20
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.2
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Published
Date
2026-01-20
Updated
Date
2026-01-20
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.2
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References