Comparison Overview

COLE Publishing

VS

HB Media

COLE Publishing

PO Box 220, Three Lakes, WI, 5462, US
Last Update: 2025-11-26

COLE Publishing, established in 1979 in the heart of Wisconsin’s northwoods, has grown to become North America’s largest publisher of print, web and trade shows serving the water and wastewater industries. Our pride and success stem from the personal relationships we’ve forged and maintained over nearly forty years of working with our loyal friends and colleagues in the business. As our company name declares, we've been magazine publishers since 1979. Our offerings have grown over the past 30 plus years, but the foundation of our business has always been the same – recognizing the under-appreciated and often overlooked people who provide services for and/or maintain our water and wastewater infrastructures. The WEQ Fair – Wastewater Equipment Fair – brings equipment to cities around the country for live, hands-on demonstrations. These outdoor events let you get up-close and personal with operational equipment and the professionals who manufacture, distribute and sell them. To complement our magazines, we have a full range of digital offerings – including news, equipment, directories and more. We've been developing and delivering content online since 1996. I guess that kind of makes us pioneers by Internet standards – then again, we believe in leading, not following. We look forward to serving you.

NAICS: 511
NAICS Definition: Publishing Industries (except Internet)
Employees: 37
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

HB Media

228 Queen Street, Auckland, 1010, NZ
Last Update: 2025-11-21
Between 800 and 849

We are now Tangible Media. --- We develop world-class publishing products from New Zealand, for the world. Whether it’s our print and online magazines and books or your own custom publishing and print projects, we create products that inform, inspire and stand out from the crowd. Titles include: Idealog, Inspire, Good and NZ Marketing Magazine HB Media: making the complex simple.

NAICS: 511
NAICS Definition: Publishing Industries (except Internet)
Employees: 29
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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COLE Publishing
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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HB Media
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
COLE Publishing
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
HB Media
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Book and Periodical Publishing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for COLE Publishing in 2025.

Incidents vs Book and Periodical Publishing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for HB Media in 2025.

Incident History — COLE Publishing (X = Date, Y = Severity)

COLE Publishing cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — HB Media (X = Date, Y = Severity)

HB Media cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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COLE Publishing
Incidents

No Incident

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HB Media
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

HB Media company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to COLE Publishing company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Historically, HB Media company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to COLE Publishing company.

In the current year, HB Media company and COLE Publishing company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither HB Media company nor COLE Publishing company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither HB Media company nor COLE Publishing company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither HB Media company nor COLE Publishing company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither COLE Publishing company nor HB Media company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither COLE Publishing nor HB Media holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither COLE Publishing company nor HB Media company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

COLE Publishing company employs more people globally than HB Media company, reflecting its scale as a Book and Periodical Publishing.

Neither COLE Publishing nor HB Media holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither COLE Publishing nor HB Media holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither COLE Publishing nor HB Media holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither COLE Publishing nor HB Media holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither COLE Publishing nor HB Media holds HIPAA certification.

Neither COLE Publishing nor HB Media holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

ThingsBoard in versions prior to v4.2.1 allows an authenticated user to upload malicious SVG images via the "Image Gallery", leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The exploit can be triggered when any user accesses the public API endpoint of the malicious SVG images, or if the malicious images are embedded in an `iframe` element, during a widget creation, deployed to any page of the platform (e.g., dashboards), and accessed during normal operations. The vulnerability resides in the `ImageController`, which fails to restrict the execution of JavaScript code when an image is loaded by the user's browser. This vulnerability can lead to the execution of malicious code in the context of other users' sessions, potentially compromising their accounts and allowing unauthorized actions.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.2
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/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
Description

Mattermost versions 11.0.x <= 11.0.2, 10.12.x <= 10.12.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.4, 10.5.x <= 10.5.12 fail to to verify that the token used during the code exchange originates from the same authentication flow, which allows an authenticated user to perform account takeover via a specially crafted email address used when switching authentication methods and sending a request to the /users/login/sso/code-exchange endpoint. The vulnerability requires ExperimentalEnableAuthenticationTransfer to be enabled (default: enabled) and RequireEmailVerification to be disabled (default: disabled).

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 9.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

Mattermost versions 11.0.x <= 11.0.2, 10.12.x <= 10.12.1, 10.11.x <= 10.11.4, 10.5.x <= 10.5.12 fail to sanitize team email addresses to be visible only to Team Admins, which allows any authenticated user to view team email addresses via the GET /api/v4/channels/{channel_id}/common_teams endpoint

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Description

Exposure of email service credentials to users without administrative rights in Devolutions Server.This issue affects Devolutions Server: before 2025.2.21, before 2025.3.9.

Description

Exposure of credentials in unintended requests in Devolutions Server.This issue affects Server: through 2025.2.20, through 2025.3.8.