Comparison Overview

Equifax

VS

Ally

Equifax

P.O. Box 740241, None, Atlanta, GA, US, 30374
Last Update: 2025-11-24
Between 650 and 699

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
7
Attack type number
3

Ally

500 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, 48226, US
Last Update: 2025-11-27
Between 700 and 749

Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a leading digital financial services company and a top 25 U.S. financial holding company offering financial products for consumers, businesses, automotive dealers and corporate clients. NMLS #3015 | #181005 | https://www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org/ Ally's legacy dates back to 1919, and the company was redesigned in 2009 with a distinctive brand, innovative approach and relentless focus on its customers. Ally has an award-winning online bank (Ally Bank, Member FDIC), one of the largest full service auto finance operations in the country, a complementary auto-focused insurance business, and a trusted corporate finance business offering capital for equity sponsors and middle-market companies. We extend equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law. Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators, 2021 Crain’s Fast 50: Southeast Michigan’s Fastest Growing Companies, 2021 Forbes Best Employers for Diversity, 2021 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity, 2021 Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality, 2020 Adweek Brand Genius Award, 2020 Brand Film Best Employee Engagement Campaign, Moguls in the Making 2020 AdAge Top 10 Marketers of the Year, 2019 DiversityInc Noteworthy Company, 2019

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 14,985
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Equifax
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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Ally
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
Equifax
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Ally
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

Equifax has 28.21% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Ally in 2025.

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

Equifax cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Ally cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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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
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Ally
Incidents

Date Detected: 5/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Insider Wrongdoing
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 2/2021
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Programming Code Error
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 11/2018
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Third-party supplier error
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

Equifax company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Ally company.

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

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

Both Ally company and Equifax company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Equifax company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Ally company has not reported such incidents publicly.

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

Neither Equifax nor Ally holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Equifax company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Ally company.

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

Neither Equifax nor Ally holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Equifax nor Ally holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Equifax nor Ally holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Equifax nor Ally holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Equifax nor Ally holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Equifax nor Ally holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/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

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/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

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H