Comparison Overview

Fast Retailing

VS

SPAR South Africa

Fast Retailing

Midtown Tower, Akasaka 9-7-1, Tokyo, 107-6231, JP
Last Update: 2025-11-26

UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST (Plus T), Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang. With global sales of approximately 2.13 trillion yen for the 2021 fiscal year ending August 31, 2021 (US $19.4 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2021 rate of $1 = 109.9 yen), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies. As the Group’s pillar brand, UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a global brand. Today the company has more than 2,300 stores in 25 markets including Japan. Driven by the concept of LifeWear, apparel that comes from the Japanese values of simplicity, quality and longevity, we offer unique products that become the building blocks of an individual’s lifestyle. We oversee the entire clothes-making process – from procurement of materials, product planning, development, design and manufacture, through distribution, retail and inventory management. Since the launch of the first UNIQLO Fleece item in 1998, we have continued to attract fans all over the world thanks to innovations such as HEATTECH, AIRism, Ultra Light Down, Ultra Stretch Jeans, and many more.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 2,877
Subsidiaries: 6
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

SPAR South Africa

22 Chancery Lane, Pinetown, 3610, ZA
Last Update: 2025-11-22
Between 800 and 849

There’s something different about shopping at SPAR, that’s because we’ve created a culture of caring and community to ensure our customers have a consistently enjoyable shopping experience in a uniquely friendly and family orientated store. Nothing means more to us than our valued customers and we believe in going the extra mile to give them the best. From sourcing the finest products to providing willing and efficient staff who take a personal interest in our customers’ needs. In the 1960’s a group made up of 8 wholesalers were given exclusive rights to the SPAR name and brand in 1963 and serviced 500 small retailers. Through business acquisitions and organic growth, today the SPAR Group Ltd operates 6 distribution centres and 1 Build it distribution centre (building materials) and 1 pharmaceutical distribution centre (S BUYS), supplying goods and services to more than 2,000 SPAR stores across Southern Africa.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 22,053
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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Fast Retailing
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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SPAR South Africa
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
Fast Retailing
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
SPAR South Africa
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Fast Retailing in 2025.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for SPAR South Africa in 2025.

Incident History — Fast Retailing (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Fast Retailing cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — SPAR South Africa (X = Date, Y = Severity)

SPAR South Africa cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Fast Retailing
Incidents

Date Detected: 05/2019
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Login
Motivation: Data Theft
Blog: Blog
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SPAR South Africa
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Fast Retailing company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to SPAR South Africa company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Fast Retailing company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas SPAR South Africa company has not reported any.

In the current year, SPAR South Africa company and Fast Retailing company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither SPAR South Africa company nor Fast Retailing company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Fast Retailing company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other SPAR South Africa company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither SPAR South Africa company nor Fast Retailing company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Fast Retailing company nor SPAR South Africa company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Fast Retailing nor SPAR South Africa holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Fast Retailing company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to SPAR South Africa company.

SPAR South Africa company employs more people globally than Fast Retailing company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither Fast Retailing nor SPAR South Africa holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Fast Retailing nor SPAR South Africa holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Fast Retailing nor SPAR South Africa holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Fast Retailing nor SPAR South Africa holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Fast Retailing nor SPAR South Africa holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Fast Retailing nor SPAR South Africa 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