Comparison Overview

General Dynamics

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UK Ministry of Defence

General Dynamics

11011 Sunset Hills Rd, Reston, Virginia, US, 20190
Last Update: 2025-11-27

From Gulfstream business jets and combat vehicles to nuclear-powered submarines and communications systems, people around the world depend on our products and services for their safety and security. General Dynamics is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and employs over 100,000 people in 43 countries around the world. At the heart of our company are our employees. We rely on their intimate knowledge of customer requirements and a unique blend of skill and innovation to develop and produce the best possible products and services. The driver that makes our company agile, and ensures our continued performance, is our culture of continuous improvement. This culture enforces a shared commitment to consistently look toward the future and to embrace change. It’s a priority at all levels of our company, with every employee engaged in finding new ways to do things faster, better and more cost-effectively, and push the boundaries of our potential.

NAICS: 336414
NAICS Definition: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
Employees: 10,623
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

UK Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, London, None, GB, SW1A 2HB
Last Update: 2025-11-24
Between 0 and 549

We protect the security, independence and interests of the United Kingdom at home and abroad. We work with our allies and partners whenever possible. Our aim is to ensure that the UK’s Armed Forces have the training, equipment and support necessary for their work, and that we keep within budget. Our priorities 2015 to 2020 are to: · protect our people · project our global influence · promote our prosperity · maintain a strategic base and integrated global support network, and manage the Department of State

NAICS: 336414
NAICS Definition: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
Employees: 29,703
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
4
Known data breaches
23
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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General Dynamics
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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UK Ministry of Defence
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
General Dynamics
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
UK Ministry of Defence
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Defense and Space Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for General Dynamics in 2025.

Incidents vs Defense and Space Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

UK Ministry of Defence has 497.01% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — General Dynamics (X = Date, Y = Severity)

General Dynamics cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — UK Ministry of Defence (X = Date, Y = Severity)

UK Ministry of Defence cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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General Dynamics
Incidents

Date Detected: 10/2024
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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UK Ministry of Defence
Incidents

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Physical Exposure, Negligence, Insecure Work Practices
Motivation: None (Unintentional)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Misconfigured Email, Physical Theft/Loss (Laptop), Insecure Communication (WhatsApp), Improper Data Handling (Excel), Human Error
Motivation: Negligence/Incompetence
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: third-party compromise (Dodd Group), gateway attack, phishing (likely), dark web data exfiltration
Motivation: financial gain (ransom threats), espionage, geopolitical disruption, reputation damage
Blog: Blog

FAQ

General Dynamics company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to UK Ministry of Defence company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

UK Ministry of Defence company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to General Dynamics company.

In the current year, UK Ministry of Defence company has reported more cyber incidents than General Dynamics company.

Neither UK Ministry of Defence company nor General Dynamics company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both UK Ministry of Defence company and General Dynamics company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

UK Ministry of Defence company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while General Dynamics company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither General Dynamics company nor UK Ministry of Defence company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither General Dynamics nor UK Ministry of Defence holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

UK Ministry of Defence company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to General Dynamics company.

UK Ministry of Defence company employs more people globally than General Dynamics company, reflecting its scale as a Defense and Space Manufacturing.

Neither General Dynamics nor UK Ministry of Defence holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither General Dynamics nor UK Ministry of Defence holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither General Dynamics nor UK Ministry of Defence holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither General Dynamics nor UK Ministry of Defence holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither General Dynamics nor UK Ministry of Defence holds HIPAA certification.

Neither General Dynamics nor UK Ministry of Defence 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