Comparison Overview

Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

VS

The Pen Museum

Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

None
Last Update: 2026-01-23
Between 750 and 799

The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) is part of Harvard University and is comprised of four museums: the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Harvard Semitic Museum, and the Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnology. HMSC offers lectures and programing for all ages, permanent galleries, and dynamic rotating exhibits. Permanent highlights include a 42-foot-long Kronosaurus, the world-renowned Glass Flowers, massive Maya and Egyptian monuments, and an extensive collection of scientific instruments, both ancient and modern. History The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) partnership officially began on July 1, 2012, with the goal of developing a strong, coordinated public face for the four museums that are within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Mission The mission of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) is to foster curiosity and a spirit of discovery in visitors of all ages, enhancing public understanding of and appreciation for the natural world, science, and human cultures. HMSC works in concert with Harvard faculty, museum curators, and students, as well as with members of the extended Harvard community to provide interdisciplinary exhibitions, events and lectures, and educational programs for students, teachers, and the general public. HMSC draws primarily upon the extensive collections of the member museums and upon the research of their faculty and curators.

NAICS: 712
NAICS Definition: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Employees: 54
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

The Pen Museum

60 Frederick Street, Birmingham, England, undefined, GB
Last Update: 2026-01-22
Between 750 and 799

Making steel pen nibs in Birmingham during the Victorian era was a major industry with 129 companies employing circa 8,000 workers (mainly women). By visiting the Pen Museum, you will discover a wide range of fascinating objects and details that help tell the story of Birmingham’s pen trade and its important legacy including the link between a prominent pen manufacturer (Josiah Mason) and the establishment of the University of Birmingham. Throughout the Museum there are a range of activities for people of all ages to enjoy including writing with a quill and ink, using typewriters plus an exciting opportunity to make your own nib using the same machinery once operated by women workers in the 19th century. We still need your support. As a charity, we totally depend on our dedicated, experienced and loyal team of volunteers along with the generosity of donors and supporters. Our wonderful visitors also provide regular income to help keep this part of Birmingham’s important heritage alive. Being the world’s only museum dedicated to the history of Birmingham’s steel pen trade and its global impact, we narrate an important part of Birmingham’s industrial development. Birmingham dominated the world’s production of steel pens in the mid to late 19th century, which, had a significant impact on improving literacy on a global basis. It has been estimated that the City produced approximately three quarters of the world’s pens in the mid to late 19th century. But it is more than a museum, it’s also a place of discovery and inspiration through our displays, activities and events. Our aim is to engage and inspire visitors, provide outreach in terms of history, deliver writing skills workshops with a new focus on digitising part of our collection and archive to increase public engagement and accessibility to as wide an audience as possible.

NAICS: 712
NAICS Definition:
Employees: 18
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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Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
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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The Pen Museum
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
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
The Pen Museum
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in 2026.

Incidents vs Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for The Pen Museum in 2026.

Incident History — Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Harvard Museums of Science & Culture cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — The Pen Museum (X = Date, Y = Severity)

The Pen Museum cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Incidents

No Incident

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The Pen Museum
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Both Harvard Museums of Science & Culture company and The Pen Museum company demonstrate a comparable AI Cybersecurity Score, with strong governance and monitoring frameworks in place.

Historically, The Pen Museum company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to Harvard Museums of Science & Culture company.

In the current year, The Pen Museum company and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither The Pen Museum company nor Harvard Museums of Science & Culture company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither The Pen Museum company nor Harvard Museums of Science & Culture company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither The Pen Museum company nor Harvard Museums of Science & Culture company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Harvard Museums of Science & Culture company nor The Pen Museum company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Harvard Museums of Science & Culture nor The Pen Museum holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Harvard Museums of Science & Culture company nor The Pen Museum company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Harvard Museums of Science & Culture company employs more people globally than The Pen Museum company, reflecting its scale as a Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos.

Neither Harvard Museums of Science & Culture nor The Pen Museum holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Harvard Museums of Science & Culture nor The Pen Museum holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Harvard Museums of Science & Culture nor The Pen Museum holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Harvard Museums of Science & Culture nor The Pen Museum holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Harvard Museums of Science & Culture nor The Pen Museum holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Harvard Museums of Science & Culture nor The Pen Museum holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Typemill is a flat-file, Markdown-based CMS designed for informational documentation websites. A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) exists in the login error view template `login.twig` of versions 2.19.1 and below. The `username` value can be echoed back without proper contextual encoding when authentication fails. An attacker can execute script in the login page context. This issue has been fixed in version 2.19.2.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description

A DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the DomainCheckerApp class within domain/script.js of Sourcecodester Domain Availability Checker v1.0. The vulnerability occurs because the application improperly handles user-supplied data in the createResultElement method by using the unsafe innerHTML property to render domain search results.

Description

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Modern Image Gallery App v1.0 within the gallery/upload.php component. The application fails to properly validate uploaded file contents. Additionally, the application preserves the user-supplied file extension during the save process. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary PHP code by spoofing the MIME type as an image, leading to full system compromise.

Description

A UNIX symbolic link following issue in the jailer component in Firecracker version v1.13.1 and earlier and 1.14.0 on Linux may allow a local host user with write access to the pre-created jailer directories to overwrite arbitrary host files via a symlink attack during the initialization copy at jailer startup, if the jailer is executed with root privileges. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.13.2 or 1.14.1 or above.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
cvss4
Base: 6.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/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

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the /srvs/membersrv/getCashiers endpoint of the Aptsys gemscms backend platform thru 2025-05-28. This unauthenticated endpoint returns a list of cashier accounts, including names, email addresses, usernames, and passwords hashed using MD5. As MD5 is a broken cryptographic function, the hashes can be easily reversed using public tools, exposing user credentials in plaintext. This allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized logins and potentially gain access to sensitive POS operations or backend functions.