Comparison Overview

Health Service Executive

VS

Mercy Health

Health Service Executive

Dr. Steevens Hospital, Dublin, Dublin 8, IE, D08 W2A8
Last Update: 2025-11-27
Between 700 and 749

Our purpose is to provide safe, high quality health and personal social services to the population of Ireland. Our vision is a healthier Ireland with a high quality health service valued by all. Our Workforce The health service is the largest employer in the state with over 110,000 whole time equivalents (WTEs) (not including home helps) employed. Over 70,000 are employed directly by the HSE with the remaining 40,000 employed by voluntary hospitals and agencies. Our vision for healthcare is to put people at the heart of everything we do – we are committed to delivering high quality safe healthcare to our service users, communities and the wider population. Our staff are at the core of the delivery of healthcare services, working within and across all care settings in communities, hospitals and healthcare offices.

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 17,096
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Mercy Health

Cincinnati, Ohio, US, 45237
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 750 and 799

At Mercy Health, we understand that every family is a universe. A network of people who love, and support, and count on one other to be there. Everybody means the world to someone and we are committed to care for others so they can be there for the ones they love. With nearly 35,000 employees across regions of Ohio and Kentucky, we’re one of the largest health care systems in the country. At each of our more than 600 points of care, we deliver high-quality, compassionate care with one united purpose: to help our patients be well in mind, body and spirit.

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 14,007
Subsidiaries: 4
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Health Service Executive
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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Mercy Health
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
Health Service Executive
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Mercy Health
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

Health Service Executive has 33.33% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Mercy Health in 2025.

Incident History — Health Service Executive (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Health Service Executive cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Mercy Health (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Mercy Health cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Health Service Executive
Incidents

Date Detected: 5/2025
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Phishing (AI-enhanced), Credential stuffing (97% of identity attacks), Infostealer malware (e.g., Lumma Stealer), Exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities, Social engineering (synthetic media), Supply chain attacks (via SMEs), Dark web data monetization
Motivation: Financial gain (52% of attacks), Espionage (4% of attacks), Geopolitical objectives (nation-states), Disruption of critical services (hospitals, governments), Data theft for dark web monetization
Blog: Blog
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Mercy Health
Incidents

Date Detected: 01/2020
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Invoice Printing Error
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 08/2016
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 4/2016
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Inadvertent Exposure (Misconfigured Internet-Accessible Files)
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Mercy Health company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Health Service Executive company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Mercy Health company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Health Service Executive company.

In the current year, Health Service Executive company has reported more cyber incidents than Mercy Health company.

Health Service Executive company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Mercy Health company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Mercy Health company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Health Service Executive company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Mercy Health company nor Health Service Executive company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Health Service Executive company nor Mercy Health company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Health Service Executive nor Mercy Health holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Mercy Health company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Health Service Executive company.

Health Service Executive company employs more people globally than Mercy Health company, reflecting its scale as a Hospitals and Health Care.

Neither Health Service Executive nor Mercy Health holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Health Service Executive nor Mercy Health holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Health Service Executive nor Mercy Health holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Health Service Executive nor Mercy Health holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Health Service Executive nor Mercy Health holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Health Service Executive nor Mercy Health 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