Comparison Overview

Hospital for Special Surgery

VS

UnitedHealth Group

Hospital for Special Surgery

535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, US, 10021
Last Update: 2025-12-09
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Between 750 and 799
http://www.hss.edu

HSS is the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. At its core is Hospital for Special Surgery, nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics (for the 16th consecutive year), No. 3 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report (2025-2026), and the best pediatric orthopedic hospital in NY, NJ and CT by U.S. News & World Report “Best Children’s Hospitals” list (2024-2025). In a survey of medical professionals in more than 20 countries by Newsweek, HSS is ranked world #1 in orthopedics for a fifth consecutive year (2025). Founded in 1863, the Hospital has the lowest readmission rates in the nation for orthopedics, and among the lowest infection and complication rates. HSS was the first in New York State to receive Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service from the American Nurses Credentialing Center five consecutive times. An affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS has a main campus in New York City and facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut and in the Long Island and Westchester County regions of New York State, as well as in Florida.

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 16,214
Subsidiaries: 3
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0
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UnitedHealth Group

US
Last Update: 2025-12-11
Between 0 and 549
https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company with a mission to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. We are 340,000 colleagues in two distinct and complementary businesses working to help build a modern, high-performing health system through improved access, affordability, outcomes and experiences. Optum delivers care aided by technology and data, empowering people, partners and providers with the guidance and tools they need to achieve better health. UnitedHealthcare offers a full range of health benefits, enabling affordable coverage, simplifying the health care experience and delivering access to high-quality care. We work with governments, employers, partners and providers to care for 147 million people and share a vision of a value-based system of care that provides compassionate and equitable care. At UnitedHealth Group, our mission calls us, our values guide us and our diverse culture connects us as we seek to improve care for the consumers we are privileged to serve and their communities. Click below to search careers or join our social communities: • Search & apply for careers at careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/ • Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/UnitedHealthGrp • Follow and like us on Facebook at facebook.com/unitedhealthgroup • Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/unitedhealthgroup More about UnitedHealth Group can be found at unitedhealthgroup.com/

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 100,868
Subsidiaries: 5
12-month incidents
2
Known data breaches
7
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Hospital for Special Surgery
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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UnitedHealth Group
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Hospital for Special Surgery
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
UnitedHealth Group
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

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

No incidents recorded for Hospital for Special Surgery in 2025.

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

UnitedHealth Group has 138.1% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Hospital for Special Surgery (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Hospital for Special Surgery cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — UnitedHealth Group (X = Date, Y = Severity)

UnitedHealth Group cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Hospital for Special Surgery
Incidents

No Incident

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UnitedHealth Group
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Ransomware
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 2/2025
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 12/2024
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Physical Violence
Motivation: Protest against healthcare insurance claim denials, Criticism of healthcare companies' focus on profits over patient care
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Hospital for Special Surgery company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to UnitedHealth Group company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

UnitedHealth Group company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Hospital for Special Surgery company has not reported any.

In the current year, UnitedHealth Group company has reported more cyber incidents than Hospital for Special Surgery company.

UnitedHealth Group company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Hospital for Special Surgery company has not reported such incidents publicly.

UnitedHealth Group company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Hospital for Special Surgery company has not reported such incidents publicly.

UnitedHealth Group company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Hospital for Special Surgery company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Hospital for Special Surgery company nor UnitedHealth Group company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Hospital for Special Surgery nor UnitedHealth Group holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

UnitedHealth Group company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Hospital for Special Surgery company.

UnitedHealth Group company employs more people globally than Hospital for Special Surgery company, reflecting its scale as a Hospitals and Health Care.

Neither Hospital for Special Surgery nor UnitedHealth Group holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Hospital for Special Surgery nor UnitedHealth Group holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Hospital for Special Surgery nor UnitedHealth Group holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Hospital for Special Surgery nor UnitedHealth Group holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Hospital for Special Surgery nor UnitedHealth Group holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Hospital for Special Surgery nor UnitedHealth Group holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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
References
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
References