Comparison Overview

ICON plc

VS

Syneos Health

ICON plc

ICON plc, Dublin, undefined, 18, IE
Last Update: 2025-12-10
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Between 750 and 799
http://www.iconplc.com

Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. We do this by delivering best in class information, solutions and performance, with an unyielding focus on quality at all times. We offer a full range of consulting, development and commercialisation services from a global network of offices in 53 countries. We focus our innovation on the factors that are critical to our clients – reducing time to market, reducing cost, and increasing quality – and our global team of experts has extensive experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas.

NAICS: 541714
NAICS Definition: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
Employees: 36,427
Subsidiaries: 9
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0
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Syneos Health

1030 Sync Street, None, Morrisville, NC, US, 27560
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799
http://www.syneoshealth.com

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. We bring together a talented team of professionals with a deep understanding of patient and physician behaviors and market dynamics. Together we share insights, use the latest technologies and apply advanced business practices to speed our customers’ delivery of important therapies to patients. Syneos Health supports a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that cares for colleagues, customers, patients, communities and the environment.

NAICS: 541714
NAICS Definition: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
Employees: 23,169
Subsidiaries: 17
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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ICON plc
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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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Syneos Health
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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
ICON plc
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Syneos Health
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Biotechnology Research Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for ICON plc in 2025.

Incidents vs Biotechnology Research Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Syneos Health in 2025.

Incident History — ICON plc (X = Date, Y = Severity)

ICON plc cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Syneos Health cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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ICON plc
Incidents

No Incident

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Syneos Health
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

ICON plc company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Syneos Health company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Historically, Syneos Health company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to ICON plc company.

In the current year, Syneos Health company and ICON plc company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Syneos Health company nor ICON plc company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither Syneos Health company nor ICON plc company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither Syneos Health company nor ICON plc company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither ICON plc company nor Syneos Health company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither ICON plc nor Syneos Health holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Syneos Health company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to ICON plc company.

ICON plc company employs more people globally than Syneos Health company, reflecting its scale as a Biotechnology Research.

Neither ICON plc nor Syneos Health holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither ICON plc nor Syneos Health holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither ICON plc nor Syneos Health holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither ICON plc nor Syneos Health holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither ICON plc nor Syneos Health holds HIPAA certification.

Neither ICON plc nor Syneos Health 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