Comparison Overview

Imperial College London

VS

The University of Edinburgh

Imperial College London

South Kensington Campus, London, GB, SW7 2AZ
Last Update: 2025-12-01
Between 750 and 799

Consistently rated in the top 10 universities in the world, Imperial College London is the only university in the UK to focus exclusively on science, medicine, engineering and business. At Imperial we bring together people, disciplines, industries and sectors to further our understanding of the natural world, solve major engineering problems, lead the data revolution and improve health and well-being.

NAICS: 5417
NAICS Definition: Scientific Research and Development Services
Employees: 16,893
Subsidiaries: 29
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

The University of Edinburgh

Old College, Edinburgh, undefined, EH8 9YL, GB
Last Update: 2025-12-01
Between 750 and 799

Imagine what you could do at a world-leading university that is globally recognised for its teaching, research and innovation. The University of Edinburgh has been providing students with world-class teaching for more than 425 years, unlocking the potential of some of the world's leading thinkers since 1583. Choose to study with us and you will be investing in an education that will help you build a successful future.

NAICS: 5417
NAICS Definition: Scientific Research and Development Services
Employees: 15,535
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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Imperial College London
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 University of Edinburgh
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
Imperial College London
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
The University of Edinburgh
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Research Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Imperial College London in 2025.

Incidents vs Research Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for The University of Edinburgh in 2025.

Incident History — Imperial College London (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Imperial College London cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — The University of Edinburgh (X = Date, Y = Severity)

The University of Edinburgh cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Imperial College London
Incidents

No Incident

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The University of Edinburgh
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Imperial College London company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to The University of Edinburgh company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Historically, The University of Edinburgh company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to Imperial College London company.

In the current year, The University of Edinburgh company and Imperial College London company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither The University of Edinburgh company nor Imperial College London company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither The University of Edinburgh company nor Imperial College London company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither The University of Edinburgh company nor Imperial College London company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Imperial College London company nor The University of Edinburgh company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Imperial College London nor The University of Edinburgh holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Imperial College London company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to The University of Edinburgh company.

Imperial College London company employs more people globally than The University of Edinburgh company, reflecting its scale as a Research Services.

Neither Imperial College London nor The University of Edinburgh holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Imperial College London nor The University of Edinburgh holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Imperial College London nor The University of Edinburgh holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Imperial College London nor The University of Edinburgh holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Imperial College London nor The University of Edinburgh holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Imperial College London nor The University of Edinburgh holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Sigstore Timestamp Authority is a service for issuing RFC 3161 timestamps. Prior to 2.0.3, Function api.ParseJSONRequest currently splits (via a call to strings.Split) an optionally-provided OID (which is untrusted data) on periods. Similarly, function api.getContentType splits the Content-Type header (which is also untrusted data) on an application string. As a result, in the face of a malicious request with either an excessively long OID in the payload containing many period characters or a malformed Content-Type header, a call to api.ParseJSONRequest or api.getContentType incurs allocations of O(n) bytes (where n stands for the length of the function's argument). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.3.

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

Monkeytype is a minimalistic and customizable typing test. In 25.49.0 and earlier, there is improper handling of user input which allows an attacker to execute malicious javascript on anyone viewing a malicious quote submission. quote.text and quote.source are user input, and they're inserted straight into the DOM. If they contain HTML tags, they will be rendered (after some escaping using quotes and textarea tags).

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/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

SysReptor is a fully customizable pentest reporting platform. Prior to 2025.102, there is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows authenticated users to execute malicious JavaScript in the context of other logged-in users by uploading malicious JavaScript files in the web UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 2025.102.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Description

Taiko Alethia is an Ethereum-equivalent, permissionless, based rollup designed to scale Ethereum without compromising its fundamental properties. In 2.3.1 and earlier, TaikoInbox._verifyBatches (packages/protocol/contracts/layer1/based/TaikoInbox.sol:627-678) advanced the local tid to whatever transition matched the current blockHash before knowing whether that batch would actually be verified. When the loop later broke (e.g., cooldown window not yet passed or transition invalidated), the function still wrote that newer tid into batches[lastVerifiedBatchId].verifiedTransitionId after decrementing batchId. Result: the last verified batch could end up pointing at a transition index from the next batch (often zeroed), corrupting the verified chain pointer.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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

A flaw has been found in youlaitech youlai-mall 1.0.0/2.0.0. Affected is the function getById/updateAddress/deleteAddress of the file /mall-ums/app-api/v1/addresses/. Executing manipulation can lead to improper control of dynamically-identified variables. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 6.5
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
cvss3
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/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