Comparison Overview

King's College London

VS

PPD

King's College London

Strand, London, greater london, WC2R 2LS, GB
Last Update: 2025-12-01
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Between 750 and 799
http://www.kcl.ac.uk

King’s College London is amongst the top 40 universities in the world and top 10 in Europe (THE World University Rankings 2024), and one of England’s oldest and most prestigious universities. With an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research, King’s maintained its sixth position for ‘research power’ in the UK (2021 Research Excellence Framework). King's has more than 33,000 students (including more than 12,800 postgraduates) from some 150 countries worldwide, and 8,500 staff. For nearly 200 years, King’s students and staff have used their knowledge and insight to make a positive impact on people, society and the planet. Focused on delivering positive change at home in London, across the UK and around the world, King’s is building on its history of addressing the world’s most urgent challenges head on to accelerate progress, make discoveries and pioneer innovation. Visit the website to find out more about Vision 2029, which sets out bold ambitions for the future of King’s as we look towards our 200th anniversary. World-changing ideas. Life-changing impact: kcl.ac.uk/news

NAICS: 5417
NAICS Definition: Scientific Research and Development Services
Employees: 18,644
Subsidiaries: 18
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0
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PPD

168 3rd Ave, Waltham, 02451, US
Last Update: 2025-12-02
Between 750 and 799
https://www.ppd.com

The PPD™ clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, enables customers to accelerate innovation and drug development through patient-centered strategies and data analytics. Our services, which span multiple therapeutic areas, include early development, all phases of clinical development, peri- and post-approval, patient recruitment, investigator sites and comprehensive laboratory services. As a global industry leader, we offer custom solutions to pharma, biotech, medical device, and government organizations, leveraging cutting-edge technology and therapeutic expertise to help customers deliver life-changing therapies.

NAICS: 5417
NAICS Definition: Scientific Research and Development Services
Employees: 22,755
Subsidiaries: 18
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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King's College London
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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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PPD
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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
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Compliance Summary
King's College London
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
PPD
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Research Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for King's College London in 2025.

Incidents vs Research Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for PPD in 2025.

Incident History — King's College London (X = Date, Y = Severity)

King's College London cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — PPD (X = Date, Y = Severity)

PPD cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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King's College London
Incidents

No Incident

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PPD
Incidents

Date Detected: 7/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Email Compromise
Blog: Blog

FAQ

PPD company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to King's College London company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

PPD company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas King's College London company has not reported any.

In the current year, PPD company and King's College London company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither PPD company nor King's College London company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

PPD company has disclosed at least one data breach, while King's College London company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither PPD company nor King's College London company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither King's College London company nor PPD company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither King's College London nor PPD holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Both PPD company and King's College London company have a similar number of subsidiaries worldwide.

PPD company employs more people globally than King's College London company, reflecting its scale as a Research Services.

Neither King's College London nor PPD holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither King's College London nor PPD holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither King's College London nor PPD holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither King's College London nor PPD holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither King's College London nor PPD holds HIPAA certification.

Neither King's College London nor PPD holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

MCP Server Kubernetes is an MCP Server that can connect to a Kubernetes cluster and manage it. Prior to 2.9.8, there is a security issue exists in the exec_in_pod tool of the mcp-server-kubernetes MCP Server. The tool accepts user-provided commands in both array and string formats. When a string format is provided, it is passed directly to shell interpretation (sh -c) without input validation, allowing shell metacharacters to be interpreted. This vulnerability can be exploited through direct command injection or indirect prompt injection attacks, where AI agents may execute commands without explicit user intent. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.9.8.

Published
Date
2025-12-03
Updated
Date
2025-12-03
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.4
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

XML external entity (XXE) injection in eyoucms v1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted body of a POST request.

Published
Date
2025-12-03
Updated
Date
2025-12-03
References
Description

An issue was discovered in Fanvil x210 V2 2.12.20 allowing unauthenticated attackers on the local network to access administrative functions of the device (e.g. file upload, firmware update, reboot...) via a crafted authentication bypass.

Published
Date
2025-12-03
Updated
Date
2025-12-03
References
Description

Cal.com is open-source scheduling software. Prior to 5.9.8, A flaw in the login credentials provider allows an attacker to bypass password verification when a TOTP code is provided, potentially gaining unauthorized access to user accounts. This issue exists due to problematic conditional logic in the authentication flow. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.9.8.

Published
Date
2025-12-03
Updated
Date
2025-12-03
Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 9.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/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
References
Description

Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. Prior to 1.8.1, 1.7.15.1, and 1.7.14.1, when an application passed an attacker controlled float poing number into the toFixed() function, it might lead to high CPU consumption and a potential Denial of Service. Small numbers go through this call stack: NativeNumber.numTo > DToA.JS_dtostr > DToA.JS_dtoa > DToA.pow5mult where pow5mult attempts to raise 5 to a ridiculous power. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.1, 1.7.15.1, and 1.7.14.1.

Published
Date
2025-12-03
Updated
Date
2025-12-03
Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 5.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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
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