Comparison Overview

Levi Strauss & Co.

VS

Forever 21

Levi Strauss & Co.

1155 Battery St, None, San Francisco, California, US, None
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 750 and 799

You’re an original. So are we. We’re a company of people who like to forge our own path. We invented the blue jean in 1873, and we reinvented khaki pants in 1986. We pioneered labor and environmental guidelines in manufacturing. And we work to build sustainability into everything we do. We just might be the original startup. Our brands — Levi’s®, Dockers®, Beyond Yoga®, Denizen® and Signature by Levi Strauss & Co.™ — stand for freedom and self-expression around the world. And for more than 170 years, we’ve used the strength of our brands to lead with our values and make an outsized impact on the world. There’s plenty of room to make your mark here. We employ more than 15,000 people around the world, and this is a place where everyone contributes to the conversation. Levi Strauss & Co. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

NAICS: 448
NAICS Definition: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
Employees: 16,765
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Forever 21

3880 Mission Road, None, Los Angeles, CA, US, 90031
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 650 and 699

Forever 21 continues to be a fashion industry leader with a mission to make the latest trends accessible to all. F21 persists on staying ahead of innovation and providing styles and fit that our customers love. While reinventing for now and beyond, we’re seeking passionate and creative new family members to join us on this adventure! F21 continues to operate E-commerce and 450 locations across the U.S. along with maintaining a strong brand DNA with consumers and within the fashion industry. In February 2020, Forever 21 came under new ownership made up of Simon Property Group, Brookfield Property Partners, and Authentic Brands Group. Under this new ownership F21 has the financial strength and long term view that will prepare us for the future, while continuing to set the same high standards as it always has. Join our team and learn the inner sanctum of the global fashion industry, while we build the new Forever 21! Forever 21 is operated by SPARC Group LLC. About SPARC Group LLC SPARC Group LLC offers operational and strategic expertise including retail and e-commerce management, sourcing, design and technology for leading global brands. SPARC Group is a joint venture between Simon Property Group, a preeminent retail real estate company and Authentic Brands Group, a global leader in brand development. In addition to Forever 21, SPARC Group brands include Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Nautica, Eddie Bauer, and Lucky Brand. SPARC Group LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to maintaining a workplace free from prohibited employment conduct, including discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, domestic partner status, civil partnership, status as a covered veteran, status in the Uniformed Services of the United States, citizenship and any other characteristic protected by law.

NAICS: 448
NAICS Definition: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
Employees: 19,422
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
6
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Levi Strauss & Co.
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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Forever 21
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
Levi Strauss & Co.
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Forever 21
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Apparel and Fashion Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Levi Strauss & Co. in 2025.

Incidents vs Retail Apparel and Fashion Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Forever 21 in 2025.

Incident History — Levi Strauss & Co. (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Levi Strauss & Co. cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Forever 21 (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Forever 21 cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Levi Strauss & Co.
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2024
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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Forever 21
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2023
Type:Data Leak
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 1/2023
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: External Hacking
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2018
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Malware
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Levi Strauss & Co. company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Forever 21 company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Forever 21 company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Levi Strauss & Co. company.

In the current year, Forever 21 company and Levi Strauss & Co. company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Forever 21 company nor Levi Strauss & Co. company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Forever 21 company and Levi Strauss & Co. company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Forever 21 company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Levi Strauss & Co. company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Levi Strauss & Co. company nor Forever 21 company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Levi Strauss & Co. nor Forever 21 holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Levi Strauss & Co. company nor Forever 21 company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Forever 21 company employs more people globally than Levi Strauss & Co. company, reflecting its scale as a Retail Apparel and Fashion.

Neither Levi Strauss & Co. nor Forever 21 holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Levi Strauss & Co. nor Forever 21 holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Levi Strauss & Co. nor Forever 21 holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Levi Strauss & Co. nor Forever 21 holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Levi Strauss & Co. nor Forever 21 holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Levi Strauss & Co. nor Forever 21 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