Comparison Overview

Mastercard

VS

Elsevier

Mastercard

2000 Purchase St, Purchase, NY, US, 10577
Last Update: 2025-12-09
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Between 800 and 849
http://www.mastercard.com

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re building a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

NAICS: 5415
NAICS Definition: Computer Systems Design and Related Services
Employees: 42,954
Subsidiaries: 12
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
2
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Elsevier

Radarweg 29, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1043, NL
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799
https://www.elsevier.com

As a global leader in information and analytics, Elsevier helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. We do this by facilitating insights and critical decision-making for customers across the global research and health ecosystems. In everything we publish, we uphold the highest standards of quality and integrity. We bring that same rigor to our information analytics solutions for researchers, health professionals, institutions and funders. Elsevier employs 8,700 people worldwide. We have supported the work of our research and health partners for more than 140 years. Growing from our roots in publishing, we offer knowledge and valuable analytics that help our users make breakthroughs and drive societal progress. With the Elsevier Foundation and our external Inclusion & Diversity Advisory Board, we work in partnership with diverse stakeholders to advance inclusion and diversity in science, research and healthcare in developing countries and around the world.

NAICS: 5415
NAICS Definition: Computer Systems Design and Related Services
Employees: 11,962
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Mastercard
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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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Elsevier
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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
Mastercard
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Elsevier
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs IT Services and IT Consulting Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Mastercard in 2025.

Incidents vs IT Services and IT Consulting Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Elsevier in 2025.

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

Mastercard cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Elsevier cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Mastercard
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2021
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: malware, ransomware, social engineering
Motivation: Information Extraction
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 08/2019
Type:Data Leak
Blog: Blog
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Elsevier
Incidents

Date Detected: 03/2019
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Open Server
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Mastercard company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Elsevier company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Mastercard company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Elsevier company.

In the current year, Elsevier company and Mastercard company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Mastercard company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Elsevier company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Elsevier company nor Mastercard company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither Elsevier company nor Mastercard company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Mastercard company nor Elsevier company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Mastercard nor Elsevier holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Mastercard company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Elsevier company.

Mastercard company employs more people globally than Elsevier company, reflecting its scale as a IT Services and IT Consulting.

Neither Mastercard nor Elsevier holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Mastercard nor Elsevier holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Mastercard nor Elsevier holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Mastercard nor Elsevier holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Mastercard nor Elsevier holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Mastercard nor Elsevier 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