Comparison Overview

Morningstar

VS

Synchrony

Morningstar

22 W. Washington St., Chicago, IL, US, 60602
Last Update: 2025-12-09
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Between 750 and 799
http://www.morningstar.com/company/

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment insights in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers and owners, retirement plan providers and sponsors, institutional investors in the debt and private capital markets, and alliances and redistributors. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, debt securities, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with approximately $352 billion in AUMA as of June 30, 2025. The Company operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries in 32 countries.

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 11,633
Subsidiaries: 11
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0
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Synchrony

HQ, Stamford, Connecticut, US, 06902
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799
https://www.synchrony.com

At Synchrony, our driving force is to be essential to people's everyday lives by making it easier for the many millions of people who rely on us to access their essential needs and everyday wants with consumer financing that works for them – from their first credit card to a lifetime of flexibility. We do this by helping people make informed, smart credit choices so they can live healthier financial lives and by connecting them to Synchrony's ecosystem of hundreds of thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses and health and wellness providers that are the backbone of the U.S. economy.

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 15,628
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Morningstar
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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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Synchrony
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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
Morningstar
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Synchrony
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Morningstar in 2025.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Synchrony in 2025.

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

Morningstar cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Synchrony cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Morningstar
Incidents

No Incident

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Synchrony
Incidents

Date Detected: 7/2021
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 12/2017
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

Synchrony company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Morningstar company has not reported any.

In the current year, Synchrony company and Morningstar company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Synchrony company nor Morningstar company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Synchrony company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Morningstar company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Synchrony company nor Morningstar company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Morningstar company nor Synchrony company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Morningstar nor Synchrony holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Morningstar company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Synchrony company.

Synchrony company employs more people globally than Morningstar company, reflecting its scale as a Financial Services.

Neither Morningstar nor Synchrony holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Morningstar nor Synchrony holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Morningstar nor Synchrony holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Morningstar nor Synchrony holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Morningstar nor Synchrony holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Morningstar nor Synchrony 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