Comparison Overview

NCH Corporation

VS

Bayer

NCH Corporation

2727 Chemsearch Blvd, None, Irving, TX, US, 75062
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 650 and 699

Cleaning water, conserving energy and delivering maintenance solutions since 1919. We clean and conserve water, save energy, and deliver best-in-class maintenance solutions, with a focus on industrial and commercial businesses. NCH has over 7,500 employees, with branch offices and manufacturing plants located on six continents. We distribute to more than 50 countries with an extensive and varied product line, and our outlook for growth in the market remains strong. Leadership of the company remains in the hands of the Levy family, descendants of the founding father, Milton P. Levy, Senior. NCH sells to industrial, commercial, institutional and retail customers. We focus on product areas including: - Industrial cleaning and maintenance - Water treatment and remediation - Plumbing Subsidiaries in NCH's Chemical divisions produce wastewater treatment products, drain cleaners, degreasers, lubricants, grounds care, fuel and water treatment programs and a variety of other biological solutions for industrial and commercial applications. The Plumbing Products Group provides supplies for the DIY consumer and the OEM market. NCH's strengths are the diversity and quality of our products and the organization of direct sales representatives. We choose acquisitions carefully and invest wisely in manufacturing and research facilities, a crucial commitment given to the competition in the industrial supply business. To date, we are the strongest and largest leading private global provider of industrial maintenance solutions in the world. Career Page: https://careers.nch.com Website: www.nch.com

NAICS: 325
NAICS Definition: Chemical Manufacturing
Employees: 5,232
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
1

Bayer

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee, Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE, 51373
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare and nutrition. We design our products and services to serve the most essential human needs of health and nutrition. At the same time, we strive to address some of the world’s biggest challenges presented by a growing and aging global population. At Bayer, we’re committed to driving sustainable development and generate a positive impact with our businesses. Through the power of science, we’re pioneering new possibilities that advance life for all of us. That means reimagining how we care for ourselves and one another by empowering everyday health, improving approaches to patient care, and finding better ways to nourish our communities around the world. Data Privacy Statement & Imprint: https://www.bayer.com/en/glob-li-bayer-en-dps-imprint

NAICS: 325
NAICS Definition: Chemical Manufacturing
Employees: 87,546
Subsidiaries: 13
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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NCH Corporation
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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Bayer
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
NCH Corporation
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Bayer
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Chemical Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

NCH Corporation has 0.0% fewer incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Chemical Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

Bayer has 0.0% fewer incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — NCH Corporation (X = Date, Y = Severity)

NCH Corporation cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Bayer cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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NCH Corporation
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Exploitation of unknown vulnerability
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 3/2021
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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Bayer
Incidents

Date Detected: 8/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Third-Party Vendor Vulnerabilities, Semantic Incompatibilities in Data Systems, Lack of Standardized AI Governance, Cross-Border Data Sharing Weaknesses
Motivation: Financial Gain (Data Monetization), Exploitation of Regulatory Gaps, Competitive Advantage via Unauthorized Data Access
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

NCH Corporation company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Bayer company.

In the current year, Bayer and NCH Corporation have reported a similar number of cyber incidents.

Neither Bayer company nor NCH Corporation company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Bayer company and NCH Corporation company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither Bayer company nor NCH Corporation company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither NCH Corporation company nor Bayer company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither NCH Corporation nor Bayer holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Bayer company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to NCH Corporation company.

Bayer company employs more people globally than NCH Corporation company, reflecting its scale as a Chemical Manufacturing.

Neither NCH Corporation nor Bayer holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither NCH Corporation nor Bayer holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither NCH Corporation nor Bayer holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither NCH Corporation nor Bayer holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither NCH Corporation nor Bayer holds HIPAA certification.

Neither NCH Corporation nor Bayer holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

FreePBX Endpoint Manager is a module for managing telephony endpoints in FreePBX systems. Versions prior to 16.0.96 and 17.0.1 through 17.0.9 have a weak default password. By default, this is a 6 digit numeric value which can be brute forced. (This is the app_password parameter). Depending on local configuration, this password could be the extension, voicemail, user manager, DPMA or EPM phone admin password. This issue is fixed in versions 16.0.96 and 17.0.10.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/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

Neuron is a PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI Agents. In versions 2.8.11 and below, the MySQLWriteTool executes arbitrary SQL provided by the caller using PDO::prepare() + execute() without semantic restrictions. This is consistent with the name (“write tool”), but in an LLM/agent context it becomes a high-risk capability: prompt injection or indirect prompt manipulation can cause execution of destructive queries such as DROP TABLE, TRUNCATE, DELETE, ALTER, or privilege-related statements (subject to DB permissions). Deployments that expose an agent with MySQLWriteTool enabled to untrusted input and/or run the tool with a DB user that has broad privileges are impacted. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.12.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 9.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Description

Neuron is a PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI Agents. Versions 2.8.11 and below use MySQLSelectTool, which is vulnerable to Read-Only Bypass. MySQLSelectTool is intended to be a read-only SQL tool (e.g., for LLM agent querying, however, validation based on the first keyword (e.g., SELECT) and a forbidden-keyword list does not block file-writing constructs such as INTO OUTFILE / INTO DUMPFILE. As a result, an attacker who can influence the tool input (e.g., via prompt injection through a public agent endpoint) may write arbitrary files to the DB server if the MySQL/MariaDB account has the FILE privilege and server configuration permits writes to a useful location (e.g., a web-accessible directory). This issue is fixed in version 2.8.12.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.2
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Description

Okta Java Management SDK facilitates interactions with the Okta management API. In versions 11.0.0 through 20.0.0, race conditions may arise from concurrent requests using the ApiClient class. This could cause a status code or response header from one request’s response to influence another request’s response. This issue is fixed in version 20.0.1.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.4
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Description

The Auth0 Next.js SDK is a library for implementing user authentication in Next.js applications. When using versions 4.11.0 through 4.11.2 and 4.12.0, simultaneous requests on the same client may result in improper lookups in the TokenRequestCache for the request results. This issue is fixed in versions 4.11.2 and 4.12.1.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.4
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N