Comparison Overview

Newstead & Walker

VS

Special Counsel

Newstead & Walker

Mercury House, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 3HQ, GB
Last Update: 2025-11-28
Between 750 and 799

At Newstead & Walker we offer a personal service provided by a team of fully qualified and experienced solicitors in their chosen field of expertise. We have many long established clients who appreciate the benefits of high quality service provided at a reasonable price and many of our newer clients join us through personal recommendation. Our aim is to provide our clients with the highest standards of personal service, tailored to their needs and delivered in a cost effective way by our professionally qualified, friendly team of solicitors and support staff. Almost all of our partners and staff live locally or have roots in the Wharfe Valley and are in tune with the needs of our clients. We have a policy of recruiting high quality people who live locally (many of whom have gained valuable working experience elsewhere) and our turnover of staff is low thus ensuring a continuity of local knowledge and client care.

NAICS: 541
NAICS Definition:
Employees: 17
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Special Counsel

10151 Deerwood Park Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL, 32256, US
Last Update: 2025-11-28

At Special Counsel, we are a leading provider of legal consulting, attorney recruiting, legal talent, legal technology and eDiscovery solutions, with a growing international footprint. But there’s more to being a leader than having tremendous size and scale. Our strength comes from our ability to partner with clients to create solutions on a case-by-case basis. It comes from our gift for fostering, furthering and promoting the expertise of our people. And it comes from our commitment to doing business with transparency, flexibility and integrity. That’s what sets us apart. That’s what makes us Special. To learn how we can help you, visit specialcounsel.com. The Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

NAICS: 5411
NAICS Definition: Legal Services
Employees: 89
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Newstead & Walker
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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Special Counsel
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
Newstead & Walker
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Special Counsel
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Legal Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Newstead & Walker in 2025.

Incidents vs Legal Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Special Counsel in 2025.

Incident History — Newstead & Walker (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Newstead & Walker cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Special Counsel (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Special Counsel cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Newstead & Walker
Incidents

No Incident

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Special Counsel
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Newstead & Walker company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Special Counsel company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Historically, Special Counsel company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to Newstead & Walker company.

In the current year, Special Counsel company and Newstead & Walker company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Special Counsel company nor Newstead & Walker company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither Special Counsel company nor Newstead & Walker company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither Special Counsel company nor Newstead & Walker company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Newstead & Walker company nor Special Counsel company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Newstead & Walker nor Special Counsel holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Newstead & Walker company nor Special Counsel company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Special Counsel company employs more people globally than Newstead & Walker company, reflecting its scale as a Legal Services.

Neither Newstead & Walker nor Special Counsel holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Newstead & Walker nor Special Counsel holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Newstead & Walker nor Special Counsel holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Newstead & Walker nor Special Counsel holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Newstead & Walker nor Special Counsel holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Newstead & Walker nor Special Counsel holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

A vulnerability was determined in motogadget mo.lock Ignition Lock up to 20251125. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component NFC Handler. Executing manipulation can lead to use of hard-coded cryptographic key . The physical device can be targeted for the attack. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 1.2
Severity: HIGH
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
cvss3
Base: 2.0
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
cvss4
Base: 1.0
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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
Description

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the interview attachment retrieval endpoint in the Recruitment module serves files based solely on an authenticated session and user-supplied identifiers, without verifying whether the requester has permission to access the associated interview record. Because the server does not perform any recruitment-level authorization checks, an ESS-level user with no access to recruitment workflows can directly request interview attachment URLs and receive the corresponding files. This exposes confidential interview documents—including candidate CVs, evaluations, and supporting files—to unauthorized users. The issue arises from relying on predictable object identifiers and session presence rather than validating the user’s association with the relevant recruitment process. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application’s recruitment attachment retrieval endpoint does not enforce the required authorization checks before serving candidate files. Even users restricted to ESS-level access, who have no permission to view the Recruitment module, can directly access candidate attachment URLs. When an authenticated request is made to the attachment endpoint, the system validates the session but does not confirm that the requesting user has the necessary recruitment permissions. As a result, any authenticated user can download CVs and other uploaded documents for arbitrary candidates by issuing direct requests to the attachment endpoint, leading to unauthorized exposure of sensitive applicant data. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application does not invalidate existing sessions when a user is disabled or when a password change occurs, allowing active session cookies to remain valid indefinitely. As a result, a disabled user, or an attacker using a compromised account, can continue to access protected pages and perform operations as long as a prior session remains active. Because the server performs no session revocation or session-store cleanup during these critical state changes, disabling an account or updating credentials has no effect on already-established sessions. This makes administrative disable actions ineffective and allows unauthorized users to retain full access even after an account is closed or a password is reset, exposing the system to prolonged unauthorized use and significantly increasing the impact of account takeover scenarios. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the password reset workflow does not enforce that the username submitted in the final reset request matches the account for which the reset process was originally initiated. After obtaining a valid reset link for any account they can receive email for, an attacker can alter the username parameter in the final reset request to target a different user. Because the system accepts the supplied username without verification, the attacker can set a new password for any chosen account, including privileged accounts, resulting in full account takeover. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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