Comparison Overview

Nielsen

VS

Facebook

Nielsen

675 6th Ave, New York, NY, US, 10011
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 800 and 849

Nielsen shapes the world’s media and content as a global leader in audience insights, data and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future. Nielsen operates around the world in more than 55 countries. Learn more at http://nlsn.co/6006JMfty and connect with us on social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram).

NAICS: 5112
NAICS Definition: Software Publishers
Employees: 27,354
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Facebook

None
Last Update: 2025-11-27
Between 650 and 699

The Facebook company is now Meta. Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. We want to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. To do that, we ask that you help create a safe and respectful online space. These community values encourage constructive conversations on this page: • Start with an open mind. Whether you agree or disagree, engage with empathy. • Comments violating our Community Standards will be removed or hidden. So please treat everybody with respect. • Keep it constructive. Use your interactions here to learn about and grow your understanding of others. • Our moderators are here to uphold these guidelines for the benefit of everyone, every day. • If you are seeking support for issues related to your Facebook account, please reference our Help Center (https://www.facebook.com/help) or Help Community (https://www.facebook.com/help/community). For a full listing of our jobs, visit http://www.facebookcareers.com

NAICS: 5112
NAICS Definition: Software Publishers
Employees: 24,205
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Nielsen
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
Nielsen
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Facebook
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Software Development Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Nielsen in 2025.

Incidents vs Software Development Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Facebook in 2025.

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

Nielsen cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Facebook cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Nielsen
Incidents

No Incident

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Facebook
Incidents

Date Detected: 7/2023
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Fake Facebook Security Alert, User-Executed Command via File Explorer, AI-Generated Image Payloads, PowerShell Script Embedding
Motivation: Data Theft, Credential Harvesting, Financial Gain (Potential Ransomware/Fraud)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2021
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Hacking Forum
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 04/2021
Type:Data Leak
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

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

In the current year, Facebook company and Nielsen company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Facebook company nor Nielsen company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

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

Facebook company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Nielsen company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Nielsen company nor Facebook company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Nielsen nor Facebook holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Nielsen company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Facebook company.

Nielsen company employs more people globally than Facebook company, reflecting its scale as a Software Development.

Neither Nielsen nor Facebook holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Nielsen nor Facebook holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Nielsen nor Facebook holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Nielsen nor Facebook holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Nielsen nor Facebook holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Nielsen nor Facebook 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