Comparison Overview

Nova Scotia Health Authority

VS

UnitedHealth Group

Nova Scotia Health Authority

1276 South Park Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA, B3H 2Y9
Last Update: 2025-11-27
Between 700 and 749

We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between. We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you. Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia. Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 10,255
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
1

UnitedHealth Group

US
Last Update: 2025-11-22

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company with a mission to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. We are 340,000 colleagues in two distinct and complementary businesses working to help build a modern, high-performing health system through improved access, affordability, outcomes and experiences. Optum delivers care aided by technology and data, empowering people, partners and providers with the guidance and tools they need to achieve better health. UnitedHealthcare offers a full range of health benefits, enabling affordable coverage, simplifying the health care experience and delivering access to high-quality care. We work with governments, employers, partners and providers to care for 147 million people and share a vision of a value-based system of care that provides compassionate and equitable care. At UnitedHealth Group, our mission calls us, our values guide us and our diverse culture connects us as we seek to improve care for the consumers we are privileged to serve and their communities. Click below to search careers or join our social communities: • Search & apply for careers at careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/ • Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/UnitedHealthGrp • Follow and like us on Facebook at facebook.com/unitedhealthgroup • Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/unitedhealthgroup More about UnitedHealth Group can be found at unitedhealthgroup.com/

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 100,868
Subsidiaries: 5
12-month incidents
2
Known data breaches
9
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Nova Scotia Health Authority
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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UnitedHealth Group
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
Nova Scotia Health Authority
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
UnitedHealth Group
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Nova Scotia Health Authority in 2025.

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

UnitedHealth Group has 166.67% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Nova Scotia Health Authority (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Nova Scotia Health Authority cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — UnitedHealth Group (X = Date, Y = Severity)

UnitedHealth Group cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Nova Scotia Health Authority
Incidents

Date Detected: 08/2020
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 06/2019
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Phishing
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 07/2017
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog
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UnitedHealth Group
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Ransomware
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 2/2025
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 12/2024
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Physical Assault
Motivation: Criticism of healthcare system, Dissatisfaction with health insurance coverage processes
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Nova Scotia Health Authority company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to UnitedHealth Group company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

UnitedHealth Group company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Nova Scotia Health Authority company.

In the current year, UnitedHealth Group company has reported more cyber incidents than Nova Scotia Health Authority company.

UnitedHealth Group company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Nova Scotia Health Authority company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both UnitedHealth Group company and Nova Scotia Health Authority company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

UnitedHealth Group company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Nova Scotia Health Authority company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Nova Scotia Health Authority company nor UnitedHealth Group company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Nova Scotia Health Authority nor UnitedHealth Group holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

UnitedHealth Group company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Nova Scotia Health Authority company.

UnitedHealth Group company employs more people globally than Nova Scotia Health Authority company, reflecting its scale as a Hospitals and Health Care.

Neither Nova Scotia Health Authority nor UnitedHealth Group holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Nova Scotia Health Authority nor UnitedHealth Group holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Nova Scotia Health Authority nor UnitedHealth Group holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Nova Scotia Health Authority nor UnitedHealth Group holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Nova Scotia Health Authority nor UnitedHealth Group holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Nova Scotia Health Authority nor UnitedHealth Group 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