Comparison Overview

NSW Police Force

VS

Metropolitan Police

NSW Police Force

1 Charles Street, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, 2150, AU
Last Update: 2025-11-22

The NSW Police Force is: - Australia's oldest and largest police organisation; - one of the biggest in the English speaking world; - serves a population of seven million in the state of New South Wales, an 801,600 square kilometre area; - operates on land, sea and from the air; - provides community based policing from more than 500 police stations to a wide range of ethnic communities speaking more than 30 languages;

NAICS: 92212
NAICS Definition: Police Protection
Employees: 3,431
Subsidiaries: 14
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
4

Metropolitan Police

Victoria Embankment, None, Westminster, London, GB, SW1A 2JL
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 600 and 649

The Metropolitan Police Service is famed around the world and has a unique place in the history of policing. Our headquarters at New Scotland Yard - and its iconic revolving sign - has provided the backdrop to some of the most high profile and complex law enforcement investigations the world has ever seen. Founded by Sir Robert Peel in 1829, the original establishment of 1,000 officers policed a seven-mile radius from Charing Cross and a population of less than 2 million. Today, The Met employs 32,000 officers together with specialist support staff and more than 2,500 volunteer police officers in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary. As well as policing London’s 620 square miles and 8.9million population, The Met has national responsibility for a variety of specialist policing units and hosts the UK’s Counter Terrorism Policing HQ. The Met is one of the largest employers in London and with a broad range of roles, from neighbourhoods to firearms. We’re recruiting people who want to make a difference, to help people and begin a career in a brilliant organisation, performing an exciting and extremely rewarding role. Today, now more than ever, is the time to join the Met. www.met.police.uk/careers

NAICS: 92212
NAICS Definition: Police Protection
Employees: 19,151
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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NSW Police Force
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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Metropolitan Police
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
NSW Police Force
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Metropolitan Police
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Law Enforcement Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for NSW Police Force in 2025.

Incidents vs Law Enforcement Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Metropolitan Police in 2025.

Incident History — NSW Police Force (X = Date, Y = Severity)

NSW Police Force cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Metropolitan Police (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Metropolitan Police cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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NSW Police Force
Incidents

Date Detected: 02/2022
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Accidental Exposure
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 07/2021
Type:Cyber Attack
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 02/2021
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Exploitation of Vulnerability
Blog: Blog
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Metropolitan Police
Incidents

Date Detected: 09/2023
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Illegal entry to IT systems
Motivation: Data Theft
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 08/2023
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 08/2023
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

FAQ

NSW Police Force company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Metropolitan Police company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

NSW Police Force company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Metropolitan Police company.

In the current year, Metropolitan Police company and NSW Police Force company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Both Metropolitan Police company and NSW Police Force company have confirmed experiencing at least one ransomware attack.

Both Metropolitan Police company and NSW Police Force company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

NSW Police Force company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Metropolitan Police company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither NSW Police Force company nor Metropolitan Police company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither NSW Police Force nor Metropolitan Police holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

NSW Police Force company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Metropolitan Police company.

Metropolitan Police company employs more people globally than NSW Police Force company, reflecting its scale as a Law Enforcement.

Neither NSW Police Force nor Metropolitan Police holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither NSW Police Force nor Metropolitan Police holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither NSW Police Force nor Metropolitan Police holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither NSW Police Force nor Metropolitan Police holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither NSW Police Force nor Metropolitan Police holds HIPAA certification.

Neither NSW Police Force nor Metropolitan Police 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