Comparison Overview

Paychex

VS

Quest Staffing Solutions

Paychex

911 Panorama Trail South, Rochester, NY, US, 14625
Last Update: 2025-12-25
Between 700 and 749

As the future of work continues to evolve, Paychex leads the way by making complex HR, payroll, and benefits brilliantly simple. Our unique combination of digital HR technology and advisory solutions meets the changing needs of employers and their employees. You can see the results in our growth as an HR leader and the positive returns we deliver to our shareholders. Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for payroll, benefits, human resources, and insurance services. -Industry expertise since 1971 ~740,000 business clients in the U.S. and Europe -Pays 1 in 12 U.S. private sector employees -A top HR outsourcer — serving 2.2M worksite employees through our HR outsourcing solutions Information regarding money transmitter licensing can be found on the NMLS Consumer Access website, www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org, and Paychex at www.paychex.com/corporate/legal. The Commissioner of Financial Regulation for the State of Maryland will accept all questions or complaints from Maryland residents regarding Paychex, Inc. (1029977) at: 100 S. Charles Street, Tower I, Suite 5300 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 888-784-0136

NAICS: 541612
NAICS Definition: Human Resources Consulting Services
Employees: 18,432
Subsidiaries: 4
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
1

Quest Staffing Solutions

Adcorp Place, 102 Western Service road, Ext 6, Gallo Manor Johannesburg, Gauteng 2191, ZA
Last Update: 2025-12-19
Between 750 and 799

Quest Staffing Solutions is the leading white-collar recruitment company in South Africa and Africa. We have earned this position by setting and consistently achieving high standards in the recruitment, training and management of permanent and flexible staff for almost 40 years.   Our vision is to be the respected leader in strategic staffing solutions in Africa. COMPANY OVERVIEW: Established in 1974, Quest has overt 40 years experience in the South African staffing industry specialising in the recruitment and management white-collar staff . As part of Adcorp Holdings Limited (listed on the JSE in 1987), South Africa’s leading provider of staffing, human capital management and business process outsourcing services, we have access to financial resources, leading IT and information systems and sound corporate governance. Quest is now a Level 1 BBBEE rating with 82.45% black ownership and 45.00% black female ownership. Quest has a proud history of firsts in the South African staffing industry. First to offer optimised staffing model, first to set up a specialised call centre staffing solution, first to successfully implement learnership programmes and more. QUICK FACTS: • 14 branches nationally • 268 permanent employees • Over 15 000 contractors on assignment on any given day across the country • 1343 national client footprint, dealing with in excess of 3500 Head of Departments contacts. We operate across various industries including: • Financial Services • Petrochemical • Retail • Pharmaceutical • Public Sector • FMCG • Telecommunications • IT • Aviation • Technical • Hospitality • Sales and Marketing • BPO

NAICS: 541
NAICS Definition:
Employees: 10,001
Subsidiaries: 13
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Paychex
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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Quest Staffing Solutions
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
Paychex
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Quest Staffing Solutions
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Human Resources Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Paychex in 2025.

Incidents vs Human Resources Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Quest Staffing Solutions in 2025.

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

Paychex cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Quest Staffing Solutions (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Quest Staffing Solutions cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Paychex
Incidents

Date Detected: 8/2024
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 3/2024
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog
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Quest Staffing Solutions
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Quest Staffing Solutions company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Paychex company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Paychex company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Quest Staffing Solutions company has not reported any.

In the current year, Quest Staffing Solutions company and Paychex company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Quest Staffing Solutions company nor Paychex company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Paychex company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Quest Staffing Solutions company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Quest Staffing Solutions company nor Paychex company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Paychex company nor Quest Staffing Solutions company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Paychex nor Quest Staffing Solutions holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Quest Staffing Solutions company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Paychex company.

Paychex company employs more people globally than Quest Staffing Solutions company, reflecting its scale as a Human Resources Services.

Neither Paychex nor Quest Staffing Solutions holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Paychex nor Quest Staffing Solutions holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Paychex nor Quest Staffing Solutions holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Paychex nor Quest Staffing Solutions holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Paychex nor Quest Staffing Solutions holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Paychex nor Quest Staffing Solutions holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

A vulnerability was determined in itsourcecode Online Frozen Foods Ordering System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /contact_us.php. This manipulation of the argument Name causes sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
cvss3
Base: 7.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss4
Base: 6.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/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

C-Kermit (aka ckermit) through 10.0 Beta.12 (aka 416-beta12) before 244644d allows a remote Kermit system to overwrite files on the local system, or retrieve arbitrary files from the local system.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Description

Telenium Online Web Application is vulnerable due to a Perl script that is called to load the login page. Due to improper input validation, an attacker can inject arbitrary Perl code through a crafted HTTP request, leading to remote code execution on the server.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 9.8
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss4
Base: 9.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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

Fujitsu / Fsas Technologies ETERNUS SF ACM/SC/Express (DX / AF Management Software) before 16.8-16.9.1 PA 2025-12, when collected maintenance data is accessible by a principal/authority other than ETERNUS SF Admin, allows an attacker to potentially affect system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.6
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description

ONLYOFFICE Docs before 9.2.1 allows XSS in the textarea of the comment editing form. This is related to DocumentServer.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N