Comparison Overview

Pony.ai

VS

VMware

Pony.ai

3501 Gateway Blvd, None, Fremont, California, US, 94538
Last Update: 2025-11-26
Between 750 and 799

Pony AI Inc. (“Pony.ai”) is a global leader in the large-scale commercialization of autonomous mobility. Leveraging its vehicle-agnostic Virtual Driver technology, full-stack autonomous driving technology that seamlessly integrates its proprietary software, hardware, and services, Pony.ai is developing a commercially viable and sustainable business model that enables the mass production and deployment of vehicles across transportation use cases. Founded in 2016, Pony.ai has expanded its presence across China, Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, and other regions, ensuring widespread accessibility to its advanced technology. Pony.ai is among the first in China to obtain licenses to operate fully driverless vehicles in all four Tier-1 cities in China (Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen) and has begun to offer public-facing, fare-charging robotaxi services without safety drivers in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Pony.ai operates a fleet consisting of over 250 robotaxis. To date, Pony.ai has driven nearly 40 million autonomous testing and operation kilometers (nearly 24.8 million miles) on open roads worldwide.

NAICS: 5112
NAICS Definition: Software Publishers
Employees: 506
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

VMware

3401 Hillview Ave, None, Palo Alto, CA, US, 94304
Last Update: 2025-11-25

VMware by Broadcom delivers software that unifies and streamlines hybrid cloud environments for the world’s most complex organizations. By combining public-cloud scale and agility with private-cloud security and performance, we empower our customers to modernize, optimize and protect their apps and businesses everywhere. Capable of deployment in the software-defined data center, cloud environments, any app and the enterprise edge, our comprehensive software portfolio makes global enterprises more innovative, connected, resilient and secure.

NAICS: 5112
NAICS Definition: Software Publishers
Employees: 13,658
Subsidiaries: 36
12-month incidents
5
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
4

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Pony.ai
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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VMware
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
Pony.ai
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
VMware
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Software Development Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Pony.ai in 2025.

Incidents vs Software Development Industry Average (This Year)

VMware has 1036.36% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Pony.ai (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Pony.ai cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

VMware cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Pony.ai
Incidents

No Incident

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VMware
Incidents

Date Detected: 7/2025
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Phishing, Spearphishing, Vishing, SIM Swap Attacks, Push Bombing
Motivation: Data theft for extortion, financial gain
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Zero-Day Exploit (CVE-2025-61882, CVE-2025-21884), Unauthenticated HTTP Requests, Data Exfiltration
Motivation: Financial Gain (Ransomware Extortion)
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

VMware company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Pony.ai company has not reported any.

In the current year, VMware company has reported more cyber incidents than Pony.ai company.

VMware company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Pony.ai company has not reported such incidents publicly.

VMware company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Pony.ai company has not reported such incidents publicly.

VMware company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Pony.ai company has not reported such incidents publicly.

VMware company has disclosed at least one vulnerability, while Pony.ai company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Pony.ai nor VMware holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

VMware company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Pony.ai company.

VMware company employs more people globally than Pony.ai company, reflecting its scale as a Software Development.

Neither Pony.ai nor VMware holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Pony.ai nor VMware holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Pony.ai nor VMware holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Pony.ai nor VMware holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Pony.ai nor VMware holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Pony.ai nor VMware 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