Comparison Overview

PPD

VS

UCL

PPD

168 3rd Ave, Waltham, 02451, US
Last Update: 2025-12-18
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Between 750 and 799
https://www.ppd.com

The PPD™ clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, enables customers to accelerate innovation and drug development through patient-centered strategies and data analytics. Our services, which span multiple therapeutic areas, include early development, all phases of clinical development, peri- and post-approval, patient recruitment, investigator sites and comprehensive laboratory services. As a global industry leader, we offer custom solutions to pharma, biotech, medical device, and government organizations, leveraging cutting-edge technology and therapeutic expertise to help customers deliver life-changing therapies.

NAICS: 5417
NAICS Definition: Scientific Research and Development Services
Employees: 22,755
Subsidiaries: 18
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1
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UCL

Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, London, Greater London, undefined, GB
Last Update: 2025-12-18
Between 750 and 799
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/

UCL (University College London) is London's leading multidisciplinary university, ranked 9th in the QS World University Rankings. Established in 1826 UCL opened up education in England for the first time to students of any race, class or religion and was also the first university to welcome female students on equal terms with men. Today UCL is made up of remarkable people: eminent professors and exceptional students. Academic excellence and conducting research that addresses real-world problems inform our ethos to this day. To see more photos of UCL you can visit our Flickr Gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/uclnews/sets/ To view videos of UCL and our work, you can subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/UCLTV Looking for a job at UCL? Find out more about working with us and view the latest vacancies: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/jobs

NAICS: 5417
NAICS Definition: Scientific Research and Development Services
Employees: 23,173
Subsidiaries: 3
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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PPD
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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UCL
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
PPD
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
UCL
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Research Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for PPD in 2025.

Incidents vs Research Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for UCL in 2025.

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

PPD cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

UCL cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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PPD
Incidents

Date Detected: 7/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Email Compromise
Blog: Blog
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UCL
Incidents

Date Detected: 06/2017
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Malware
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

PPD and UCL have experienced a similar number of publicly disclosed cyber incidents.

In the current year, UCL company and PPD company have not reported any cyber incidents.

UCL company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while PPD company has not reported such incidents publicly.

PPD company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other UCL company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither UCL company nor PPD company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither PPD company nor UCL company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither PPD nor UCL holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

PPD company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to UCL company.

UCL company employs more people globally than PPD company, reflecting its scale as a Research Services.

Neither PPD nor UCL holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither PPD nor UCL holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither PPD nor UCL holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither PPD nor UCL holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither PPD nor UCL holds HIPAA certification.

Neither PPD nor UCL holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
Description

Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.15.1, it was possible to overwrite Git configuration remotely and override some of its behavior. Version 5.15.1 fixes the issue.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 9.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can allow a low-privileged authenticated user to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of computing resources and a denial of service (DoS) of the Kibana process via a crafted HTTP request.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Description

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an unauthenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a vulnerability a function handler in the Vega AST evaluator.

Published
Date
2025-12-18
Updated
Date
2025-12-18
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References