Comparison Overview

Sainsbury's

VS

Boots UK

Sainsbury's

33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT, GB
Last Update: 2026-01-17
Between 750 and 799

Over 150 years old and still going strong, we’re the UK’s second-biggest retailer. Every day, the nation shops with us because they know they’ll get affordable, good food and excellent service. We focus on great value and convenient shopping across our family of brands, from Argos, Nectar and Habitat to Sainsbury’s Bank, Smart Charge and Tu. What’s next for Sainsbury’s? We've put food back at the heart of our business and we’re taking Sainsbury’s to the next level. We’re investing in technology and people and we’re thinking bigger about how we attract and connect with our customers, while doing everything we can to create a more resilient UK food system.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 69,917
Subsidiaries: 7
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
2

Boots UK

1 Thane Road, Nottingham, NG90 1BS, GB
Last Update: 2026-01-18
Between 750 and 799

Boots is the UK’s leading health and beauty retailer with over 52,000 team members and around 1,800 stores,* ranging from local community pharmacies to large destination health and beauty stores. We serve our customers and patients’ wellbeing for life as the leading provider of healthcare on the high street and the UK’s number one beauty destination. We have an unrivalled depth and breadth of product offering, which incorporates our extensive own brand range and innovative portfolio of brands, including No7, the UK’s No1 skincare brand, Soap & Glory, Liz Earle Beauty and Sleek MakeUP. For over 175 years, we have listened, learned and innovated, and continue to challenge ourselves to improve our products and services every day. *Figures accurate as of 17 July 2025

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 27,086
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Sainsbury's
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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Boots UK
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
Sainsbury's
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Boots UK
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Sainsbury's in 2026.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Boots UK in 2026.

Incident History — Sainsbury's (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Sainsbury's cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Boots UK (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Boots UK cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Sainsbury's
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Third-party Vendor Breach
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 12/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Hacking
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 03/2010
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Unencrypted Emails
Blog: Blog
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Boots UK
Incidents

Date Detected: 06/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: SQL Injection
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 03/2020
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Account Compromise
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Sainsbury's company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Boots UK company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Sainsbury's company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Boots UK company.

In the current year, Boots UK company and Sainsbury's company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Boots UK company nor Sainsbury's company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Boots UK company and Sainsbury's company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither Boots UK company nor Sainsbury's company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Sainsbury's company nor Boots UK company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Sainsbury's nor Boots UK holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Sainsbury's company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Boots UK company.

Sainsbury's company employs more people globally than Boots UK company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither Sainsbury's nor Boots UK holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Sainsbury's nor Boots UK holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Sainsbury's nor Boots UK holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Sainsbury's nor Boots UK holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Sainsbury's nor Boots UK holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Sainsbury's nor Boots UK holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Typemill is a flat-file, Markdown-based CMS designed for informational documentation websites. A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) exists in the login error view template `login.twig` of versions 2.19.1 and below. The `username` value can be echoed back without proper contextual encoding when authentication fails. An attacker can execute script in the login page context. This issue has been fixed in version 2.19.2.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description

A DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the DomainCheckerApp class within domain/script.js of Sourcecodester Domain Availability Checker v1.0. The vulnerability occurs because the application improperly handles user-supplied data in the createResultElement method by using the unsafe innerHTML property to render domain search results.

Description

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in Sourcecodester Modern Image Gallery App v1.0 within the gallery/upload.php component. The application fails to properly validate uploaded file contents. Additionally, the application preserves the user-supplied file extension during the save process. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary PHP code by spoofing the MIME type as an image, leading to full system compromise.

Description

A UNIX symbolic link following issue in the jailer component in Firecracker version v1.13.1 and earlier and 1.14.0 on Linux may allow a local host user with write access to the pre-created jailer directories to overwrite arbitrary host files via a symlink attack during the initialization copy at jailer startup, if the jailer is executed with root privileges. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.13.2 or 1.14.1 or above.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
cvss4
Base: 6.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/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

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the /srvs/membersrv/getCashiers endpoint of the Aptsys gemscms backend platform thru 2025-05-28. This unauthenticated endpoint returns a list of cashier accounts, including names, email addresses, usernames, and passwords hashed using MD5. As MD5 is a broken cryptographic function, the hashes can be easily reversed using public tools, exposing user credentials in plaintext. This allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized logins and potentially gain access to sensitive POS operations or backend functions.