Comparison Overview

South African Revenue Service (SARS)

VS

County of Santa Clara

South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Lehae La Sars, 299 Bronkhorst Street, Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA, 0001
Last Update: 2025-11-26
Between 750 and 799

Its main functions are to: collect and administer all national taxes, duties and levies; collect revenue that may be imposed under any other legislation, as agreed on between SARS and an organ of state or institution entitled to the revenue; provide protection against the illegal importation and exportation of goods; facilitate trade; and advise the Minister of Finance on all revenue matters

NAICS: 92
NAICS Definition: Public Administration
Employees: 11,123
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

County of Santa Clara

70 W. Hedding St., San Jose, CA, US, 95110
Last Update: 2025-11-23
Between 750 and 799

The County of Santa Clara is located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay and encompasses 1,312 square miles. It has one of the highest median family incomes in the country, and a wide diversity of cultures, backgrounds and talents. The County of Santa Clara continues to attract people from all over the world. With more than 70 agencies/departments and 22,000 employees, the County of Santa Clara plans for the needs of a dynamic community, provides quality services, and promotes a healthy, safe and prosperous community for all. The County provides essential services including public health protection, environmental protection, medical services through Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), child and adult protection services, homelessness prevention and solutions, roads, park services, libraries, emergency response to disasters, protection of minority communities and those under threat, access to a fair criminal justice system, and scores of other services, particularly for those members of our community in the greatest need. The County's population of nearly 1.9 million is one of the largest in the state, and the largest of the nine Bay Area counties. Its population constitutes about one fourth of the Bay Area's total population. There are 15 cities including Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga, and Sunnyvale ranging from Palo Alto to the north, to Gilroy in the south. San Jose is the largest city in the County, with a population of 1.035 million, and is the administrative site of County Government. A significant portion of the county's land area is unincorporated ranch and farmland. Nearly 92% of the population lives in cities. The County of Santa Clara operates 27 parks covering more than 50,000 acres including scenic lakes, streams, and miles of hiking and biking trails. santaclaracounty.gov/social-media-disclaimer

NAICS: 92
NAICS Definition: Public Administration
Employees: 13,186
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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South African Revenue Service (SARS)
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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County of Santa Clara
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
South African Revenue Service (SARS)
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
County of Santa Clara
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Government Administration Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for South African Revenue Service (SARS) in 2025.

Incidents vs Government Administration Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for County of Santa Clara in 2025.

Incident History — South African Revenue Service (SARS) (X = Date, Y = Severity)

South African Revenue Service (SARS) cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — County of Santa Clara (X = Date, Y = Severity)

County of Santa Clara cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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South African Revenue Service (SARS)
Incidents

No Incident

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County of Santa Clara
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2013
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Theft of Laptop
Blog: Blog

FAQ

South African Revenue Service (SARS) company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to County of Santa Clara company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

County of Santa Clara company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas South African Revenue Service (SARS) company has not reported any.

In the current year, County of Santa Clara company and South African Revenue Service (SARS) company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither County of Santa Clara company nor South African Revenue Service (SARS) company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

County of Santa Clara company has disclosed at least one data breach, while South African Revenue Service (SARS) company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither County of Santa Clara company nor South African Revenue Service (SARS) company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither South African Revenue Service (SARS) company nor County of Santa Clara company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither South African Revenue Service (SARS) nor County of Santa Clara holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither South African Revenue Service (SARS) company nor County of Santa Clara company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

County of Santa Clara company employs more people globally than South African Revenue Service (SARS) company, reflecting its scale as a Government Administration.

Neither South African Revenue Service (SARS) nor County of Santa Clara holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither South African Revenue Service (SARS) nor County of Santa Clara holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither South African Revenue Service (SARS) nor County of Santa Clara holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither South African Revenue Service (SARS) nor County of Santa Clara holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither South African Revenue Service (SARS) nor County of Santa Clara holds HIPAA certification.

Neither South African Revenue Service (SARS) nor County of Santa Clara holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

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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