Comparison Overview

Simpson Solicitors

VS

Merryweather Williams

Simpson Solicitors

16 Stanier Way, None, Derby, England, GB, DE21 6BF
Last Update: 2025-11-28

We are Regulated Solicitors specialising solely in Wills, Probate and Estate Planning. Simpson Solicitors are proud to be one of the leading providers in tailor-made Wills, offering the ‘RightWill’ service to our clients. Our team of experts are dedicated to supporting individuals and families, with a focus on preserving not only our clients’ financial assets but their emotional assets too. We understand that every situation is unique and different and requires a personal approach. This is why we take the time to sit down with you, get to know more about you and tailor all of our advice and guidance around your personal circumstances.

NAICS: 5411
NAICS Definition: Legal Services
Employees: None
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Merryweather Williams

31 College Street, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1AS, GB
Last Update: 2025-11-26

Being the longest established law firm in Burnham-on-Sea doesn’t of itself give us reason to believe we are the leading solicitors practice in the area. However, combined with our acknowledged wealth of experience, expertise and in-depth “feel” for our community, we feel confident in our ability to provide a legal service second-to-none in the locality. Our firm was established over 130 years ago in the town and has been providing a high level of professional legal service to individuals, families and businesses consistently ever since. Originally established by its founder Benjamin Comer Board as B C Board Solicitor in 1879 the firm later became B C Board & Stiling when a partnership was formed with W H C Stiling. Following the founder's death the firm became Board, Stiling and Wolstenholme until 1958 when the name changed to Board, Stiling and Alletson upon Herbert Alletson joining the partnership. Over the years the name has been steadily shortened for practical purposes to Alletsons. Most recently, in January 2018, the firm's name was again updated to reflect the names of the current partners, becoming Merryweather Williams. Interestingly Merryweather Williams is still in the same street in Burnham where it began life over a century and a quarter ago. College Street has been its home over three different centuries and the firm moved to its current offices in 1985. Today the firm has three experienced partners who specialise in different aspects of the legal services we offer our clients.

NAICS: 5411
NAICS Definition: Legal Services
Employees: 4
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Simpson Solicitors
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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Merryweather Williams
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
Simpson Solicitors
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Merryweather Williams
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Legal Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Simpson Solicitors in 2025.

Incidents vs Legal Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Merryweather Williams in 2025.

Incident History — Simpson Solicitors (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Simpson Solicitors cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Merryweather Williams (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Merryweather Williams cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Simpson Solicitors
Incidents

No Incident

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Merryweather Williams
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Simpson Solicitors company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Merryweather Williams company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Historically, Merryweather Williams company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to Simpson Solicitors company.

In the current year, Merryweather Williams company and Simpson Solicitors company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Merryweather Williams company nor Simpson Solicitors company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither Merryweather Williams company nor Simpson Solicitors company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither Merryweather Williams company nor Simpson Solicitors company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Simpson Solicitors company nor Merryweather Williams company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Simpson Solicitors nor Merryweather Williams holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Simpson Solicitors company nor Merryweather Williams company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Neither Simpson Solicitors nor Merryweather Williams holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Simpson Solicitors nor Merryweather Williams holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Simpson Solicitors nor Merryweather Williams holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Simpson Solicitors nor Merryweather Williams holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Simpson Solicitors nor Merryweather Williams holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Simpson Solicitors nor Merryweather Williams holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

A vulnerability was determined in motogadget mo.lock Ignition Lock up to 20251125. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component NFC Handler. Executing manipulation can lead to use of hard-coded cryptographic key . The physical device can be targeted for the attack. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 1.2
Severity: HIGH
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
cvss3
Base: 2.0
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
cvss4
Base: 1.0
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the interview attachment retrieval endpoint in the Recruitment module serves files based solely on an authenticated session and user-supplied identifiers, without verifying whether the requester has permission to access the associated interview record. Because the server does not perform any recruitment-level authorization checks, an ESS-level user with no access to recruitment workflows can directly request interview attachment URLs and receive the corresponding files. This exposes confidential interview documents—including candidate CVs, evaluations, and supporting files—to unauthorized users. The issue arises from relying on predictable object identifiers and session presence rather than validating the user’s association with the relevant recruitment process. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application’s recruitment attachment retrieval endpoint does not enforce the required authorization checks before serving candidate files. Even users restricted to ESS-level access, who have no permission to view the Recruitment module, can directly access candidate attachment URLs. When an authenticated request is made to the attachment endpoint, the system validates the session but does not confirm that the requesting user has the necessary recruitment permissions. As a result, any authenticated user can download CVs and other uploaded documents for arbitrary candidates by issuing direct requests to the attachment endpoint, leading to unauthorized exposure of sensitive applicant data. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the application does not invalidate existing sessions when a user is disabled or when a password change occurs, allowing active session cookies to remain valid indefinitely. As a result, a disabled user, or an attacker using a compromised account, can continue to access protected pages and perform operations as long as a prior session remains active. Because the server performs no session revocation or session-store cleanup during these critical state changes, disabling an account or updating credentials has no effect on already-established sessions. This makes administrative disable actions ineffective and allows unauthorized users to retain full access even after an account is closed or a password is reset, exposing the system to prolonged unauthorized use and significantly increasing the impact of account takeover scenarios. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From version 5.0 to 5.7, the password reset workflow does not enforce that the username submitted in the final reset request matches the account for which the reset process was originally initiated. After obtaining a valid reset link for any account they can receive email for, an attacker can alter the username parameter in the final reset request to target a different user. Because the system accepts the supplied username without verification, the attacker can set a new password for any chosen account, including privileged accounts, resulting in full account takeover. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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