Comparison Overview

South African National Defence Force

VS

UK Ministry of Defence

South African National Defence Force

Delmas Ave, Ekurhuleni, 1459, ZA
Last Update: 2025-12-01
Between 750 and 799

National Defence Force of South Africa

NAICS: 336414
NAICS Definition: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
Employees: 3,406
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

UK Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, London, None, GB, SW1A 2HB
Last Update: 2025-12-01
Between 0 and 549

We protect the security, independence and interests of the United Kingdom at home and abroad. We work with our allies and partners whenever possible. Our aim is to ensure that the UK’s Armed Forces have the training, equipment and support necessary for their work, and that we keep within budget. Our priorities 2015 to 2020 are to: · protect our people · project our global influence · promote our prosperity · maintain a strategic base and integrated global support network, and manage the Department of State

NAICS: 336414
NAICS Definition: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
Employees: 29,703
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
4
Known data breaches
23
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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South African National Defence Force
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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UK Ministry of Defence
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 National Defence Force
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
UK Ministry of Defence
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Defense and Space Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for South African National Defence Force in 2025.

Incidents vs Defense and Space Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

UK Ministry of Defence has 479.71% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — South African National Defence Force (X = Date, Y = Severity)

South African National Defence Force cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — UK Ministry of Defence (X = Date, Y = Severity)

UK Ministry of Defence cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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South African National Defence Force
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2023
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
Motivation: Retaliation for publishing information about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Blog: Blog
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UK Ministry of Defence
Incidents

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Physical Exposure, Negligence, Insecure Work Practices
Motivation: None (Unintentional)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Misconfigured Email, Physical Theft/Loss (Laptop), Insecure Communication (WhatsApp), Improper Data Handling (Excel), Human Error
Motivation: Negligence/Incompetence
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: third-party compromise (Dodd Group), gateway attack, phishing (likely), dark web data exfiltration
Motivation: financial gain (ransom threats), espionage, geopolitical disruption, reputation damage
Blog: Blog

FAQ

South African National Defence Force company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to UK Ministry of Defence company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

UK Ministry of Defence company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to South African National Defence Force company.

In the current year, UK Ministry of Defence company has reported more cyber incidents than South African National Defence Force company.

Neither UK Ministry of Defence company nor South African National Defence Force company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

UK Ministry of Defence company has disclosed at least one data breach, while South African National Defence Force company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both UK Ministry of Defence company and South African National Defence Force company have reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks.

Neither South African National Defence Force company nor UK Ministry of Defence company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither South African National Defence Force nor UK Ministry of Defence holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

UK Ministry of Defence company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to South African National Defence Force company.

UK Ministry of Defence company employs more people globally than South African National Defence Force company, reflecting its scale as a Defense and Space Manufacturing.

Neither South African National Defence Force nor UK Ministry of Defence holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither South African National Defence Force nor UK Ministry of Defence holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither South African National Defence Force nor UK Ministry of Defence holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither South African National Defence Force nor UK Ministry of Defence holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither South African National Defence Force nor UK Ministry of Defence holds HIPAA certification.

Neither South African National Defence Force nor UK Ministry of Defence holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Sigstore Timestamp Authority is a service for issuing RFC 3161 timestamps. Prior to 2.0.3, Function api.ParseJSONRequest currently splits (via a call to strings.Split) an optionally-provided OID (which is untrusted data) on periods. Similarly, function api.getContentType splits the Content-Type header (which is also untrusted data) on an application string. As a result, in the face of a malicious request with either an excessively long OID in the payload containing many period characters or a malformed Content-Type header, a call to api.ParseJSONRequest or api.getContentType incurs allocations of O(n) bytes (where n stands for the length of the function's argument). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.3.

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

Monkeytype is a minimalistic and customizable typing test. In 25.49.0 and earlier, there is improper handling of user input which allows an attacker to execute malicious javascript on anyone viewing a malicious quote submission. quote.text and quote.source are user input, and they're inserted straight into the DOM. If they contain HTML tags, they will be rendered (after some escaping using quotes and textarea tags).

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/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

SysReptor is a fully customizable pentest reporting platform. Prior to 2025.102, there is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows authenticated users to execute malicious JavaScript in the context of other logged-in users by uploading malicious JavaScript files in the web UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 2025.102.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Description

Taiko Alethia is an Ethereum-equivalent, permissionless, based rollup designed to scale Ethereum without compromising its fundamental properties. In 2.3.1 and earlier, TaikoInbox._verifyBatches (packages/protocol/contracts/layer1/based/TaikoInbox.sol:627-678) advanced the local tid to whatever transition matched the current blockHash before knowing whether that batch would actually be verified. When the loop later broke (e.g., cooldown window not yet passed or transition invalidated), the function still wrote that newer tid into batches[lastVerifiedBatchId].verifiedTransitionId after decrementing batchId. Result: the last verified batch could end up pointing at a transition index from the next batch (often zeroed), corrupting the verified chain pointer.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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

A flaw has been found in youlaitech youlai-mall 1.0.0/2.0.0. Affected is the function getById/updateAddress/deleteAddress of the file /mall-ums/app-api/v1/addresses/. Executing manipulation can lead to improper control of dynamically-identified variables. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 6.5
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
cvss3
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/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