Comparison Overview

Sports Direct

VS

AutoZone

Sports Direct

Unit A Brook Park, Shirebrook, NG20, GB
Last Update: 2026-01-18

Founded in 1982, Sports Direct International plc is today the UK’s largest sporting goods retailer by revenue, and operates a diversified portfolio of sports, fitness, fashion and lifestyle fascias and brands. The Group’s strategy is to invest in our people and our key third party brand partners in order to elevate our retail proposition to attain new levels of excellence across our multi-brand, multi-channel offering to customers. We aspire to be a leading sports and lifestyle retailer internationally and to deliver sustainable growth for our shareholders in the medium to long term by offering our customers an unrivalled range of high quality leading brands. The Group provides a full multi-channel retail approach across its fascias in the UK, and increasingly across its fascias in continental Europe and elsewhere. The Group also wholesales and licenses its Group Brands to partners in the UK, continental Europe, the Americas, and the Far East.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 6,645
Subsidiaries: 8
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

AutoZone

123 South Front Street, None, Memphis, TN, US, 38103
Last Update: 2026-01-20

AutoZone is the nation's leading retailer and a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories with more than 7,000 stores in the US, Mexico, Brazil and Puerto Rico. Each store carries an extensive line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light trucks, including new and remanufactured hard parts, maintenance items and accessories. AutoZone, headquartered in Memphis, TN, is a growing Fortune 300 company with a deep commitment to serving our customers, communities and fellow AutoZoners. We have vast opportunities in our stores, distribution centers, field offices, specialty business units and Store Support Center and embrace diverse experiences, backgrounds, knowledge and ideas to strengthen our teams and business. Our team is connected by a deep commitment to our Pledge and Values, principles established more than thirty years ago that reinforce our priorities and team culture. In addition, we constantly innovate and aspire to best serve our customers, creating new and better tools, training and outreach to serve both DIY and the professional installer customers. From in-store tools to E-Commerce, training and development to recognition, our team has the tools to help you grow your career at AutoZone. See where your drive can take you!

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 43,591
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Sports Direct
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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AutoZone
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
Sports Direct
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
AutoZone
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Sports Direct in 2026.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for AutoZone in 2026.

Incident History — Sports Direct (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Sports Direct cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

AutoZone cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Sports Direct
Incidents

Date Detected: 02/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unpatched DNN platform vulnerabilities
Blog: Blog
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AutoZone
Incidents

Date Detected: 8/2023
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Vulnerability Exploitation
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 5/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: External Hacking
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

AutoZone company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Sports Direct company.

In the current year, AutoZone company and Sports Direct company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither AutoZone company nor Sports Direct company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both AutoZone company and Sports Direct company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither AutoZone company nor Sports Direct company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

AutoZone company has disclosed at least one vulnerability, while Sports Direct company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Sports Direct nor AutoZone holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Sports Direct company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to AutoZone company.

AutoZone company employs more people globally than Sports Direct company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither Sports Direct nor AutoZone holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Sports Direct nor AutoZone holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Sports Direct nor AutoZone holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Sports Direct nor AutoZone holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Sports Direct nor AutoZone holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Sports Direct nor AutoZone 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.