Comparison Overview

Subway

VS

KFC

Subway

US
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 800 and 849

Subway is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant brands, serving freshly made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls to millions of guests, across over 100 countries in more than 37,000 restaurants every day. Subway restaurants are owned and operated by Subway franchisees – a network that includes more than 20,000 dedicated entrepreneurs and small business owners – who are committed to delivering the best guest experience possible in their local communities. Ready to join the Subway team? There are plenty of incredible opportunities to be part of Subway, from our corporate headquarters and worldwide regional offices to our remote development teams. Our thousands of franchised restaurants across the globe offer opportunities for talented, motivated people to join their teams. Browse opportunities at our dual-headquarters offices in Shelton, CT, and Miami, FL, offices as well as regional offices at https://www.subway.com/en-US/Careers. For opportunities at Subway Restaurants around the world, please visit www.mysubwaycareer.com.

NAICS: 7225
NAICS Definition: Restaurants and Other Eating Places
Employees: 110,354
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

KFC

KFC Global Headquarters , Dallas, TX, 75024, US
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 800 and 849

We’re KFC. The iconic, brand making world-famous finger lickin’ good fried chicken since 1952. Our unrivaled people and culture are the true heart and soul of our brand. It’s where our people promise comes to life every day. Where our employees can be their best selves, make a difference, and have fun — serving chicken and delighting customers at more than 28,000 restaurants in 150 countries and territories around the world. There’s room for all people and voices at our table. Pull up a chair. At the center of our restaurant system is the KFC Global division, which serves as our global Restaurant Support Center (RSC) headquartered in Dallas, TX. Here, we support our regional in-market teams, franchise business partners, and nearly one million team members who serve up our delicious fried chicken around the world. We’re redefining what the future of work looks like. Our 15 business units partner to develop strategies, tools, and best practices for success. KFC Global offers a hybrid work environment — trusting our people to work their best way, whether in the office or at home. No matter your role or function, everyone works with teams from across the globe to drive our shared vision — sharing the joy of our best-tasting fried chicken with the world. No matter how or when you connect with us, KFC will be making the best chicken, hands down, for generations to come. In addition to our growing global footprint, as a subsidiary of Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), we also get to collaborate on exciting projects with our sister brands, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and The Habit Burger Grill. All you have to do is bring it. Bring your individuality to the table. Bring your passion and grit. We’re all about our people. The Originals. Their ideas, stories, and unique contributions make us who we are. And we want you to be part of it.

NAICS: 7225
NAICS Definition: Restaurants and Other Eating Places
Employees: 87,836
Subsidiaries: 26
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Subway
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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KFC
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
Subway
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
KFC
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Restaurants Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Subway in 2025.

Incidents vs Restaurants Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for KFC in 2025.

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

Subway cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

KFC cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Subway
Incidents

No Incident

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KFC
Incidents

Date Detected: 04/2023
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 1/2023
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Website Intrusion
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

KFC company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Subway company has not reported any.

In the current year, KFC company and Subway company have not reported any cyber incidents.

KFC company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Subway company has not reported such incidents publicly.

KFC company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Subway company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither KFC company nor Subway company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Subway company nor KFC company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Subway nor KFC holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

KFC company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Subway company.

Subway company employs more people globally than KFC company, reflecting its scale as a Restaurants.

Neither Subway nor KFC holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Subway nor KFC holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Subway nor KFC holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Subway nor KFC holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Subway nor KFC holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Subway nor KFC holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

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