Comparison Overview

Superdrug

VS

Safeway

Superdrug

51 Sydenham Rd , Croydon, CR0 2EU , GB
Last Update: 2025-11-21
Between 750 and 799

Our vision is to be the best in everyday accessible beauty and health. It’s our mission to be our customers first choice for up to the minute beauty and health, loved for value, choice and friendly advice, online and instore. We stock the biggest beauty and health brands, as well as exclusive brands and products that can only be found at Superdrug. We’re proud of our Own Brands, from Studio London cosmetics to B. Skin, we believe that efficacy and value can work together to deliver incredible results. Our Own Brand products are cruelty free and carry the leaping bunny logo, certified by Cruelty Free International. Our Healthcare teams deliver instore and online services to patients up and down the country. From free blood pressure checks to travel vaccinations and phlebotomy services to Online Doctor, we support thousands of customers every week. Our Beauty Studios continue to grow rapidly, offering a range of services from piercing to Hair cuts in our biggest Beauty Studios. Superdrug is part of AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer operating over 17,000 stores under 12 retail brands in 31 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2024, AS Watson Group recorded revenue of over US$24 billion. Every year, it is serving over 6 billion shoppers via its O+O (Offline plus Online) platforms, providing tech-enabled retail experience to customers offline and online.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 8,179
Subsidiaries: 28
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Safeway

US
Last Update: 2025-11-26
Between 800 and 849

Safeway operates as a banner of Albertsons Companies. Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Cos. (NYSE: ACI) is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States. Albertsons Cos. operates stores across 34 states and the District of Columbia under 20 well-known banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, and Carrs. Albertsons Cos. is committed to helping people across the country live better lives by making a meaningful difference, neighborhood by neighborhood. In 2019 alone, along with the Albertsons Companies Foundation, the company gave nearly $225 million in food and financial support. These efforts helped millions of people in the areas of hunger relief, education, cancer research and treatment, programs for people with disabilities and veterans outreach.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 51,331
Subsidiaries: 20
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Superdrug
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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Safeway
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
Superdrug
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Safeway
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Superdrug in 2025.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Safeway in 2025.

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

Superdrug cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Safeway cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Superdrug
Incidents

Date Detected: 08/2018
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Credential Stuffing
Motivation: Data Theft
Blog: Blog
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Safeway
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Credential Theft (Fraudulent Website)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 12/2022
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2014
Type:Cyber Attack
Motivation: Criminal (Potential Theft of Payment Card Data)
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

Safeway company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Superdrug company.

In the current year, Safeway company and Superdrug company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Safeway company nor Superdrug company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Safeway company and Superdrug company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Safeway company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Superdrug company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Superdrug company nor Safeway company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Superdrug nor Safeway holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Superdrug company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Safeway company.

Safeway company employs more people globally than Superdrug company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither Superdrug nor Safeway holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Superdrug nor Safeway holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Superdrug nor Safeway holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Superdrug nor Safeway holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Superdrug nor Safeway holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Superdrug nor Safeway 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