Comparison Overview

Taco Bell

VS

Panera Bread

Taco Bell

1 Glen Bell Way, Irvine, CA, 92618, US
Last Update: 2025-12-18
Between 800 and 849

Taco Bell was born and raised in California and has been around since 1962. We went from selling everyone’s favorite Crunchy Tacos on the West Coast to a global brand with 8,200+ restaurants, 350 franchise organizations, that serve 42+ million fans each week around the globe. We’re not only the largest Mexican-inspired quick service brand (QSR) in the world, we’re also part of the biggest restaurant group in the world: Yum! Brands. Much of our fan love and authentic connection with our communities are rooted in being rebels with a cause. From ensuring we use high quality, sustainable ingredients to elevating restaurant technology in ways that hasn’t been done before… we will continue to be inclusive, bold, challenge the status quo and push industry boundaries. We’re a company that celebrates and advocates for different, has bold self-expression, strives for a better future, and brings the fun while we’re at it. We fuel our culture with real people who bring unique experiences. We inspire and enable our teams and the world to Live Más. At Taco Bell, we’re Cultural Rebels.

NAICS: 7225
NAICS Definition: Restaurants and Other Eating Places
Employees: 72,817
Subsidiaries: 26
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
2

Panera Bread

Last Update: 2025-12-19

Panera began in 1987 as St. Louis Bread Company, a humble community bakery founded with a sourdough starter from San Francisco and a dream of putting a loaf of bread in every arm. While our business has expanded well beyond St. Louis since then, that same sourdough starter is still used in our iconic sourdough bread and the craft of baking bread fresh each day remains at the heart of Panera Bread. Each day, our trained bakers fill our bakery shelves with delicious freshly baked cookies, pastries, bagels, and a range of breads from focaccia to classic baguettes. We believe in serving delicious, freshly prepared, clean food made with carefully selected ingredients that we are proud to serve our own families. Our menu, crafted by chefs and bakers, features classic, comforting dishes, each with an intriguing twist. We respect our planet and take measures to lessen our impacts. We believe in treating people with warmth, kindness, and respect, whether it’s a guest in our cafe or one of our associates. And we believe in helping our local communities, especially in times of need. We’re also focused on improving quality and convenience. With investments in technology and operations, we offer omni-channel access to your Panera favorites – like mobile ordering, catering, and Rapid Pick-Up® for to-go orders, Curbside pick-up and delivery – all designed to make things easier for our guests. Today, Panera operates as both Panera Bread® or Saint Louis Bread Co St. Louis Bread Company in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Panera Bread is privately held by JAB Holding Company. Panera Bread is part of Panera Brands, one of the largest fast-casual restaurant platforms in the U.S., comprised of Panera Bread®, Caribou Coffee® and Einstein Bros.® Bagels.

NAICS: 7225
NAICS Definition: Restaurants and Other Eating Places
Employees: 36,288
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Taco Bell
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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Panera Bread
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
Taco Bell
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Panera Bread
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Restaurants Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Taco Bell in 2025.

Incidents vs Restaurants Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Panera Bread in 2025.

Incident History — Taco Bell (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Taco Bell cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Panera Bread (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Panera Bread cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Taco Bell
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: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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Panera Bread
Incidents

Date Detected: 3/2024
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized access to customer database, Third-party cloud platform compromise
Motivation: Likely financial (data sold on dark web)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 2/2024
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 04/2018
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Taco Bell company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Panera Bread company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Taco Bell and Panera Bread have experienced a similar number of publicly disclosed cyber incidents.

In the current year, Panera Bread company and Taco Bell company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Both Panera Bread company and Taco Bell company have confirmed experiencing at least one ransomware attack.

Both Panera Bread company and Taco Bell company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither Panera Bread company nor Taco Bell company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Taco Bell company nor Panera Bread company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Taco Bell nor Panera Bread holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Taco Bell company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Panera Bread company.

Taco Bell company employs more people globally than Panera Bread company, reflecting its scale as a Restaurants.

Neither Taco Bell nor Panera Bread holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Taco Bell nor Panera Bread holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Taco Bell nor Panera Bread holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Taco Bell nor Panera Bread holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Taco Bell nor Panera Bread holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Taco Bell nor Panera Bread holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Marshmallow is a lightweight library for converting complex objects to and from simple Python datatypes. In versions from 3.0.0rc1 to before 3.26.2 and from 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2, Schema.load(data, many=True) is vulnerable to denial of service attacks. A moderately sized request can consume a disproportionate amount of CPU time. This issue has been patched in version 3.26.2 and 4.1.2.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description

KEDA is a Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling component. Prior to versions 2.17.3 and 2.18.3, an Arbitrary File Read vulnerability has been identified in KEDA, potentially affecting any KEDA resource that uses TriggerAuthentication to configure HashiCorp Vault authentication. The vulnerability stems from an incorrect or insufficient path validation when loading the Service Account Token specified in spec.hashiCorpVault.credential.serviceAccount. An attacker with permissions to create or modify a TriggerAuthentication resource can exfiltrate the content of any file from the node's filesystem (where the KEDA pod resides) by directing the file's content to a server under their control, as part of the Vault authentication request. The potential impact includes the exfiltration of sensitive system information, such as secrets, keys, or the content of files like /etc/passwd. This issue has been patched in versions 2.17.3 and 2.18.3.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.2
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/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

Fedify is a TypeScript library for building federated server apps powered by ActivityPub. Prior to versions 1.6.13, 1.7.14, 1.8.15, and 1.9.2, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in Fedify's document loader. The HTML parsing regex at packages/fedify/src/runtime/docloader.ts:259 contains nested quantifiers that cause catastrophic backtracking when processing maliciously crafted HTML responses. This issue has been patched in versions 1.6.13, 1.7.14, 1.8.15, and 1.9.2.

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

Authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) in PluXml CMS 5.8.22 allows an attacker with administrator panel access to inject a malicious PHP webshell into a theme file (e.g., home.php).

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Description

An issue was discovered in Xiongmai XM530 IP cameras on firmware V5.00.R02.000807D8.10010.346624.S.ONVIF 21.06. The GetStreamUri exposes RTSP URIs containing hardcoded credentials enabling direct unauthorized video stream access.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N