Comparison Overview

Thales

VS

Aselsan

Thales

6, Rue de la Verrerie, Meudon, Île-de-France, FR, 92190
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 700 and 749

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace, and Cyber & Digital sectors. Its portfolio of innovative products and services addresses several major challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability and inclusion. The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies. Thales has more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.

NAICS: 336414
NAICS Definition: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
Employees: 67,535
Subsidiaries: 10
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
4

Aselsan

296. Cadde 16, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Ankara, 06200, TR
Last Update: 2025-12-11
Between 750 and 799

ASELSAN is a company of Turkish Armed Forces Foundation, established in 1975 in order to meet the communication needs of the Turkish Armed Forces by national means. Currently ​74,20% of the shares are owned by the Foundation whereas the remaining 25,8% runs in İstanbul Borsa stock market. ASELSAN is the largest defense electronics company of Turkey whose capability/product portfolio comprises communication and information technologies, radar and electronic warfare, electro-optics, avionics, unmanned systems, land, naval and weapon systems, air defence and missile systems, command and control systems, transportation, security, traffic, automation and medical systems. Today ASELSAN has become an indigenous products exporting company, investing in international markets through various cooperation models with local partners and listed as one of the top 100 defence companies of the world (Defense News Top 100).

NAICS: 336414
NAICS Definition: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
Employees: 16,729
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Thales
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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Aselsan
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
Thales
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Aselsan
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 Thales in 2025.

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

Aselsan has 36.99% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

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

Thales cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Aselsan cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Thales
Incidents

Date Detected: 04/2023
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Malicious Code Injection
Motivation: National Security Disruption, Economic Instability
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 11/2022
Type:Ransomware
Motivation: Data theft and extortion
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 11/2022
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unknown
Motivation: Extortion
Blog: Blog
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Aselsan
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Spear-phishing email with malicious .url file
Motivation: Cyber espionage
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

Thales company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Aselsan company.

In the current year, Aselsan company has reported more cyber incidents than Thales company.

Thales company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Aselsan company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Thales company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Aselsan company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Aselsan company and Thales company have reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks.

Neither Thales company nor Aselsan company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Thales nor Aselsan holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Thales company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Aselsan company.

Thales company employs more people globally than Aselsan company, reflecting its scale as a Defense and Space Manufacturing.

Neither Thales nor Aselsan holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Thales nor Aselsan holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Thales nor Aselsan holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Thales nor Aselsan holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Thales nor Aselsan holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Thales nor Aselsan holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N