Comparison Overview

The Electoral Commission

VS

Virginia Department of Business Assistance

The Electoral Commission

3 Bunhill Row, None, London, None, GB, EC1Y 8YZ
Last Update: 2025-11-21

We are the independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and ensure its integrity. We enable the delivery of free and fair elections and referendums. This includes focussing on the needs of voters and addressing the changing environment to ensure every vote remains secure and accessible. We regulate political finance – taking proactive steps to increase transparency, ensure compliance and pursue breaches. We use our expertise to make and advocate for changes to our democracy, aiming to improve fairness, transparency and efficiency. We have UK wide responsibilities and are accountable to the UK Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd. Our work is directed to meeting the needs of each of the four parts of the UK.

NAICS: 921
NAICS Definition: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
Employees: 539
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
2

Virginia Department of Business Assistance

Glen Allen, VA, US, 23060
Last Update: 2025-11-27
Between 700 and 749

The Virginia Department of Business Assistance, created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1996, provides a one-stop-service for technical assistance related to business formation, access to capital, and workforce development. VDBA works with existing businesses as they grow their workforce and mentors entrepreneurs from ideas to launching their first business venture. To accomplish the objectives set forth in Governor McDonnell's Economic Development and Jobs Creation agenda, VDBA has facilitated $1.3 billion in financing for Virginia businesses, provided technical assistance to over 36,000 businesses and will host over 80 Entrepreneurial Workshops statewide this year.

NAICS: 921
NAICS Definition: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
Employees: 10
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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The Electoral Commission
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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Virginia Department of Business Assistance
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
The Electoral Commission
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Virginia Department of Business Assistance
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Public Policy Offices Industry Average (This Year)

The Electoral Commission has 20.48% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Public Policy Offices Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Virginia Department of Business Assistance in 2025.

Incident History — The Electoral Commission (X = Date, Y = Severity)

The Electoral Commission cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Virginia Department of Business Assistance (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Virginia Department of Business Assistance cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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The Electoral Commission
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Motivation: potential disruption of democracy, undermining government processes, unknown specific goals
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2014
Type:Data Leak
Motivation: Undermine democracy
Blog: Blog
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Virginia Department of Business Assistance
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Virginia Department of Business Assistance company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to The Electoral Commission company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

The Electoral Commission company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Virginia Department of Business Assistance company has not reported any.

In the current year, The Electoral Commission company has reported more cyber incidents than Virginia Department of Business Assistance company.

Neither Virginia Department of Business Assistance company nor The Electoral Commission company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither Virginia Department of Business Assistance company nor The Electoral Commission company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

The Electoral Commission company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Virginia Department of Business Assistance company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither The Electoral Commission company nor Virginia Department of Business Assistance company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither The Electoral Commission nor Virginia Department of Business Assistance holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither The Electoral Commission company nor Virginia Department of Business Assistance company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

The Electoral Commission company employs more people globally than Virginia Department of Business Assistance company, reflecting its scale as a Public Policy Offices.

Neither The Electoral Commission nor Virginia Department of Business Assistance holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither The Electoral Commission nor Virginia Department of Business Assistance holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither The Electoral Commission nor Virginia Department of Business Assistance holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither The Electoral Commission nor Virginia Department of Business Assistance holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither The Electoral Commission nor Virginia Department of Business Assistance holds HIPAA certification.

Neither The Electoral Commission nor Virginia Department of Business Assistance 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