Comparison Overview

VCU Health

VS

NHS

VCU Health

1250 E. Marshall Street, None, Richmond, Virginia, US, 23219
Last Update: 2025-12-17
Between 700 and 749

We are a strong, passionate team of more than 12,500 who take pride in caring for every person who comes through our doors. We lift each other up so we can provide the very best and safest care to those who need us most. Together. Every day. With the support of our university, we make up an academic medical center committed to excellence in patient care, innovation and training tomorrow’s health care workforce. We continue to educate, research and evolve – staying on the cutting edge of care. As a community of innovators, every team member can contribute a spark of ingenuity igniting a force to discover the next cure, hold the next hand, solve the greatest challenges and create the health care of tomorrow. We foster an atmosphere of respect and welcoming for all communities. We infuse our teams with diverse talent that inspires everyone to contribute openly and freely, maximizing their impact and creating meaningful change for our patients and community. Join our team and help us create a new kind of patient experience. Join VCU Health. EEO Statement: VCU Health System strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against, or harassment of, team members, applicants, or any other covered persons because of age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law. Pay Transparency Provisions: VCU Health System complies with the Pay Transparency Provisions.

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 11,234
Subsidiaries: 3
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
2

NHS

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Last Update: 2025-12-15
Between 650 and 699

The NHS was launched in 1948. It was born out of a long-held ideal that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth – one of the NHS's core principles. With the exception of some charges, such as prescriptions, optical services and dental services, the NHS in England remains free at the point of use for all UK residents. This currently stands at more than 64.6 million people in the UK and 54.3 million people in England alone. The NHS in England deals with over 1 million patients every 36 hours. It covers everything, including antenatal screening, routine screenings (such as the NHS Health Check), treatments for long-term conditions, transplants, emergency treatment and end-of-life care. Responsibility for healthcare in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government respectively. The NHS employs more than 1.5 million people, putting it in the top five of the world’s largest workforces, together with the US Department of Defence, McDonalds, Walmart and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. The NHS in England is the biggest part of the system by far, catering to a population of 54.3 million and employing around 1.2 million people. Of those, the clinically qualified staff include 150,273 doctors, 40,584 general practitioners (GPs), 314,966 nurses and health visitors, 18,862 ambulance staff, and 111,127 hospital and community health service (HCHS) medical and dental staff. The NHS in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland employs 161,415; 84,000 and 66,000 people respectively.

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 238,427
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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VCU Health
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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NHS
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
VCU Health
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
NHS
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for VCU Health in 2025.

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

NHS has 19.05% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — VCU Health (X = Date, Y = Severity)

VCU Health cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

NHS cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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VCU Health
Incidents

Date Detected: 05/2019
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Insider Threat
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 07/2018
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 01/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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NHS
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2025
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: Exploitation of Oracle software vulnerability
Motivation: Financial gain, data exfiltration, reputational damage
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 05/2023
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Hidden Monitoring Feature
Motivation: Data Collection
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 08/2018
Type:Data Leak
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

NHS company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to VCU Health company.

In the current year, NHS company has reported more cyber incidents than VCU Health company.

NHS company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while VCU Health company has not reported such incidents publicly.

VCU Health company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other NHS company has not reported such incidents publicly.

NHS company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while VCU Health company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither VCU Health company nor NHS company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither VCU Health nor NHS holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

VCU Health company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to NHS company.

NHS company employs more people globally than VCU Health company, reflecting its scale as a Hospitals and Health Care.

Neither VCU Health nor NHS holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither VCU Health nor NHS holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither VCU Health nor NHS holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither VCU Health nor NHS holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither VCU Health nor NHS holds HIPAA certification.

Neither VCU Health nor NHS holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Description

Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.15.1, it was possible to overwrite Git configuration remotely and override some of its behavior. Version 5.15.1 fixes the issue.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 9.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can allow a low-privileged authenticated user to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of computing resources and a denial of service (DoS) of the Kibana process via a crafted HTTP request.

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

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an unauthenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a vulnerability a function handler in the Vega AST evaluator.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N