Comparison Overview

Western & Southern Financial Group

VS

Sun Life

Western & Southern Financial Group

400 East Fourth St., Cincinnati, 45202, US
Last Update:

Founded in Cincinnati in 1888 as The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc. is the parent company of a group of diversified financial services businesses that includes the following: • The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company • Western-Southern Life Assurance Company • Columbus Life Insurance Company • Gerber Life Insurance Company¹ • Integrity Life Insurance Company • The Lafayette Life Insurance Company • National Integrity Life Insurance Company • Eagle Realty Group, LLC • Fabric by Gerber Life • Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.² • Gerber Life Agency³ • Touchstone Advisors, Inc.² • Touchstone Securities, Inc.⁴ • W&S Brokerage Services, Inc.² ⁴ • W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc.⁵ ¹Gerber Life is a registered trademark. Used under license from Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. and Gerber Products Company. ²An SEC registered investment adviser. ³In the State of California, Gerber Life Agency, LLC is known as and does business as Gerber Life Insurance Agency, LLC. ⁴A registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. ⁵ W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc. (doing business as W&S Financial Insurance Services in CA). For more information on the Western & Southern family of companies, visit www.westernsouthern.com. For disclosures/terms of service, visit www.westernsouthern.com/social-media-disclosures.

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 5,336
Subsidiaries: 9
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Sun Life

OO
Last Update: 2026-03-28
Between 750 and 799

Sun Life is a leading financial services organization dedicated to helping people achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. We provide a wide range of insurance and investment products and services in key markets around the world including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Indonesia. At Sun Life, we have more than 34,000 employees and 112,900 advisors worldwide. Websites: Canada www.sunlife.ca/en/ US www.sunlife.com/us/en/ Vietnam www.sunlife.com.vn Hong Kong www.sunlife.com.hk Indonesia www.sunlife.co.id Malaysia www.sunlife.com.my Philippines www.sunlife.com.ph

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 38,047
Subsidiaries: 4
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Western & Southern Financial Group
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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Sun Life
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
Western & Southern Financial Group
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Sun Life
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Western & Southern Financial Group in 2026.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Sun Life in 2026.

Incident History — Western & Southern Financial Group (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Western & Southern Financial Group cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Sun Life (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Sun Life cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Western & Southern Financial Group
Incidents

No Incident

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Sun Life
Incidents

Date Detected: 5/2023
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Sun Life company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Western & Southern Financial Group company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Sun Life company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Western & Southern Financial Group company has not reported any.

In the current year, Sun Life company and Western & Southern Financial Group company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Sun Life company nor Western & Southern Financial Group company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Sun Life company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Western & Southern Financial Group company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Sun Life company nor Western & Southern Financial Group company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Western & Southern Financial Group company nor Sun Life company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Western & Southern Financial Group nor Sun Life holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Western & Southern Financial Group company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Sun Life company.

Sun Life company employs more people globally than Western & Southern Financial Group company, reflecting its scale as a Financial Services.

Neither Western & Southern Financial Group nor Sun Life holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Western & Southern Financial Group nor Sun Life holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Western & Southern Financial Group nor Sun Life holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Western & Southern Financial Group nor Sun Life holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Western & Southern Financial Group nor Sun Life holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Western & Southern Financial Group nor Sun Life holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Hirschmann EagleSDV version 05.4.01 prior to 05.4.02 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability that causes the device to crash during session establishment when using TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1. Attackers can trigger a crash by initiating TLS connections with these protocol versions to disrupt service availability.

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
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

The stored API keys in temporary browser client is not marked as protected allowing for JavScript console or other errors to allow for extraction of the encryption credentials.

Description

XSS vulnerability in cveInterface.js allows for inject HTML to be passed to display, as cveInterface trusts input from CVE API services

Description

Multiple reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the login.php endpoint of Interzen Consulting S.r.l ZenShare Suite v17.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript in the context of the user's browser via a crafted URL injected into the codice_azienda and red_url parameters.

Description

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the login_newpwd.php endpoint of Interzen Consulting S.r.l ZenShare Suite v17.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript in the context of the user's browser via a crafted URL injected into the codice_azienda parameter.