Comparison Overview

Merck

VS

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

Merck

126 E Lincoln Ave, P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, New Jersey, US, 07065
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 800 and 849

At Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world – and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. We foster a diverse and inclusive global workforce and operate responsibly every day to enable a safe, sustainable and healthy future for all people and communities. For more information, visit www.merck.com. This site is intended for residents of the United States and Canada and their territories only. FLS: http://merck.us/3TKXNuZ

NAICS: 3254
NAICS Definition: Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
Employees: 42,297
Subsidiaries: 2
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
2

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

1000 U.S. Highway 202, Raritan, New Jersey, US
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

At Janssen, we never stop working toward a future where disease is a thing of the past. We’re the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, and you can count on us to keep working tirelessly to make that future a reality for patients everywhere, by fighting sickness with science, improving access with ingenuity, and healing hopelessness with heart. We focus on areas of medicine where we can make the biggest difference: Cardiovascular & Metabolism, Immunology, Infectious Diseases & Vaccines, Neuroscience, Oncology, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Visit us: www.janssen.com Follow us: @JanssenGlobal on Twitter and Instagram Watch our videos on our YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1LY2xQ5

NAICS: 3254
NAICS Definition: Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
Employees: 14,253
Subsidiaries: 11
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
4
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Merck
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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The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
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
Merck
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

Merck has 25.0% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson in 2025.

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

Merck cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (X = Date, Y = Severity)

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Merck
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 06/2017
Type:Cyber Attack
Blog: Blog
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The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Incidents

Date Detected: 7/2025
Type:Breach
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2024
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Hacking
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2023
Type:Breach
Motivation: Financial Gain (Plaintiffs), Corporate Accountability, Consumer Protection
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Merck company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Merck company.

In the current year, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson and Merck have reported a similar number of cyber incidents.

Neither The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson company nor Merck company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson company and Merck company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Merck company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Merck company nor The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Merck nor The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Merck company.

Merck company employs more people globally than The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson company, reflecting its scale as a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.

Neither Merck nor The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Merck nor The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Merck nor The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Merck nor The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Merck nor The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Merck nor The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

FreePBX Endpoint Manager is a module for managing telephony endpoints in FreePBX systems. Versions prior to 16.0.96 and 17.0.1 through 17.0.9 have a weak default password. By default, this is a 6 digit numeric value which can be brute forced. (This is the app_password parameter). Depending on local configuration, this password could be the extension, voicemail, user manager, DPMA or EPM phone admin password. This issue is fixed in versions 16.0.96 and 17.0.10.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/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

Neuron is a PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI Agents. In versions 2.8.11 and below, the MySQLWriteTool executes arbitrary SQL provided by the caller using PDO::prepare() + execute() without semantic restrictions. This is consistent with the name (“write tool”), but in an LLM/agent context it becomes a high-risk capability: prompt injection or indirect prompt manipulation can cause execution of destructive queries such as DROP TABLE, TRUNCATE, DELETE, ALTER, or privilege-related statements (subject to DB permissions). Deployments that expose an agent with MySQLWriteTool enabled to untrusted input and/or run the tool with a DB user that has broad privileges are impacted. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.12.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 9.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Description

Neuron is a PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI Agents. Versions 2.8.11 and below use MySQLSelectTool, which is vulnerable to Read-Only Bypass. MySQLSelectTool is intended to be a read-only SQL tool (e.g., for LLM agent querying, however, validation based on the first keyword (e.g., SELECT) and a forbidden-keyword list does not block file-writing constructs such as INTO OUTFILE / INTO DUMPFILE. As a result, an attacker who can influence the tool input (e.g., via prompt injection through a public agent endpoint) may write arbitrary files to the DB server if the MySQL/MariaDB account has the FILE privilege and server configuration permits writes to a useful location (e.g., a web-accessible directory). This issue is fixed in version 2.8.12.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.2
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Description

Okta Java Management SDK facilitates interactions with the Okta management API. In versions 11.0.0 through 20.0.0, race conditions may arise from concurrent requests using the ApiClient class. This could cause a status code or response header from one request’s response to influence another request’s response. This issue is fixed in version 20.0.1.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.4
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Description

The Auth0 Next.js SDK is a library for implementing user authentication in Next.js applications. When using versions 4.11.0 through 4.11.2 and 4.12.0, simultaneous requests on the same client may result in improper lookups in the TokenRequestCache for the request results. This issue is fixed in versions 4.11.2 and 4.12.1.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.4
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N