Comparison Overview

NVIDIA

VS

Western Digital

NVIDIA

2701 San Tomas Expressway, None, Santa Clara, CA, US, 95050
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 800 and 849

Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

NAICS: 3341
NAICS Definition: Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Employees: 41,594
Subsidiaries: 19
12-month incidents
2
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

Western Digital

5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA, US, 95138
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

At Western Digital, our vision is to unleash the power and value of data. For decades, we have been at the forefront of storage innovation, which fuels our mission to be the market leader in data storage, delivering solutions for now and the future. We are committed to providing scalable, sustainable technology for the world’s hyperscalers, enterprises, and cloud providers, and delivering cutting-edge innovation that will drive the next generation of AI-driven data workloads. All that we do is powered by our people, who are united in a common purpose of creating solutions that move the world forward. Learn more at www.westerndigital.com.

NAICS: 3341
NAICS Definition: Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
Employees: 22,284
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
2
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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NVIDIA
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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Western Digital
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
NVIDIA
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Western Digital
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Computer Hardware Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

NVIDIA has 212.5% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Computer Hardware Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

Western Digital has 212.5% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

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

NVIDIA cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Western Digital (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Western Digital cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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NVIDIA
Incidents

Date Detected: 7/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Rowhammer, Bluetooth Exploits, Phishing, Data Theft
Motivation: Financial Gain, Data Theft
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Remote Code Execution (RCE) via shared memory manipulation
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2024
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Software Vulnerability, DoS Attack
Motivation: Data Theft, Disruption of Operations
Blog: Blog
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Western Digital
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Network (Remote)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2025
Type:Vulnerability
Attack Vector: Network (HTTP POST request)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 05/2023
Type:Breach
Motivation: Data theft
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

NVIDIA company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Western Digital company.

In the current year, Western Digital and NVIDIA have reported a similar number of cyber incidents.

Western Digital company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while NVIDIA company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Western Digital company and NVIDIA company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

NVIDIA company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Western Digital company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both NVIDIA company and Western Digital company have disclosed vulnerabilities.

Neither NVIDIA nor Western Digital holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

NVIDIA company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Western Digital company.

NVIDIA company employs more people globally than Western Digital company, reflecting its scale as a Computer Hardware Manufacturing.

Neither NVIDIA nor Western Digital holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither NVIDIA nor Western Digital holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither NVIDIA nor Western Digital holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither NVIDIA nor Western Digital holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither NVIDIA nor Western Digital holds HIPAA certification.

Neither NVIDIA nor Western Digital 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