Comparison Overview

Caterpillar Inc.

VS

ZEISS Group

Caterpillar Inc.

Irving, Texas, US
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 800 and 849

For 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. With 2024 sales and revenues of $64.8 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Caterpillar does business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation – and provides financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

NAICS: 333
NAICS Definition: Machinery Manufacturing
Employees: 58,733
Subsidiaries: 7
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

ZEISS Group

Carl-Zeiss-Str. 22, Oberkochen, undefined, 73447, DE
Last Update: 2025-12-10

ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue around 11 billion euros in its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology and Consumer Markets (30 September 2024). With over 46,000 employees, ZEISS is active globally in around 50 countries with more than 60 sales and service locations, around 40 research and development facilities, and 35 production facilities worldwide (30 September 2024). Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The Carl Zeiss Foundation, one of the largest foundations in Germany committed to the promotion of science, is the sole owner of the holding company, Carl Zeiss AG. Data privacy: www.zeiss.com/data-protection Imprint: http://zeiss.com/publisher This is ZEISS's official LinkedIn account. It follows the ZEISS Netiquette: www.zeiss.com/netiquette

NAICS: 333
NAICS Definition: Machinery Manufacturing
Employees: 23,632
Subsidiaries: 8
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Caterpillar Inc.
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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ZEISS 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
Compliance Summary
Caterpillar Inc.
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
ZEISS Group
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Machinery Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Caterpillar Inc. in 2025.

Incidents vs Machinery Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for ZEISS Group in 2025.

Incident History — Caterpillar Inc. (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Caterpillar Inc. cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — ZEISS Group (X = Date, Y = Severity)

ZEISS Group cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Caterpillar Inc.
Incidents

No Incident

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ZEISS Group
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

Caterpillar Inc. company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to ZEISS Group company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Historically, ZEISS Group company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to Caterpillar Inc. company.

In the current year, ZEISS Group company and Caterpillar Inc. company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither ZEISS Group company nor Caterpillar Inc. company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither ZEISS Group company nor Caterpillar Inc. company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither ZEISS Group company nor Caterpillar Inc. company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Caterpillar Inc. company nor ZEISS Group company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Caterpillar Inc. nor ZEISS Group holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

ZEISS Group company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Caterpillar Inc. company.

Caterpillar Inc. company employs more people globally than ZEISS Group company, reflecting its scale as a Machinery Manufacturing.

Neither Caterpillar Inc. nor ZEISS Group holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Caterpillar Inc. nor ZEISS Group holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Caterpillar Inc. nor ZEISS Group holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Caterpillar Inc. nor ZEISS Group holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Caterpillar Inc. nor ZEISS Group holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Caterpillar Inc. nor ZEISS Group 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