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Workday Vendor Risk Assessment — Full Report

Before you share customer data with Workday, your compliance team needs documented proof they can be trusted. ThirdProof investigated Workday across 27 intelligence sources — here's what we found.

⚠ FedRAMP Status: Not found in the FedRAMP Marketplace. Vendors handling government data or CUI must be FedRAMP authorized.

Risk Tier
Tier 3Moderate Risk
SOC 2
— Not Found
FedRAMP
— Not Authorized
Last Assessed
Mar 5, 2026
🟡SSL/TLS: TLSv1.3🟢Domain Age: 24.5 years🟢Infrastructure: 2 open ports, 0 CVEs🟢Sanctions: Clear — No matches found
FedRAMP Status
Workday is not listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace as of March 2026.
SOC 2 Status
Workday has not had a SOC 2 claim detected on their trust page.
Sanctions Screening
Workday returned no matches in OFAC SDN, EU Consolidated, and UN sanctions screening.
Risk Tier
ThirdProof assigned Workday a Moderate Risk tier with 78% confidence across 27 intelligence sources.

22 sources queried. 82% confidence. Every Workday investigation produces both a risk report and an auto-filled security questionnaire — no vendor follow-up required.

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Certification & Compliance Status

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Not Listed on FedRAMP Marketplace

Verified against FedRAMP Marketplace API as of March 2026

Organizations with federal compliance requirements should verify this directly at marketplace.fedramp.gov.

Workday is not listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace. Workday maintains SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications.

27 data sources queried per assessment
Reports generated in an average of 7 minutes
SHA-256 verified for audit integrity
Deterministic risk scoring — no AI guesswork
3Tier

Moderate Risk

Workday

Vendor Risk Assessment

Confidence Score82%

Based on data availability and source coverage

22

Sources Queried

20

Sources With Data

March 5, 2026

Last Assessed

Executive Summary

AI-generated analysis for Workday

Workday, an enterprise HR and payroll SaaS vendor, presents a moderate risk posture driven primarily by a confirmed data breach in August 2025 and a series of active AI-related discrimination lawsuits that have advanced to class action status.

Area Requiring Attention

The breach, attributed to a social engineering attack targeting a connected CRM platform, exposed business contact data and generated significant coverage across multiple security publications. Compounding these concerns, Workday's public-facing website exhibits HTTP security header deficiencies, and independently verified compliance certifications could not be confirmed from available evidence. Against these risks, the domain maintains a completely clean reputation across 94 security engines, has an established 24-year operational history, and shows no indicators of malicious infrastructure activity — reflecting the profile of a large, legitimate enterprise vendor navigating reputational and legal headwinds.

Independence Statement

All findings in this report are based exclusively on evidence gathered from independent external data sources without vendor participation or input.

Investigation Findings

6 findings identified for Workday

1 critical2 high3 medium
critical

HTTP Security Grade: F

workday.com received a failing grade (F) from Mozilla HTTP Observatory. This indicates serious HTTP security configuration issues.

high

Tech Community Discussion: legal

5 Hacker News stories about "Workday" related to legal. Top story: "Notice of collective action lawsuit against Workday, Inc." (125 points).

high

Adverse Media: data breach

3 article(s) reference significant concerns for "Workday": "Workday Discloses Data Breach Following CRM-Targeted Social Engineering Attack" (IT Security Guru); "Workday: Data leak at HR software provider" (heise online); "Workday Confirms Data Breach Tied to Salesforce Attacks" (Security Boulevard)

medium

Sanctions Screening Unavailable

A critical data source was unavailable during this investigation. Manual verification is recommended.

medium

Missing Security Headers

workday.com is missing 3 recommended security headers: Strict-Transport-Security, Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options.

medium

Multiple Certificate Issuers (39)

workday.com has certificates from 39 different Certificate Authorities. This may indicate inconsistent certificate management practices.

Security Strengths

20 positive signals verified

Legal Entity Actively Registered

Business Registration

No Adverse Media Signals

Adverse Media Scan (Fallback)

Firmographic Data Available

Company Intelligence

Valid SSL Certificate

Domain Analysis

2 Open Ports Detected

Infrastructure Exposure

Established Domain (24+ years)

Domain Registration

Clean Domain Reputation

Threat Intelligence

Well-Known Domain

Threat Intelligence

Tech Community Discussion: security incident

Tech Community Sentiment

SSL/TLS Scan Pending

SSL/TLS Analysis

Large Certificate Footprint (477 subdomains)

Certificate Transparency

Established Web Presence (24+ years)

Web Archive History

No Threat Intelligence Pulses

Threat Intelligence (OTX)

Clean IP Reputation

IP Reputation

Clean Safe Browsing Status

Malware & Phishing Check

Clean Website Scan

Website Security Scan

Certification Claimed: GDPR

Trust & Compliance Page Scan

Not Found as FDIC-Insured Institution

FDIC Institution Check

No SEC Enforcement Filings Found

SEC Filing Search

Recommended Actions

Steps to address findings for Workday

  1. 1

    Within 14 days, formally request Workday's breach notification documentation and post-incident remediation report for the August 2025 social engineering incident — contact their security team at security@workday.com or through your account representative, and ask explicitly whether your tenant environment or data was within scope of the breach.

  2. 2

    Request Workday's current SOC 2 Type II report (covering the most recent 12-month audit period) by contacting their trust team via trust.workday.com — confirm the audit period extends into or beyond August 2025 to assess whether breach-related controls failures are reflected in the report.

  3. 3

    Within 30 days, assess your contractual and operational exposure to Workday's AI hiring tools in light of the active class action discrimination litigation — review your service agreement for indemnification clauses and consult legal counsel if Workday's AI-driven features are deployed within your organization.

  4. 4

    Conduct manual sanctions screening for Workday as a compensating control for the unavailable automated screening — check the OFAC SDN list at home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/sdn-list and the EU consolidated sanctions list at data.europa.eu/data/datasets/consolidated-list-of-persons-groups-and-entities-subject-to-eu-financial-sanctions.

  5. 5

    Request Workday's complete and current subprocessor list from trust.workday.com/subprocessors and cross-reference against your organization's approved third-party and fourth-party risk criteria, particularly for any subprocessors handling personal or payroll data in your jurisdiction.

Intelligence Sources Queried

22 sources in this assessment

20of 22 sources returned data
IP Reputation
Threat Intelligence (OTX)
Certificate Transparency
Domain Analysis
FDIC Institution Check
Business Registration
Historical Media Search
Tech Community Sentiment
Company Intelligence
Adverse Media Scan (Fallback)
HTTP Security Scan
Malware & Phishing Check
SEC Filing Search
Infrastructure Exposure
Supply Chain & Subprocessor Discovery
Trust & Compliance Page Scan
Website Security Scan
Threat Intelligence
Web Archive History
Domain Registration
Sanctions & Watchlist Screening
SSL/TLS Analysis

Data Coverage Notes

Some data sources may have had limited availability during this assessment. This does not reflect negatively on the vendor.

  • Sanctions and watchlist screening was unavailable during this investigation; manual verification against OFAC, EU, and UN sanctions lists is recommended as a compensating control.
  • SSL/TLS deep analysis via the certificate configuration scan returned a pending/DNS status and no cached results were available; detailed cipher suite and protocol configuration for workday.com could not be assessed at the time of this report.
  • External cyber risk scoring was not available during this assessment, limiting the ability to benchmark Workday's overall security posture against industry peers.
  • The subprocessor scan identified only one entry ('Workday Resource Center') from the published subprocessor page; Workday as a large enterprise vendor likely relies on a broader subprocessor ecosystem — buyers should review the complete subprocessor list at trust.workday.com/subprocessors directly for a comprehensive view.
  • The Trust & Compliance page scan did not detect SOC 2, ISO 27001, or other common enterprise certifications on the scanned pages; absence of detection does not confirm absence of certification — these documents are often gated and require direct request.
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Vendors assessed
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Average confidence
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Time to report
What a ThirdProof assessment covers

Sanctions Screening

Is Workday on any OFAC, EU, or UN sanctions list? Are any officers or affiliates flagged?

Cyber Risk Assessment

What is Workday's security posture? Threat intelligence scanning, known vulnerabilities, and security header analysis.

Business Registration

Is Workday a legitimately registered business entity? Corporate status, jurisdiction, and officer verification.

Adverse Media Analysis

Has Workday appeared in negative news coverage? Data breaches, lawsuits, regulatory actions, and complaints.

Domain & Infrastructure

Is Workday's website secure? TLS configuration, DNS hygiene, security headers, and domain age analysis.

Company Intelligence

What are Workday's firmographics? Employee count, industry classification, technology stack, and corporate structure.

Trust & Compliance Verification

Does Workday claim SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST, or FedRAMP? ThirdProof scans trust pages for certification claims and cross-references the FedRAMP public registry for independent verification.

Supply Chain & Subprocessor Discovery

Who does Workday depend on? ThirdProof discovers subprocessors from vendor-published pages and runs sanctions screening and safe browsing checks against each one.

Regulatory & Financial Filings

Has Workday appeared in SEC enforcement filings? Is it associated with any FDIC bank failures? ThirdProof searches regulatory databases with entity verification to confirm attribution.

Full methodology, rule engine, and AI disclosure: /methodology

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Frequently asked about Workday

Is Workday FedRAMP authorized?+
Workday is not currently listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace as of March 2026.
Does Workday have SOC 2 Type II?+
No SOC 2 found. Workday rated Moderate Risk — significant adverse media. See all 5 findings →
Is Workday on the OFAC sanctions list?+
Workday returned no matches in ThirdProof's OFAC SDN, EU Consolidated, and UN sanctions screening as of March 2026.
What is Workday's vendor risk tier?+
ThirdProof assigned Workday a risk tier of Moderate Risk with 78% confidence based on assessment across 27 intelligence sources as of March 2026.
Can I get an auto-filled security questionnaire for Workday?+
Yes. Every ThirdProof investigation of Workday produces two deliverables: an audit-ready risk report and a 133-question security questionnaire pre-filled with evidence from 27 independent sources. The questionnaire is mapped to SIG, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS and 9 other frameworks — answered without sending Workday a single email or waiting for a vendor response.
Is Workday safe to use as a vendor?+
Workday is a HR and finance vendor that handles organizational data. Safety depends on their current security posture, certification status, and how they handle your specific data. ThirdProof automates this evaluation across 27 intelligence sources — sanctions databases (OFAC, EU, UN), business registration verification, adverse media scanning, and cyber risk assessment — producing a deterministic risk tier with confidence score plus an auto-filled security questionnaire. Run a free investigation to see Workday's full risk profile.
Does Workday have SOC 2 certification?+
No SOC 2 found. Workday rated Moderate Risk — significant adverse media. See all 5 findings →
Has Workday had any data breaches?+
Data breach history is an important signal for any vendor, particularly HR and finance platforms like Workday that handle organizational data. ThirdProof's adverse media analysis searches multiple news APIs and public records for data breaches, security incidents, lawsuits, regulatory enforcement actions, and financial distress signals. Each finding is linked to its original source with severity classification.
Is Workday on any sanctions lists?+
Sanctions screening is standard due diligence for HR and finance vendors. ThirdProof screens Workday against OFAC SDN, consolidated international sanctions lists, and PEP databases. The screening uses entity name verification to reduce false positives. If Workday or any associated officers appear on a sanctions list, this triggers automatic escalation to the highest risk tier.
How do I assess Workday for vendor risk?+
Assessing Workday as a HR and finance vendor involves verifying SOC 2 Type II and applicable industry standards compliance, reviewing their subprocessor chain, and checking sanctions exposure. ThirdProof automates this across 27 intelligence sources in an average of 7 minutes — no questionnaires or vendor participation required. Your first 5 investigations are free.
How long does a ThirdProof assessment take?+
A ThirdProof assessment completes in an average of 7 minutes. 27 intelligence sources are queried in parallel — sanctions databases, business registries, threat intelligence feeds, certificate transparency logs, and more. The result is a deterministic risk tier with confidence score and audit-ready PDF report.
Is ThirdProof free?+
ThirdProof offers 5 free vendor assessments with no credit card required. Each assessment includes the full report — risk tier, confidence score, individual findings, executive summary, and PDF export. Paid plans start at $399/month for teams that need ongoing vendor monitoring.
Can I use a ThirdProof report as SOC 2 audit evidence?+
Yes. ThirdProof reports are designed to satisfy SOC 2 CC9.2 (vendor risk management) requirements. Each report includes SHA-256 integrity verification, methodology disclosure, source attribution for every finding, and AI content labeling. Auditors can independently verify the report's authenticity and trace each finding to its original source.
How is ThirdProof different from a security questionnaire?+
Security questionnaires require vendor participation, take weeks, and produce self-reported answers. ThirdProof queries 27 independent intelligence sources — no vendor involvement needed. Risk tiers are assigned by a deterministic rules engine (not AI opinion), and every finding links to its original source. You get an audit-ready report in an average of 7 minutes instead of waiting weeks for a questionnaire response.

Workday is in your vendor stack. Can you prove you assessed them?

SOC 2 CC9.2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and CMMC all require documented vendor due diligence — not just knowing the answer, but having audit-ready evidence you verified it. Most compliance teams can't produce that documentation on demand.

ThirdProof investigates Workday across 27 intelligence sources in an average of 7 minutes — sanctions screening, cyber posture, SOC 2 verification, FedRAMP status, and more. Every investigation produces two deliverables: an audit-ready risk report and an auto-filled security questionnaire your prospects and auditors expect to see.

✓ 5 free investigations✓ Risk report + auto-filled questionnaire✓ No credit card required✓ Average report time: 7 minutes

Replaces $600–$900 in manual compliance consulting time per vendor assessed.