Comparison Overview

Swiss Federal Administration

VS

Department for Education

Swiss Federal Administration

Eigerstrasse 71, Bern, Bern, 3003, CH
Last Update: 2025-11-21
Between 750 and 799

Working for Switzerland Seven departments, the Federal Chancellery and around 70 administrative units make up the Federal Administration. With around 38,000 employees, it is one of the largest employers in Switzerland. People from all regions of the country work in the Federal Administration units and, at the same time, the Federal Administration has offices throughout Switzerland. Plurilingualism and cultural diversity are therefore highly valued. The tasks of the Federal Administration are as varied as Switzerland itself. Employees use their specialist knowledge and experience to perform important governmental functions. These involve projects that often shape Switzerland for several generations. This means that the employees make an important contribution to ensuring that the country runs smoothly. As an employer, the Federal Administration supports its employees' individual lifestyles with flexible working models and promotes their personal development with practical training and continuing professional development. * Open positions of the administrative units can be found on their LinkedIn pages or at stelle.admin.ch

NAICS: 92
NAICS Definition: Public Administration
Employees: 22,933
Subsidiaries: 68
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Department for Education

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London, England, GB, SW1P 3BT
Last Update: 2025-11-27

Help us achieve world-class education, training and care for everyone, whatever their background. Whether you're just starting out, or an experienced professional, we have what you are looking for. Jobs include administration, policy advisers, digital, finance, commercial specialists and many more. You'll help shape the future of education, training and social care, by working with industry and education leaders to develop policies and services. We have offices across England, including in Manchester, Sheffield, Bristol, Leeds, Gatehead, Cambridge, London, Darlington, Nottingham and Coventry. We offer part-time, term-time and flexible working patterns, including working from home. You'll be able to shape your own learning and development with plenty of options available, and get involved with work across government, as well as in your local community. You can use your paid volunteer days to take on projects that matter to you.

NAICS: 92
NAICS Definition: Public Administration
Employees: 36,597
Subsidiaries: 66
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
27
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Swiss Federal Administration
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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Department for Education
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
Swiss Federal Administration
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Department for Education
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Government Administration Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Swiss Federal Administration in 2025.

Incidents vs Government Administration Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Department for Education in 2025.

Incident History — Swiss Federal Administration (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Swiss Federal Administration cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Department for Education (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Department for Education cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Swiss Federal Administration
Incidents

No Incident

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Department for Education
Incidents

Date Detected: 11/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Physical Exposure, Negligence, Insecure Work Practices
Motivation: None (Unintentional)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Misconfigured Email, Physical Theft/Loss (Laptop), Insecure Communication (WhatsApp), Improper Data Handling (Excel), Human Error
Motivation: Negligence/Incompetence
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: third-party compromise (Dodd Group), gateway attack, phishing (likely), dark web data exfiltration
Motivation: financial gain (ransom threats), espionage, geopolitical disruption, reputation damage
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Swiss Federal Administration company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Department for Education company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Department for Education company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Swiss Federal Administration company has not reported any.

In the current year, Department for Education company has reported more cyber incidents than Swiss Federal Administration company.

Neither Department for Education company nor Swiss Federal Administration company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Department for Education company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Swiss Federal Administration company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Department for Education company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Swiss Federal Administration company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Swiss Federal Administration company nor Department for Education company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Swiss Federal Administration nor Department for Education holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Swiss Federal Administration company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Department for Education company.

Department for Education company employs more people globally than Swiss Federal Administration company, reflecting its scale as a Government Administration.

Neither Swiss Federal Administration nor Department for Education holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Swiss Federal Administration nor Department for Education holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Swiss Federal Administration nor Department for Education holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Swiss Federal Administration nor Department for Education holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Swiss Federal Administration nor Department for Education holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Swiss Federal Administration nor Department for Education holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/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

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
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

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/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

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

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
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

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