Comparison Overview

Chicago Public Schools

VS

Los Angeles Unified School District

Chicago Public Schools

42 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL, US, 60602
Last Update: 2025-11-21
Between 700 and 749

Chicago Public Schools is looking for teachers, leaders, and non-instructional staff to transform the face of urban education. We are a team of passionate, committed, and talented professionals who believe that every CPS student will graduate prepared for success in college, career, and life. Come join us in making CPS a model for public school districts throughout the nation. CPS is the third largest school district in the United States with more than 600 schools providing education to over 340,000 children.

NAICS: 92311
NAICS Definition: Administration of Education Programs
Employees: 36,826
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Los Angeles Unified School District

333 S Beaudry Ave, Los Angeles, CA, US, 90017
Last Update: 2025-11-24
Between 600 and 649

Second largest school district in the nation, LAUSD enrolls nearly 575,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, at over 900 schools, and 187 public charter schools. The boundaries spread over 710 square miles and include the mega-city of Los Angeles as well as all or parts of 31 smaller municipalities plus several unincorporated sections of Southern California. The mission of LAUSD is reflected in continued double-digit growth on the state Academic Performance Index (API); the upward trend in the graduation rate, progress in the pass rate on the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) and other academic indicators. LA schools boast more winners of the United States Academic Decathlon championships-12-than any other District in this country. Add to those impressive victories, outstanding individual student and team achievements in: science, mathematics, social studies, language arts, foreign and dual languages, business and entrepreneurial skills, the visual and performing arts, and athletics. Nationally recognized by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine for serving healthy, low fat and vegetarian school lunches. LAUSD's standards also call for: whole grains, low sodium, locally grown fruits and vegetables and no trans fat; flavored milk or carbonated beverages. Today, the District counts more than 115 new schools and campuses, thanks to the nation's largest public works project, funded by bond measures, a testament to broad voter support.

NAICS: 92311
NAICS Definition: Administration of Education Programs
Employees: 44,564
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Chicago Public Schools
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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Los Angeles Unified School District
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
Chicago Public Schools
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Los Angeles Unified School District
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Education Administration Programs Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Chicago Public Schools in 2025.

Incidents vs Education Administration Programs Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Los Angeles Unified School District in 2025.

Incident History — Chicago Public Schools (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Chicago Public Schools cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Los Angeles Unified School District (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Los Angeles Unified School District cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Chicago Public Schools
Incidents

Date Detected: 04/2022
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog
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Los Angeles Unified School District
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2023
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 09/2022
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 09/2022
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Chicago Public Schools company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Los Angeles Unified School District company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Los Angeles Unified School District company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Chicago Public Schools company.

In the current year, Los Angeles Unified School District company and Chicago Public Schools company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Both Los Angeles Unified School District company and Chicago Public Schools company have confirmed experiencing at least one ransomware attack.

Los Angeles Unified School District company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Chicago Public Schools company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Los Angeles Unified School District company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Chicago Public Schools company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Chicago Public Schools company nor Los Angeles Unified School District company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Chicago Public Schools nor Los Angeles Unified School District holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Chicago Public Schools company nor Los Angeles Unified School District company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Los Angeles Unified School District company employs more people globally than Chicago Public Schools company, reflecting its scale as a Education Administration Programs.

Neither Chicago Public Schools nor Los Angeles Unified School District holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Chicago Public Schools nor Los Angeles Unified School District holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Chicago Public Schools nor Los Angeles Unified School District holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Chicago Public Schools nor Los Angeles Unified School District holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Chicago Public Schools nor Los Angeles Unified School District holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Chicago Public Schools nor Los Angeles Unified School District 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