Comparison Overview

Fairfax County Public Schools

VS

Hillsborough County Public Schools

Fairfax County Public Schools

8115 Gatehouse Road, None, Falls Church, Virginia, US, 22042
Last Update: 2025-11-28
Between 650 and 699

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), located in Northern Virginia, is the nation’s 9th largest public school system, serves a diverse population of more than 180,000 students in grades prekindergarten through 12. Fairfax County high schools are recognized annually by the Washington Post as being among the most challenging high schools in the U.S. FCPS is the third largest employer in Virginia, with 24,600 full-time staff positions. Outstanding benefits including medical insurance, dental insurance, retirement plans, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, sick and personal leave, disability programs, and long-term care insurance are available for eligible employees. Staff development and training is available through academy classes, in-service training, and master’s degree cohort programs. Full-time technology support teachers are in each school; additionally, an on-line resource for FCPS students to extend learning beyond the traditional day is accessible through the 24-7 Learning System. “Great Beginnings” provides mentoring to all teachers new to the county, and “Savings for Staff” incentives help to make your relocation an easy one.

NAICS: 6111
NAICS Definition: Elementary and Secondary Schools
Employees: 19,979
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

Hillsborough County Public Schools

US
Last Update: 2025-11-27

Hillsborough County Public Schools is the seventh largest school district in the nation, with more than 210,000 students. More than 50,000 students attend a school through one of the district’s many school choice programs. HCPS is the largest employer in Hillsborough County, with more than 24,000 employees. Due to our commitment to creating mentally healthy workplaces, we are proud recipients of the 2024 Silver Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health. Dr. Clayton Nylund, a physics and engineering teacher at Blake High School here at HCPS, has been named a 2025 Florida Teacher of the Year finalist! HCPS has more than 270 school sites including 141 K-5 elementary schools, 43 middle schools, 27 high schools, 5 K-8 schools and 47 charter schools. HCPS features many distinct programs, which provide students with unique learning opportunities. Examples of these programs include Magnet, International Baccalaureate, Career and Technical Education, and Advanced Academics, such as Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment courses.

NAICS: 6111
NAICS Definition: Elementary and Secondary Schools
Employees: 13,401
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Fairfax County 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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Hillsborough County 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
Compliance Summary
Fairfax County Public Schools
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Hillsborough County Public Schools
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Primary and Secondary Education Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Fairfax County Public Schools in 2025.

Incidents vs Primary and Secondary Education Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Hillsborough County Public Schools in 2025.

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

Fairfax County Public Schools cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Hillsborough County Public Schools cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Fairfax County Public Schools
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2020
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 9/2020
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 09/2020
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog
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Hillsborough County Public Schools
Incidents

Date Detected: 09/2023
Type:Data Leak
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Hillsborough County Public Schools company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Fairfax County Public Schools company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Fairfax County Public Schools company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Hillsborough County Public Schools company.

In the current year, Hillsborough County Public Schools company and Fairfax County Public Schools company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Fairfax County Public Schools company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Hillsborough County Public Schools company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Fairfax County Public Schools company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Hillsborough County Public Schools company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Hillsborough County Public Schools company nor Fairfax County Public Schools company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools company nor Hillsborough County Public Schools company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools nor Hillsborough County Public Schools holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Hillsborough County Public Schools company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Fairfax County Public Schools company.

Fairfax County Public Schools company employs more people globally than Hillsborough County Public Schools company, reflecting its scale as a Primary and Secondary Education.

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools nor Hillsborough County Public Schools holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools nor Hillsborough County Public Schools holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools nor Hillsborough County Public Schools holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools nor Hillsborough County Public Schools holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools nor Hillsborough County Public Schools holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools nor Hillsborough County Public Schools 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