Comparison Overview

Fairfax County Public Schools

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NYC 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

NYC Public Schools

52 Chambers, New York, NY, US, 10007
Last Update: 2025-11-25
Between 700 and 749

New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) is the largest public school system in the United States, serving approximately 1.1 million students across more than 1,600 schools in all five boroughs. Our schools are powered by over 75,000 teachers and thousands of paraprofessionals, school counselors, social workers, administrators, and central office professionals—each playing a vital role in delivering bright starts and bold futures for every student. NYCPS reflects the city it serves: vibrant, diverse, and dynamic. We are deeply committed to equity, inclusion, and excellence in education. Our workforce mirrors the cultural richness of New York City, and we actively recruit individuals from all backgrounds to help shape the future of urban education. Whether you're looking to teach, support, lead, or innovate—there’s a place for you at NYC Public Schools. Join us in building a school system where every student is seen, supported, and set up to thrive.

NAICS: 6111
NAICS Definition: Elementary and Secondary Schools
Employees: 76,732
Subsidiaries: 7
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

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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NYC 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
NYC 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)

NYC Public Schools has 13.64% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

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 — NYC Public Schools (X = Date, Y = Severity)

NYC 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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NYC Public Schools
Incidents

Date Detected: 10/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Email (Malicious Link)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 06/2023
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Exploitation of MOVEit file transfer programme
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 02/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Email
Blog: Blog

FAQ

NYC 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 NYC Public Schools company.

In the current year, NYC Public Schools company has reported more cyber incidents than Fairfax County Public Schools company.

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

Both NYC Public Schools company and Fairfax County Public Schools company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

NYC Public Schools company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Fairfax County Public Schools company has not reported such incidents publicly.

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

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

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools nor NYC 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