Comparison Overview

HCM Strategists

VS

The Buckeye Institute

HCM Strategists

6081 S Quebec St, Centennial, Colorado, 80111, US
Last Update: 2025-11-27
Between 700 and 749

HCM Strategists (HCM) is a nationally renowned, woman-owned, and impact-driven consulting firm committed to advancing social and economic mobility through postsecondary education and career-connected learning. Since our founding in 2008, we have worked to eliminate inequities that prevent individuals, institutions, and states from thriving. We believe in the transformative power of education and lifelong learning as a force for change. Our expertise spans policy development, institutional transformation, and workforce alignment, helping to create a more equitable and accessible education ecosystem. What We Do 🔹 Policy Innovation – We develop and implement strategic policy solutions that enhance postsecondary funding models, financial aid structures, and student success initiatives. 🔹 Institutional Transformation – We partner with colleges and universities to improve economic opportunity and mobility for learners from all backgrounds. 🔹 Strategic Advising – We counsel philanthropic foundations, employer coalitions, and advocacy organizations to accelerate postsecondary reform. 🔹 State & National Leadership – We collaborate with policymakers, state leaders, and education systems across all 50 states to drive meaningful change. Our Impact ✅ Championing reforms in postsecondary financing and affordability ✅ Staffing statewide task forces and commissions to shape higher education policy ✅ Advising institutional leaders and advocacy organizations on equity-focused transformation ✅ Translating research and best practices into actionable, student-centered policy tools We envision a future where higher education and career-connected learning are universally accessible, affordable, and valued as a critical driver of economic and social mobility. Join us in shaping the future of education and opportunity. 📩 Connect with us: [email protected] | https://hcmstrategists.com/jobs Headquartered in Colorado & Texas | Serving Nationally

NAICS: 921
NAICS Definition:
Employees: 77
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

The Buckeye Institute

88 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, US
Last Update: 2025-11-16

Founded in 1989, The Buckeye Institute is an independent research and educational institution—a think tank—whose mission is to advance free-market public policy in the states. The staff at Buckeye accomplish the organization’s mission by performing timely and reliable research on key issues, compiling and synthesizing data, formulating sound free-market policies, and promoting those solutions for implementation in Ohio and replication across the country. The Buckeye Institute is located directly across the street from the Ohio Statehouse on Capitol Square in Columbus, where it assists legislative and executive branch policymakers by providing ideas, research, and data to enable the lawmakers’ effectiveness in advocating free-market public policy solutions. The Buckeye Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit, and tax-exempt organization, as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code. As such, it relies on support from individuals, corporations, and foundations that share a commitment to individual liberty, free enterprise, personal responsibility, and limited government. The Buckeye Institute does not seek or accept government funding.

NAICS: 921
NAICS Definition:
Employees: 15
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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HCM Strategists
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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The Buckeye Institute
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
HCM Strategists
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
The Buckeye Institute
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Public Policy Offices Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for HCM Strategists in 2025.

Incidents vs Public Policy Offices Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for The Buckeye Institute in 2025.

Incident History — HCM Strategists (X = Date, Y = Severity)

HCM Strategists cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — The Buckeye Institute (X = Date, Y = Severity)

The Buckeye Institute cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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HCM Strategists
Incidents

No Incident

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The Buckeye Institute
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

HCM Strategists company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to The Buckeye Institute company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Historically, The Buckeye Institute company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to HCM Strategists company.

In the current year, The Buckeye Institute company and HCM Strategists company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither The Buckeye Institute company nor HCM Strategists company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither The Buckeye Institute company nor HCM Strategists company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither The Buckeye Institute company nor HCM Strategists company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither HCM Strategists company nor The Buckeye Institute company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither HCM Strategists nor The Buckeye Institute holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither HCM Strategists company nor The Buckeye Institute company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

HCM Strategists company employs more people globally than The Buckeye Institute company, reflecting its scale as a Public Policy Offices.

Neither HCM Strategists nor The Buckeye Institute holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither HCM Strategists nor The Buckeye Institute holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither HCM Strategists nor The Buckeye Institute holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither HCM Strategists nor The Buckeye Institute holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither HCM Strategists nor The Buckeye Institute holds HIPAA certification.

Neither HCM Strategists nor The Buckeye Institute 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