Comparison Overview

Morgan Stanley

VS

Charles Schwab

Morgan Stanley

1585 Broadway, None, New York, NY, US, 10036
Last Update: 2025-12-09
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Between 800 and 849
http://www.morganstanley.com

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, our firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have always defined the firm and everything we do is guided by our five core values: Do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back.

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 94,632
Subsidiaries: 5
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
2
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Charles Schwab

3000 Schwab Way, Westlake, Texas, US, 76262
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799
http://www.aboutschwab.com

Charles Schwab is a different kind of investment services firm – one that strives to disrupt the status quo of the traditional Wall Street approach on behalf of our clients. We believe today, as we did on Day 1, that when you find ways to improve the investing experience for your clients, then business results will follow. Follow our company culture at #SchwabLife and see how we give back at #Schwab4Good. Support hours: 7 a.m.–7 p.m. CT or 24/7 at schwab.com/contact-us. Social Media Disclosures: https://www.aboutschwab.com/social-media (#0424-TM8W)

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 33,248
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
4
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Morgan Stanley
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Charles Schwab
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Morgan Stanley
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Charles Schwab
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Morgan Stanley in 2025.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

Charles Schwab has 20.48% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Morgan Stanley (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Morgan Stanley cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Charles Schwab (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Charles Schwab cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Morgan Stanley
Incidents

Date Detected: 02/2022
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Vishing
Motivation: Financial gain
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 07/2021
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Ransomware attack via third-party vendor
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 1/2021
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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Charles Schwab
Incidents

Date Detected: 8/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: SMS Phishing (Smishing), Mobile Phishing Kits (Telegram-distributed), Spoofed Brokerage Alerts (iMessage/RCS), One-Time Passcode (OTP) Interception, Compromised Mobile Wallets (Apple/Google Pay), Coordinated Trading via Hijacked Accounts
Motivation: Financial Gain (Stock Price Manipulation), Fraudulent E-Commerce/Tap-to-Pay Transactions, Sale of Compromised Accounts/Devices on Dark Web, Exploitation of Cross-Border Regulatory Gaps
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 3/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Insider Wrongdoing
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 5/2021
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Inadvertent Disclosure
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Morgan Stanley company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Charles Schwab company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Charles Schwab company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Morgan Stanley company.

In the current year, Charles Schwab company has reported more cyber incidents than Morgan Stanley company.

Neither Charles Schwab company nor Morgan Stanley company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Charles Schwab company and Morgan Stanley company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Both Charles Schwab company and Morgan Stanley company have reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks.

Neither Morgan Stanley company nor Charles Schwab company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Morgan Stanley nor Charles Schwab holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Morgan Stanley company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Charles Schwab company.

Morgan Stanley company employs more people globally than Charles Schwab company, reflecting its scale as a Financial Services.

Neither Morgan Stanley nor Charles Schwab holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Morgan Stanley nor Charles Schwab holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Morgan Stanley nor Charles Schwab holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Morgan Stanley nor Charles Schwab holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Morgan Stanley nor Charles Schwab holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Morgan Stanley nor Charles Schwab holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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
References
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
References