Comparison Overview

Morningstar

VS

Charles Schwab

Morningstar

22 W. Washington St., Chicago, IL, US, 60602
Last Update: 2025-12-09

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment insights in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers and owners, retirement plan providers and sponsors, institutional investors in the debt and private capital markets, and alliances and redistributors. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, debt securities, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with approximately $352 billion in AUMA as of June 30, 2025. The Company operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries in 32 countries.

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 11,633
Subsidiaries: 11
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Charles Schwab

3000 Schwab Way, Westlake, Texas, US, 76262
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

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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Morningstar
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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Charles Schwab
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
Morningstar
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 Morningstar 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 — Morningstar (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Morningstar 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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Morningstar
Incidents

No Incident

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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

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

Charles Schwab company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Morningstar company has not reported any.

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

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

Charles Schwab company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Morningstar company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Charles Schwab company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Morningstar company has not reported such incidents publicly.

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

Neither Morningstar nor Charles Schwab holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Morningstar company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Charles Schwab company.

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

Neither Morningstar nor Charles Schwab holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Morningstar nor Charles Schwab holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Morningstar nor Charles Schwab holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Morningstar nor Charles Schwab holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Morningstar nor Charles Schwab holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Morningstar 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.

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
Description

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

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
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."

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
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.

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
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).

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