Comparison Overview

Northern Trust

VS

BlackRock

Northern Trust

50 S. La Salle, Chicago, Illinois, US, 60603
Last Update: 2025-12-09

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing and investment solutions, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise and integrity. A globally recognized Fortune 500 Company in continuous operation since 1889, we’ve built a legacy of empowering clients to reach their goals with confidence. Since our roots as a trust bank, we’ve grown to a global presence with more than 24,000 employees in more than 20 countries and across five core business units: Wealth Management Asset Management Asset Servicing Technology Corporate Functions Join a Team That’s Made for Greater At Northern Trust, we refer to our employees as partners – with good reason. We understand that relationships are the key to our success. Here you’ll join a diverse and inclusive team of innovators with the drive to challenge the way things have always been done. Instead of choosing between a dynamic career and work-life balance, enjoy working with a team that supports your goals in the office and at home. We’ll help you get where you want to go without sacrificing what matters most to you. As of December 31 2024, Northern Trust had: $16.8 trillion assets under custody/administration $13.3 trillion in assets under custody $1.6 trillion in assets under management $156 billion in banking assets Stay connected with us: NT Careers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ntcareers Northern Trust Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/northerntrustcompany/

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 29,579
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
1

BlackRock

50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, 10001, US
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 800 and 849

BlackRock is a global asset manager and technology provider dedicated to helping more and more people experience financial well-being. We help millions of people invest to build savings that serve them throughout their lives. We always start with our clients’ needs and look to offer them more quality choices for how and where to invest their money. Our global investments platform offers our clients access to the world’s markets while making investing easier and more affordable. And with offices in more than 40 countries, our global expertise helps them navigate changing markets to stay ahead of the curve. Follow us for global insights shaping the economy, conversations about financial well-being and more information on culture and careers at BlackRock. https://bit.ly/3n6Fxdy

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 27,826
Subsidiaries: 3
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Northern Trust
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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BlackRock
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
Northern Trust
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
BlackRock
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Northern Trust in 2025.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for BlackRock in 2025.

Incident History — Northern Trust (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Northern Trust cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — BlackRock (X = Date, Y = Severity)

BlackRock cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Northern Trust
Incidents

Date Detected: 08/2022
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 5/2014
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Inadvertent Disclosure
Blog: Blog
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BlackRock
Incidents

Date Detected: 01/2019
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Website
Blog: Blog

FAQ

BlackRock company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Northern Trust company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Northern Trust company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to BlackRock company.

In the current year, BlackRock company and Northern Trust company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither BlackRock company nor Northern Trust company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both BlackRock company and Northern Trust company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither BlackRock company nor Northern Trust company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Northern Trust company nor BlackRock company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Northern Trust nor BlackRock holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

BlackRock company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Northern Trust company.

Northern Trust company employs more people globally than BlackRock company, reflecting its scale as a Financial Services.

Neither Northern Trust nor BlackRock holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Northern Trust nor BlackRock holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Northern Trust nor BlackRock holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Northern Trust nor BlackRock holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Northern Trust nor BlackRock holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Northern Trust nor BlackRock 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