Comparison Overview

University of Oxford

VS

McGill University

University of Oxford

Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB, OX1 2JD
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 800 and 849

Ranked number one in the world in the 2025 Times Higher Education World Rankings, we are at the forefront of the full range of academic disciplines, including medical sciences; mathematical, physical and life sciences; humanities; and social sciences. As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, we have long traditions of scholarship, but we are also forward-looking, creative and cutting-edge. Oxford is one of Europe's most entrepreneurial universities: we rank first in the UK for university spin-outs, with more than 130 companies created to date. We are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise. Find out more about what makes Oxford so special at www.ox.ac.uk. We’re all about encouraging conversation, but we have some house rules. Content we will remove: * Spam: any type of sales, buying or selling, or self-promotion, legal or illegal, will be removed. * Links: to prevent the spread of misinformation, spam, malware, or potentially inappropriate content, comments featuring a link to another site will be removed, regardless of the URL included. * Problem comments: any type of repeated comment, explicit comment, unrelated comment, or misleading comment will be deleted and users may be banned. If an accusation has been made and a name used this will be hidden, and could result in legal repercussions if the person or entity named decides it is libellous. * Hate speech: racism, sexism (this includes leaving disrespectful or explicit comments to other users), religious discrimination, homophobia and trolling are all completely unacceptable to the University of Oxford. Users who engage in any of these activities will be banned. Please be: * Respectful of other people’s opinions * Aware that your comments are public

NAICS: 6113
NAICS Definition: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Employees: 21,057
Subsidiaries: 11
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

McGill University

845 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Qc, CA, H3A 2T5
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 800 and 849

McGill University is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. With students coming to McGill from some 150 countries, our student body is the most internationally diverse of any research-intensive university in the country. McGill was founded in 1821 thanks to a generous bequest by James McGill, and since then, we've grown from a small college to a bustling university with three campuses, 11 faculties, some 300 programs of study, and more than 37,500 students. The University also partners with four affiliated teaching hospitals to graduate over 1,000 health care professionals each year. The goal of McGill University's social media platforms is to strengthen our community, which includes students, faculty, and alumni. The aim is to provide information on events, campus news and promote networking. McGill University fosters freedom of expression, while valuing respect and collegiality. We encourage respectful dialogue and reserve the right to remove the following: Comments deemed offensive, vulgar or profane; comments off-topic and/or unrelated to posted content; content that infringes on an individual's privacy or copyright.

NAICS: 6113
NAICS Definition: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Employees: 14,930
Subsidiaries: 5
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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University of Oxford
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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McGill University
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
University of Oxford
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
McGill University
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Higher Education Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for University of Oxford in 2025.

Incidents vs Higher Education Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for McGill University in 2025.

Incident History — University of Oxford (X = Date, Y = Severity)

University of Oxford cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — McGill University (X = Date, Y = Severity)

McGill University cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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University of Oxford
Incidents

Date Detected: 09/2018
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Phishing, Spoofed Websites
Motivation: Financial Gain, Espionage
Blog: Blog
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McGill University
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

University of Oxford company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to McGill University company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

University of Oxford company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas McGill University company has not reported any.

In the current year, McGill University company and University of Oxford company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither McGill University company nor University of Oxford company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

University of Oxford company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other McGill University company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither McGill University company nor University of Oxford company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither University of Oxford company nor McGill University company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither University of Oxford nor McGill University holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

University of Oxford company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to McGill University company.

University of Oxford company employs more people globally than McGill University company, reflecting its scale as a Higher Education.

Neither University of Oxford nor McGill University holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither University of Oxford nor McGill University holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither University of Oxford nor McGill University holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither University of Oxford nor McGill University holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither University of Oxford nor McGill University holds HIPAA certification.

Neither University of Oxford nor McGill University 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