Comparison Overview

Somerset County Public Schools

VS

Fairfax County Public Schools

Somerset County Public Schools

7982A Tawes Campus Dr., None, Westover, Maryland, US, 21871
Last Update: 2025-12-18

Serving a rural, diverse community rooted in rich traditional values, Somerset County Public Schools empowers all students to become innovative problem solvers and ethical leaders by providing engaging, technology enhanced instruction and balanced extra-curricular programs. Located on the southwestern border of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Somerset County’s ten public schools include one technology & career center, two high schools, an alternative school, an intermediate school, and five elementary schools. The Board of Education is located in Westover, approximately seven miles south of Princess Anne, the county seat. For more information, visit www.somerset.k12.md.us. Moderation of Third Party Content This district social media site serves as a limited public forum and all content published is subject to monitoring. User-generated posts will be rejected or removed if possible when the content of a post: • is off-subject or out of context • contains obscenity or material that appeals to the prurient interest • contains personal identifying information or sensitive personal information • contains offensive terms that target protected classes • is threatening, harassing or discriminatory • incites or promotes violence or illegal activities • contains information that reasonably could compromise individual or public safety • advertises or promotes a commercial product or service, or any entity or individual • promotes or endorses political campaigns or candidates

NAICS: 6111
NAICS Definition: Elementary and Secondary Schools
Employees: 265
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Fairfax County Public Schools

8115 Gatehouse Road, None, Falls Church, Virginia, US, 22042
Last Update: 2025-12-19
Between 650 and 699

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), located in Northern Virginia, is the nation’s 9th largest public school system, serves a diverse population of more than 180,000 students in grades prekindergarten through 12. Fairfax County high schools are recognized annually by the Washington Post as being among the most challenging high schools in the U.S. FCPS is the third largest employer in Virginia, with 24,600 full-time staff positions. Outstanding benefits including medical insurance, dental insurance, retirement plans, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, sick and personal leave, disability programs, and long-term care insurance are available for eligible employees. Staff development and training is available through academy classes, in-service training, and master’s degree cohort programs. Full-time technology support teachers are in each school; additionally, an on-line resource for FCPS students to extend learning beyond the traditional day is accessible through the 24-7 Learning System. “Great Beginnings” provides mentoring to all teachers new to the county, and “Savings for Staff” incentives help to make your relocation an easy one.

NAICS: 6111
NAICS Definition: Elementary and Secondary Schools
Employees: 19,979
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Somerset County Public Schools
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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Fairfax County Public Schools
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
Somerset County Public Schools
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Fairfax County Public Schools
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Primary and Secondary Education Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Somerset County Public Schools in 2025.

Incidents vs Primary and Secondary Education Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Fairfax County Public Schools in 2025.

Incident History — Somerset County Public Schools (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Somerset County Public Schools cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Fairfax County Public Schools (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Fairfax County Public Schools cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Somerset County Public Schools
Incidents

Date Detected: 4/2021
Type:Ransomware
Motivation: Financial gain
Blog: Blog
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Fairfax County Public Schools
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2020
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 9/2020
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2020
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Hacking
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Somerset County Public Schools company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Fairfax County Public Schools company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Fairfax County Public Schools company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Somerset County Public Schools company.

In the current year, Fairfax County Public Schools company and Somerset County Public Schools company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Both Fairfax County Public Schools company and Somerset County Public Schools company have confirmed experiencing at least one ransomware attack.

Fairfax County Public Schools company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Somerset County Public Schools company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Fairfax County Public Schools company nor Somerset County Public Schools company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Somerset County Public Schools company nor Fairfax County Public Schools company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Somerset County Public Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Somerset County Public Schools company nor Fairfax County Public Schools company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Fairfax County Public Schools company employs more people globally than Somerset County Public Schools company, reflecting its scale as a Primary and Secondary Education.

Neither Somerset County Public Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Somerset County Public Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Somerset County Public Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Somerset County Public Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Somerset County Public Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Somerset County Public Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Versa SASE Client for Windows versions released between 7.8.7 and 7.9.4 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the audit log export functionality. The client communicates user-controlled file paths to a privileged service, which performs file system operations without impersonating the requesting user. Due to improper privilege handling and a time-of-check time-of-use race condition combined with symbolic link and mount point manipulation, a local authenticated attacker can coerce the service into deleting arbitrary directories with SYSTEM privileges. This can be exploited to delete protected system folders such as C:\\Config.msi and subsequently achieve execution as NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM via MSI rollback techniques.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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

The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress, used by the JobCareer theme, is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'cs_update_application_status_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 7.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Candidate-level access and above, to inject cross-site scripting into the 'status' parameter of applied jobs for any user.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.6
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Description

The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress, used by the JobCareer theme, is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 7.7 via the 'cs_update_application_status_callback' due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Candidate-level access and above, to send a site-generated email with injected HTML to any user.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Description

The FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `thegem_te_search` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.32.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability requires TheGem theme (premium) to be installed with Header Builder mode enabled, and the FiboSearch "Replace search bars" option enabled for TheGem integration.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description

The Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 via the ajax_get_members function. This is due to the use of a predictable low-entropy token (5 hex characters derived from md5 of post ID) to identify member directories and insufficient authorization checks on the unauthenticated AJAX endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including usernames, display names, user roles (including administrator accounts), profile URLs, and user IDs by enumerating predictable directory_id values or brute-forcing the small 16^5 token space.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N