Comparison Overview

South Washington County Schools

VS

Fairfax County Public Schools

South Washington County Schools

7362 E. Point Douglas Rd. S., Cottage Grove, MN, US, 55016
Last Update: 2025-12-17
Between 700 and 749

South Washington County Schools (SoWashCo Schools) is a premiere school district located east of St. Paul, encompassing all or parts of Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park, Woodbury, and Afton, Denmark and Grey Cloud Island Townships. More than 18,400 students attend the district’s 16 elementary schools, four middle schools, three high schools and alternative high school, making the district the sixth-largest in Minnesota. The district also includes Community Education which provides programs and services for learners of all ages, from birth through retirement. A variety of choice programing offerings are available at district schools ranging from multiage and gifted education to STEM courses and a K-12 Spanish Immersion pathway. SoWashCo Schools works to ignite a passion for lifelong learning through personalization and creating a positive climate and culture for all. We are a great place to work: o High quality of teaching staff o Supportive Administration o Dedicated parent, neighborhood and communities o Growing Student Enrollment o Professional development opportunities We offer competitive pay and a full benefit package to ensure our employees and their families enjoy a healthy and secure lifestyle, including: o Health Insurance o Dental Insurance o Long-term Disability o Basic, Supplemental and Dependent o Life Insurance o 403B Matching o Minnesota PERA Contributions or TRA *Benefit eligibility is based upon individual position status.

NAICS: 6111
NAICS Definition: Elementary and Secondary Schools
Employees: 1,288
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
2

Fairfax County Public Schools

8115 Gatehouse Road, None, Falls Church, Virginia, US, 22042
Last Update: 2025-12-11
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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South Washington County 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
South Washington County 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 South Washington County 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 — South Washington County Schools (X = Date, Y = Severity)

South Washington County 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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South Washington County Schools
Incidents

Date Detected: 08/2017
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Email
Motivation: Accidental
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 2/2017
Type:Cyber Attack
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

South Washington County 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 South Washington County Schools company.

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

Fairfax County Public Schools company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while South Washington County Schools company has not reported such incidents publicly.

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

South Washington County Schools company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Fairfax County Public Schools company has not reported such incidents publicly.

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

Neither South Washington County Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

South Washington County Schools company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Fairfax County Public Schools company.

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

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

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

Neither South Washington County Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither South Washington County Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither South Washington County Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds HIPAA certification.

Neither South Washington County Schools nor Fairfax County Public Schools holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Zerobyte is a backup automation tool Zerobyte versions prior to 0.18.5 and 0.19.0 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability where authentication middleware is not properly applied to API endpoints. This results in certain API endpoints being accessible without valid session credentials. This is dangerous for those who have exposed Zerobyte to be used outside of their internal network. A fix has been applied in both version 0.19.0 and 0.18.5. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict network access to the Zerobyte instance to trusted networks only using firewall rules or network segmentation. This is only a temporary mitigation; upgrading is strongly recommended.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 9.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Description

Open Source Point of Sale (opensourcepos) is a web based point of sale application written in PHP using CodeIgniter framework. Starting in version 3.4.0 and prior to version 3.4.2, a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the application's filter configuration. The CSRF protection mechanism was **explicitly disabled**, allowing the application to process state-changing requests (POST) without verifying a valid CSRF token. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by hosting a malicious web page. If a logged-in administrator visits this page, their browser is forced to send unauthorized requests to the application. A successful exploit allows the attacker to silently create a new Administrator account with full privileges, leading to a complete takeover of the system and loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.4.2. The fix re-enables the CSRF filter in `app/Config/Filters.php` and resolves associated AJAX race conditions by adjusting token regeneration settings. As a workaround, administrators can manually re-enable the CSRF filter in `app/Config/Filters.php` by uncommenting the protection line. However, this is not recommended without applying the full patch, as it may cause functionality breakage in the Sales module due to token synchronization issues.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.8
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

Zed, a code editor, has an aribtrary code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 0.218.2-pre. The Zed IDE loads Model Context Protocol (MCP) configurations from the `settings.json` file located within a project’s `.zed` subdirectory. A malicious MCP configuration can contain arbitrary shell commands that run on the host system with the privileges of the user running the IDE. This can be triggered automatically without any user interaction besides opening the project in the IDE. Version 0.218.2-pre fixes the issue by implementing worktree trust mechanism. As a workaround, users should carefully review the contents of project settings files (`./zed/settings.json`) before opening new projects in Zed.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.7
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

Zed, a code editor, has an aribtrary code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 0.218.2-pre. The Zed IDE loads Language Server Protocol (LSP) configurations from the `settings.json` file located within a project’s `.zed` subdirectory. A malicious LSP configuration can contain arbitrary shell commands that run on the host system with the privileges of the user running the IDE. This can be triggered when a user opens project file for which there is an LSP entry. A concerted effort by an attacker to seed a project settings file (`./zed/settings.json`) with malicious language server configurations could result in arbitrary code execution with the user's privileges if the user opens the project in Zed without reviewing the contents. Version 0.218.2-pre fixes the issue by implementing worktree trust mechanism. As a workaround, users should carefully review the contents of project settings files (`./zed/settings.json`) before opening new projects in Zed.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.7
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

Storybook is a frontend workshop for building user interface components and pages in isolation. A vulnerability present starting in versions 7.0.0 and prior to versions 7.6.21, 8.6.15, 9.1.17, and 10.1.10 relates to Storybook’s handling of environment variables defined in a `.env` file, which could, in specific circumstances, lead to those variables being unexpectedly bundled into the artifacts created by the `storybook build` command. When a built Storybook is published to the web, the bundle’s source is viewable, thus potentially exposing those variables to anyone with access. For a project to potentially be vulnerable to this issue, it must build the Storybook (i.e. run `storybook build` directly or indirectly) in a directory that contains a `.env` file (including variants like `.env.local`) and publish the built Storybook to the web. Storybooks built without a `.env` file at build time are not affected, including common CI-based builds where secrets are provided via platform environment variables rather than `.env` files. Storybook runtime environments (i.e. `storybook dev`) are not affected. Deployed applications that share a repo with your Storybook are not affected. Users should upgrade their Storybook—on both their local machines and CI environment—to version .6.21, 8.6.15, 9.1.17, or 10.1.10 as soon as possible. Maintainers additionally recommend that users audit for any sensitive secrets provided via `.env` files and rotate those keys. Some projects may have been relying on the undocumented behavior at the heart of this issue and will need to change how they reference environment variables after this update. If a project can no longer read necessary environmental variable values, either prefix the variables with `STORYBOOK_` or use the `env` property in Storybook’s configuration to manually specify values. In either case, do not include sensitive secrets as they will be included in the built bundle.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L