Comparison Overview

TIAA

VS

Northwestern Mutual

TIAA

730 Third Ave., None, New York, NY, US, 10017
Last Update: 2025-11-21
Between 0 and 549

At TIAA, we believe everyone has the right to retire with dignity. For more than 100 years, we’ve provided retirement plans, insurance, and investment services, empowering millions of people— in education, healthcare, and nonprofit —with the knowledge, guidance, and lifetime income needed to plan their futures. We are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. Visit tiaa.org to learn more about preparing for a more secure retirement. For our Terms of Use, please visit ter.li/termsofuse. 4127037

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 13,574
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
6
Attack type number
2

Northwestern Mutual

720 East Wisconsin Avenue, None, Milwaukee, WI, US, 53202-4797
Last Update: 2025-11-20

Northwestern Mutual is here for what’s most important—helping families and businesses experience the freedom of financial security for over 160 years. Through our personalized, holistic approach, including both insurance and investments, we’re helping people make the most of life today, and for days to come. Through advisors who stay with you every step of the way, leading insights and technology, and digital-first experiences, we’re here to show our clients a better way to money. In managing $265.0 billion in assets, $28.1 billion in revenues, and more than $1.8 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual has had the privilege of being there for more than 4.5 million people who rely on us for life, disability income and long-term care insurance, annuities, brokerage and advisory services, trust services, and discretionary portfolio management solutions. The company is trusted with more than $125 billion of client assets as a part of its wealth management company and investment services. We are strong supporters of our financial workforce nationwide as well as our home office professionals in Milwaukee, WI. We’re continuing to grow, and we believe diversity makes us stronger as we help shape the future of financial security. Help us get to know you by applying for open positions here: https://jobs.northwesternmutual.com/ Financial representatives and interns are independent contractors and not employees of Northwestern Mutual. https://www.northwesternmutual.com/social-media-guidelines

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 37,463
Subsidiaries: 3
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
2

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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TIAA
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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Northwestern Mutual
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
TIAA
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Northwestern Mutual
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for TIAA in 2025.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Northwestern Mutual in 2025.

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

TIAA cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Northwestern Mutual (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Northwestern Mutual cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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TIAA
Incidents

Date Detected: 10/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: External System Breach (Hacking)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 10/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 5/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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Northwestern Mutual
Incidents

Date Detected: 10/2023
Type:Ransomware
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 5/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Hacking
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Computer Scam
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Northwestern Mutual company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to TIAA company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

TIAA company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Northwestern Mutual company.

In the current year, Northwestern Mutual company and TIAA company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Northwestern Mutual company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while TIAA company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Northwestern Mutual company and TIAA company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither Northwestern Mutual company nor TIAA company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither TIAA company nor Northwestern Mutual company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither TIAA nor Northwestern Mutual holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Northwestern Mutual company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to TIAA company.

Northwestern Mutual company employs more people globally than TIAA company, reflecting its scale as a Financial Services.

Neither TIAA nor Northwestern Mutual holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither TIAA nor Northwestern Mutual holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither TIAA nor Northwestern Mutual holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither TIAA nor Northwestern Mutual holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither TIAA nor Northwestern Mutual holds HIPAA certification.

Neither TIAA nor Northwestern Mutual holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/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

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H