Comparison Overview

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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The California State University

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Administration Bldg Suite 1070, BIRMINGHAM, AL, US, 35294-0110
Last Update: 2025-12-17
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Between 750 and 799
http://uab.edu

Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a part of the University of Alabama System, is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center with over $700 million in research awards annually, as well as Alabama’s largest single employer, with some 26,000 employees, and has an annual economic impact exceeding $7.15 billion on the state. The pillars of UAB’s mission include education, research, innovation and economic development, community engagement, and patient care. Learn more at www.uab.edu.

NAICS: 6113
NAICS Definition: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Employees: 16,187
Subsidiaries: 10
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0
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The California State University

401 Golden Shore, Long Beach, CA, 90802, US
Last Update: 2025-12-17
Between 800 and 849
http://www.calstate.edu/

The California State University is the largest system of four-year higher education in the country, with 23 campuses, 56,000 faculty and staff and more than 450,000 students. Created in 1960, the mission of the CSU is to provide high-quality, affordable education to meet the ever-changing needs of California. With its commitment to quality, opportunity, and student success, the CSU is renowned for superb teaching, innovative research and for producing job-ready graduates. The CSU powers California and the nation, sending nearly 127,000 career-ready graduates into the workforce each year. In fact, one in every 20 Americans holding a college degree earned it at the CSU and our alumni are 4 million strong.

NAICS: 6113
NAICS Definition: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Employees: 88,685
Subsidiaries: 40
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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University of Alabama at Birmingham
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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The California State University
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
University of Alabama at Birmingham
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
The California State 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 Alabama at Birmingham in 2025.

Incidents vs Higher Education Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for The California State University in 2025.

Incident History — University of Alabama at Birmingham (X = Date, Y = Severity)

University of Alabama at Birmingham cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — The California State University (X = Date, Y = Severity)

The California State 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 Alabama at Birmingham
Incidents

No Incident

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The California State University
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2018
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

FAQ

The California State University company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to University of Alabama at Birmingham company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

The California State University company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas University of Alabama at Birmingham company has not reported any.

In the current year, The California State University company and University of Alabama at Birmingham company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither The California State University company nor University of Alabama at Birmingham company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

The California State University company has disclosed at least one data breach, while University of Alabama at Birmingham company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither The California State University company nor University of Alabama at Birmingham company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither University of Alabama at Birmingham company nor The California State University company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither University of Alabama at Birmingham nor The California State University holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

The California State University company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to University of Alabama at Birmingham company.

The California State University company employs more people globally than University of Alabama at Birmingham company, reflecting its scale as a Higher Education.

Neither University of Alabama at Birmingham nor The California State University holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither University of Alabama at Birmingham nor The California State University holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither University of Alabama at Birmingham nor The California State University holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither University of Alabama at Birmingham nor The California State University holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither University of Alabama at Birmingham nor The California State University holds HIPAA certification.

Neither University of Alabama at Birmingham nor The California State University 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.

Published
Date
2025-12-20
Updated
Date
2025-12-20
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
References
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.

Published
Date
2025-12-20
Updated
Date
2025-12-20
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
References
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.

Published
Date
2025-12-20
Updated
Date
2025-12-20
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
References
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.

Published
Date
2025-12-20
Updated
Date
2025-12-20
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
References
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.

Published
Date
2025-12-20
Updated
Date
2025-12-20
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
References