Comparison Overview

UNSW

VS

University of Iowa

UNSW

Gate 9, High St Kensington 2052, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), AU, 2052
Last Update: 2025-11-20
Between 800 and 849

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is one of Australia's leading research and teaching universities. Established in 1949, UNSW has expanded rapidly and now has more than 52,000 students, including more than 14,000 international students from over 130 different countries. UNSW offers more than 300 undergraduate and 600 postgraduate programs, and has developed an extensive network of alumni chapters throughout Asia. UNSW is a founding member of the prestigious Group of Eight research intensive universities in Australia and a member of the Universitas 21 international consortium. The main UNSW campus is located on a 38-hectare site at Kensington, in Sydney. Other campuses are UNSW Art and Design (Paddington), UNSW Canberra (Canberra City and Australian Defence Force Academy), and sub-campuses at Randwick and Coogee, as well as research stations around NSW. We believe in academic freedom, so posts do not necessarily represent official UNSW views. Read our Social Media Terms of Service at www.unsw.to/sm UNSW Sydney CRICOS no.00098G facebook.com/unsw twitter.com/unsw instagram.com/unsw youtube.com/unsw

NAICS: 6113
NAICS Definition: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Employees: 17,040
Subsidiaries: 30
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

University of Iowa

101 Jessup Hall, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242-1316, US
Last Update: 2025-11-25
Between 750 and 799

From the health sciences to the arts, our aim is to provide a diverse and technologically advanced community where all can work together to achieve excellence. On our beautiful campus spanning the Iowa River, our faculty and staff enjoy access to an array of cultural, educational, and recreational activities. With more than 30,000 students, more than 14,000 employees, and a budget of $3 billion, the University of Iowa is one of the nation's top public research universities.

NAICS: 6113
NAICS Definition: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Employees: 13,949
Subsidiaries: 12
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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UNSW
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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University of Iowa
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
UNSW
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
University of Iowa
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Higher Education Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for UNSW in 2025.

Incidents vs Higher Education Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for University of Iowa in 2025.

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

UNSW cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

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

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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UNSW
Incidents

No Incident

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University of Iowa
Incidents

No Incident

FAQ

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

Historically, University of Iowa company has disclosed a higher number of cyber incidents compared to UNSW company.

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

Neither University of Iowa company nor UNSW company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither University of Iowa company nor UNSW company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Neither University of Iowa company nor UNSW company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither UNSW company nor University of Iowa company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither UNSW nor University of Iowa holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

UNSW company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to University of Iowa company.

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

Neither UNSW nor University of Iowa holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither UNSW nor University of Iowa holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither UNSW nor University of Iowa holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither UNSW nor University of Iowa holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither UNSW nor University of Iowa holds HIPAA certification.

Neither UNSW nor University of Iowa 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