Comparison Overview

VCU Health

VS

Northwestern Medicine

VCU Health

1250 E. Marshall Street, None, Richmond, Virginia, US, 23219
Last Update: 2025-12-17
Between 700 and 749

We are a strong, passionate team of more than 12,500 who take pride in caring for every person who comes through our doors. We lift each other up so we can provide the very best and safest care to those who need us most. Together. Every day. With the support of our university, we make up an academic medical center committed to excellence in patient care, innovation and training tomorrow’s health care workforce. We continue to educate, research and evolve – staying on the cutting edge of care. As a community of innovators, every team member can contribute a spark of ingenuity igniting a force to discover the next cure, hold the next hand, solve the greatest challenges and create the health care of tomorrow. We foster an atmosphere of respect and welcoming for all communities. We infuse our teams with diverse talent that inspires everyone to contribute openly and freely, maximizing their impact and creating meaningful change for our patients and community. Join our team and help us create a new kind of patient experience. Join VCU Health. EEO Statement: VCU Health System strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against, or harassment of, team members, applicants, or any other covered persons because of age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law. Pay Transparency Provisions: VCU Health System complies with the Pay Transparency Provisions.

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 11,234
Subsidiaries: 3
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
2

Northwestern Medicine

251 E Huron St, Chicago, 60611, US
Last Update: 2025-12-17
Between 750 and 799

Northwestern Medicine is the collaboration between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine around a strategic vision to transform the future of health care. It encompasses the research, teaching, and patient care activities of the academic medical center. Sharing a commitment to superior quality, academic excellence and patient safety, the organizations within Northwestern Medicine comprise a combined workforce of more than 33,000 among clinical and administrative staff, medical and science faculty and medical students. Northwestern Medicine is comprised of more than 200 locations throughout the region, with five Northwestern Medicine hospitals ranked among “America's Best” by U.S. News & World Report, 2025 – 2026, our legacy of better medicine continues. What makes us better, makes you better.®

NAICS: 62
NAICS Definition: Health Care and Social Assistance
Employees: 13,542
Subsidiaries: 4
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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VCU Health
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 Medicine
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
VCU Health
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Northwestern Medicine
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for VCU Health in 2025.

Incidents vs Hospitals and Health Care Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Northwestern Medicine in 2025.

Incident History — VCU Health (X = Date, Y = Severity)

VCU Health cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Northwestern Medicine cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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VCU Health
Incidents

Date Detected: 05/2019
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Insider Threat
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 07/2018
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 01/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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Northwestern Medicine
Incidents

Date Detected: 4/2021
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

FAQ

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

VCU Health company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Northwestern Medicine company.

In the current year, Northwestern Medicine company and VCU Health company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Northwestern Medicine company nor VCU Health company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

VCU Health company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Northwestern Medicine company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Northwestern Medicine company nor VCU Health company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither VCU Health company nor Northwestern Medicine company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither VCU Health nor Northwestern Medicine holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Northwestern Medicine company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to VCU Health company.

Northwestern Medicine company employs more people globally than VCU Health company, reflecting its scale as a Hospitals and Health Care.

Neither VCU Health nor Northwestern Medicine holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither VCU Health nor Northwestern Medicine holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither VCU Health nor Northwestern Medicine holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither VCU Health nor Northwestern Medicine holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither VCU Health nor Northwestern Medicine holds HIPAA certification.

Neither VCU Health nor Northwestern Medicine holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.

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

Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.15.1, it was possible to overwrite Git configuration remotely and override some of its behavior. Version 5.15.1 fixes the issue.

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

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Kibana can allow a low-privileged authenticated user to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of computing resources and a denial of service (DoS) of the Kibana process via a crafted HTTP request.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79) allows an unauthenticated user to embed a malicious script in content that will be served to web browsers causing cross-site scripting (XSS) (CAPEC-63) via a vulnerability a function handler in the Vega AST evaluator.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 6.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N