Comparison Overview

Southwest Airlines

VS

British Airways

Southwest Airlines

2702 Love Field Drive, Dallas, 75235, US
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 700 and 749

At Southwest®, everything we do—from our smiling People to our policies—is designed to let you go with Heart. No matter what comes up in your travels, we’ve got your back. Because while any airline can fly you, only Southwest lets you go with Heart. Application fees don’t fly. The only way to apply for a job at Southwest Airlines is through careers.southwestair.com. We'll never ask for any payment for your application or training.* *Destination 225° is a Southwest Airlines program. Applying is free; however, candidates advancing through the selection process are responsible for all costs incurred.

NAICS: 481
NAICS Definition: Air Transportation
Employees: 39,415
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
1

British Airways

Harmondsworth, Postcode for satnav purposes, Middlesex, None, GB, UB7 0GA
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 700 and 749

As a global airline and the UK’s flag carrier, British Airways has been flying its customers to where they need to be for more than 100 years. The airline connects Britain with the world and the world with Britain, operating one of the most extensive international scheduled airline route networks together with its joint business, codeshare and franchise partners. Together with its affiliates, British Airways operates to around 200 destinations in over 75 countries throughout Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. In September 2021, British Airways launched its sustainability programme, BA Better World, committing to put sustainability at the heart of everything it does and with a clear roadmap to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Unfortunately, we're unable to answer any specific customer service queries here. If you need to contact someone about our service or need immediate assistance, please DM us directly on Instagram, Facebook or X.

NAICS: 481
NAICS Definition: Air Transportation
Employees: 31,334
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Southwest Airlines
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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British Airways
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
Southwest Airlines
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
British Airways
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Airlines and Aviation Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Southwest Airlines in 2025.

Incidents vs Airlines and Aviation Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for British Airways in 2025.

Incident History — Southwest Airlines (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Southwest Airlines cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — British Airways (X = Date, Y = Severity)

British Airways cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Southwest Airlines
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2023
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 4/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: External System Breach (Hacking)
Blog: Blog
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British Airways
Incidents

Date Detected: 06/2023
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Cyberattack on payroll service provider
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 08/2019
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: View victim's personal data, Manipulate booking information
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 09/2018
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Website, Mobile App
Motivation: Financial Gain
Blog: Blog

FAQ

British Airways company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Southwest Airlines company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

British Airways company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Southwest Airlines company.

In the current year, British Airways company and Southwest Airlines company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither British Airways company nor Southwest Airlines company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both British Airways company and Southwest Airlines company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

British Airways company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Southwest Airlines company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Southwest Airlines company nor British Airways company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Southwest Airlines nor British Airways holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Southwest Airlines company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to British Airways company.

Southwest Airlines company employs more people globally than British Airways company, reflecting its scale as a Airlines and Aviation.

Neither Southwest Airlines nor British Airways holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Southwest Airlines nor British Airways holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Southwest Airlines nor British Airways holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Southwest Airlines nor British Airways holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Southwest Airlines nor British Airways holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Southwest Airlines nor British Airways holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

FreePBX Endpoint Manager is a module for managing telephony endpoints in FreePBX systems. Versions prior to 16.0.96 and 17.0.1 through 17.0.9 have a weak default password. By default, this is a 6 digit numeric value which can be brute forced. (This is the app_password parameter). Depending on local configuration, this password could be the extension, voicemail, user manager, DPMA or EPM phone admin password. This issue is fixed in versions 16.0.96 and 17.0.10.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/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

Neuron is a PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI Agents. In versions 2.8.11 and below, the MySQLWriteTool executes arbitrary SQL provided by the caller using PDO::prepare() + execute() without semantic restrictions. This is consistent with the name (“write tool”), but in an LLM/agent context it becomes a high-risk capability: prompt injection or indirect prompt manipulation can cause execution of destructive queries such as DROP TABLE, TRUNCATE, DELETE, ALTER, or privilege-related statements (subject to DB permissions). Deployments that expose an agent with MySQLWriteTool enabled to untrusted input and/or run the tool with a DB user that has broad privileges are impacted. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.12.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 9.4
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Description

Neuron is a PHP framework for creating and orchestrating AI Agents. Versions 2.8.11 and below use MySQLSelectTool, which is vulnerable to Read-Only Bypass. MySQLSelectTool is intended to be a read-only SQL tool (e.g., for LLM agent querying, however, validation based on the first keyword (e.g., SELECT) and a forbidden-keyword list does not block file-writing constructs such as INTO OUTFILE / INTO DUMPFILE. As a result, an attacker who can influence the tool input (e.g., via prompt injection through a public agent endpoint) may write arbitrary files to the DB server if the MySQL/MariaDB account has the FILE privilege and server configuration permits writes to a useful location (e.g., a web-accessible directory). This issue is fixed in version 2.8.12.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.2
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Description

Okta Java Management SDK facilitates interactions with the Okta management API. In versions 11.0.0 through 20.0.0, race conditions may arise from concurrent requests using the ApiClient class. This could cause a status code or response header from one request’s response to influence another request’s response. This issue is fixed in version 20.0.1.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.4
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Description

The Auth0 Next.js SDK is a library for implementing user authentication in Next.js applications. When using versions 4.11.0 through 4.11.2 and 4.12.0, simultaneous requests on the same client may result in improper lookups in the TokenRequestCache for the request results. This issue is fixed in versions 4.11.2 and 4.12.1.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.4
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N