Comparison Overview

Delta Air Lines

VS

Southwest Airlines

Delta Air Lines

1030 Delta Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia, US, 30320-6001
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability and customer experience. Powered by our employees around the world, Delta has for a decade led the airline industry in operational excellence while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good.

NAICS: 481
NAICS Definition: Air Transportation
Employees: 77,842
Subsidiaries: 5
12-month incidents
1
Known data breaches
2
Attack type number
1

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

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Delta Air Lines
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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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
Compliance Summary
Delta Air Lines
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Southwest Airlines
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Airlines and Aviation Industry Average (This Year)

Delta Air Lines has 56.25% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incidents vs Airlines and Aviation Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Southwest Airlines in 2025.

Incident History — Delta Air Lines (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Delta Air Lines cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

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

Southwest Airlines cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Delta Air Lines
Incidents

Date Detected: 7/2025
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 9/2017
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog
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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

FAQ

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

Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines have experienced a similar number of publicly disclosed cyber incidents.

In the current year, Delta Air Lines company has reported more cyber incidents than Southwest Airlines company.

Neither Southwest Airlines company nor Delta Air Lines company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Southwest Airlines company and Delta Air Lines company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Neither Southwest Airlines company nor Delta Air Lines company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Delta Air Lines company nor Southwest Airlines company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Delta Air Lines nor Southwest Airlines holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Delta Air Lines company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Southwest Airlines company.

Delta Air Lines company employs more people globally than Southwest Airlines company, reflecting its scale as a Airlines and Aviation.

Neither Delta Air Lines nor Southwest Airlines holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Delta Air Lines nor Southwest Airlines holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Delta Air Lines nor Southwest Airlines holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Delta Air Lines nor Southwest Airlines holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Delta Air Lines nor Southwest Airlines holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Delta Air Lines nor Southwest Airlines 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