Commited to Fairness & Accuracy | BitSight Security Ratings

Our Mission and Vision

BitSight believes that security ratings help address one of the greatest risks facing our society over the next century. BitSight was founded with the goal of increasing transparency about cybersecurity, enabling dynamic, informed interactions between global market participants and incentivizing a more trustworthy and secure global ecosystem.

BitSight is committed to creating trustworthy, data-driven, and dynamic measurements of organizational cybersecurity performance derived from objective, verifiable information. As an organization, we are proud of our independence and objectivity and are committed to applying our process consistently and uniformly.

Our Principles for Fairness and Accuracy

BitSight is committed to creating trustworthy, data-driven, and dynamic measurements of organizational cybersecurity performance derived from objective, verifiable information. As the pioneer of the security ratings industry, BitSight established the guidelines for responsible development of security ratings. In 2017, BitSight helped create the "Principles for Fair and Accurate Security Ratings,” a series of practices developed alongside some of the world’s largest and most risk-focused companies. These Principles affirm the critical role of security ratings in society and the important responsibility that BitSight holds in creating these measurements.

Transparency

Accuracy and Validation

Independence

Dispute, Correction and Appeal

Model Governance

Confidentiality

Our Promise

BitSight firmly believes that integrity is the mark of a true security ratings authority.

To maintain the integrity of its Security Ratings and industry research, BitSight follows a strict code of conduct, as outlined below:

Provide transparency about the security ratings process.

Standardize treatment for customers and noncustomers.

Practice responsible disclosure in how we share ratings.

Provide a process for appealing ratings content (for customers and noncustomers), including accessto an independent ombudsman.

Enable any rated organization (including noncustomers) to get access to their rating details.

Facilitate participation and engagement with standards bodies, regulators and governmental bodies and is a signatory to the Principles for Fair and Accurate Security Ratings.

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Our Commitment to Fairness & Accuracy