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The Bitsight Security Rating is a powerful tool used by security and risk leaders to assess, monitor, prioritize, and communicate cyber risk. It provides an objective, data-driven lens to view the health of an organization’s cyber security program.

From boardrooms to credit agencies, insurers to regulators, compliance officers to SOC analysts, Bitsight Security Ratings are woven into the fabric of global commerce. Cyber risk IS business risk. And the Bitsight Security Rating is the universal language used to communicate it.

use them to understand exposure and hidden risk

leverage them to monitor the health of their digital supply chain

use them to assess and manage risk across their vendor portfolio

use them to assess the performance  of cybersecurity programs

use them to prioritize investments and evaluate risk in their portfolio

use them to underwrite policies and assess risk across the portfolio

use them as they evaluate risk and capital allocation

use them to assess the security posture of entities in their organization

Bitsight categorizes cyber risk data into four primary categories as part of the collection and verification process.

Compromised
Systems

Indicates the presence of malware or unwanted software, which is evidence of security controls failing to prevent malicious or unwanted software from running within an organization.

Organizational
Diligence

Externally observable data about how servers and records in an organization are configured and provides insight into the security hygiene of an organization.

User
Behaviors

Employee activities that may introduce risks into an organization's networks, such as sharing files over BitTorrent and determining if employees are re-using corporate login credentials outside of the corporate network.

Public
Disclosures

Information related to possible incidents of undesirable access to a company’s data, including breaches, general security incidents, and other disclosures.

We build trust through transparency.

Bitsight is committed to the “Principles for Fair and Accurate Security Ratings,” a series of practices developed alongside industry leaders to achieve transparency and trust in security ratings.

Read more about trusted ratings →

The Bitsight Knowledge Base provides transparency on the methodologies, algorithms, calculations on other information regarding Bitsight’s cyber security rating

See Bitsight Knowledge Base →

The Bitsight Policy Review Board (PRB) is a committee created to govern the ratings algorithm and associated policies, and to ensure that they are aligned with our principles.

Read more on The Bitsight Policy Review Board (PRB) →

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The enterprise attack surface doesn’t end at the corporate firewall. As integration with more vendors accelerates, so too does the risk.  The Bitsight Security Rating helps leaders see and take action on the third parties that introduce exposure for the enterprise.  

Get a snapshot of your organization’s cybersecurity program, including your Bitsight Security Rating and a benchmark of how you compare to industry peers.
Get a sneak peek at the impact third party risk management insights and reporting can have on the performance of your security program.
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Bitsight data is independently verified to correlate with an organization’s risk of a security incident or data breach. See reports by AIR Worldwide, IHS Markit, and Moody’s Analytics, demonstrating this critical connection.