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    BitSight Security Ratings

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ABitSight in Cambridge, Massachusetts offers an Internet security platform.N/A

    UpGuard Vendor Risk

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AUpguard automates third party risk assessment workflows, and sends instant notifications about vendors’ security in one centralized dashboard with UpGuard’s Vendor Risk.N/A
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Likelihood to Recommend
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bitsight Technologies
    If you are considering BitSight Security Ratings as a portion or bulk of a larger vendor management project you will be well served in letting the risk scores be an indication of how closely you need to examine a vendor. However, you should not base your assessment solely on the risk score provided. The risk score is based on publicly available data and can be inaccurate.
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    Pros
    Bitsight Technologies
    • Security hygiene tracking over time
    • Understandable risk score based on observations
    • Predictability model of potential cyber security issues based on security habits.
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    Cons
    Bitsight Technologies
    • Since data is based on public registration IP and domain data can be stale depending on ISP/Domain registration update delays.
    • Correcting a false detection is a month-long endeavor and requires the company with the impacted score to clean up BitSight's data.
    • Customer service for incorrect data is convoluted and requires a deep understanding of domain registration to correct the data. The responsibility for correcting data is placed solely on the customer's shoulders.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bitsight Technologies
    BitSight Security Ratings ranks evenly with SecurityScorecard and both below OneTrust for our use case. We needed a platform that would let us define risk for our organization and weight scores differently based on data sensitivity. BitSight and SecurityScorecard are aggregate data that can provide insight into the security habits of a potential vendor and should be considered as an addition to most vendor management projects. However, they both provide metrics based on hygiene and not on data-defined risk. In concert with a platform to evaluate risk based on data and to inform the overall evaluation of a vendor, BitSight Security Ratings can be made to shine. Just understand that you may have to validate some data.
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    Return on Investment
    Bitsight Technologies
    • Wasted resource hours cleaning up data to correct erroneous risk score.
    • Extra time spent addressing calls from clients about erroneous risk score data.
    • Extra time validating risk score provided by BitSight Security Ratings for potential vendors to ensure valid data.
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