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Bitsight Security Ratings

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What it is

Bitsight Security Ratings helps security and risk leaders assess, monitor, prioritize, and communicate an organization’s cyber risk. It rates organizations on a 300–820 scale and assigns letter grades for individual risk vectors. Bitsight says ratings update daily, while validated rescan results can appear within minutes. Risk data is grouped into Compromised Systems, Organizational Diligence, User Behaviors, and Public Disclosures. Its methodology combines external data mapped to organizations with AI and analyst intelligence to assess risk vectors associated with breaches. Dynamic Remediation provides rescan feedback and rating credit after validated fixes involving SSL configurations, SSL certificates, open TCP ports, server software, and web application security. Plans cover rating and issue management, benchmarking, APIs, integrations, subsidiary management, continuous monitoring, and vendor-risk workflows. Integrations are described for GRC, vendor-risk, SIEM, SOAR, and workflow automation, including ServiceNow and Jira. Developers can build around Security Rating through APIs and MCP access. The product serves security, GRC, third-party risk, board, investor, insurer, financial, and government users. Pricing is on request.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Bitsight Security Ratings helps security and risk leaders assess, monitor, prioritize, and communicate cyber risk using an objective, data-driven view of an organization’s cybersecurity program.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Integrations
Bitsight describes integrations for GRC, vendor risk management, SIEM, SOAR, and workflow automation, with ServiceNow and Jira among the named integrations.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesRead 23 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Founded
2011Read 23 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
API access
Bitsight says developers can build applications around its Security Rating and customers can integrate its intelligence using APIs and MCP access.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Company founding
Bitsight says it created the security ratings category in 2011.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Dynamic Remediation
Dynamic Remediation provides rescan feedback and rating credit after validated fixes across SSL configurations, SSL certificates, open TCP ports, server software, and web application security.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Pricing model
Bitsight says pricing varies with solutions, capabilities, support, vendor coverage, workflow requirements, integrations, and services; some offerings may be priced per vendor.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Rating methodology
Bitsight says it collects external data, maps findings to organizations, and combines AI with analyst intelligence to assess risk vectors associated with breaches.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Rating scale
The rating uses a 300–820 scale and provides letter grades for performance in each risk vector.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Rating updates
Bitsight says ratings are updated daily, and validated rescan results can appear within minutes.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Risk coverage
Bitsight groups its cyber risk data into Compromised Systems, Organizational Diligence, User Behaviors, and Public Disclosures.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Transparency
Bitsight says its Knowledge Base explains rating methodologies, algorithms, and calculations, and its Policy Review Board governs the rating algorithm and related policies.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Who it serves
The product page identifies security and risk teams, GRC teams, third-party risk teams, boards, investors, cyber insurers, financial institutions, and government agencies as users of security ratings.Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com

Plans and prices

Advanced Priced on request For organizations scaling posture management across subsidiaries · Includes Standard features · Subsidiary management · 5 MySubsidiary licenses · Subsidiary improvement plan · Identity Intelligence Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Basic Priced on request For organizations resolving issues and managing the rating · Rating and risk vectors · Asset management · Issue management and tracking · Basic reports and alerts · Basic threat insights Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Continuous Monitoring Priced on request Third-party monitoring · Vendor coverage options: 1–50, 51–100, 101–500, or Unlimited · Request pricing Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Continuous Monitoring + Vendor Risk Management Priced on request Continuous Monitoring features plus vendor intake workflows, risk assessment, portfolio-level management, vendor lifecycle management, remediation tracking, reporting, and governance · Vendor coverage options: 1–50, 51–100, 101–500, or Unlimited Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com
Standard Priced on request For organizations measuring, improving, and demonstrating cyber resilience · Includes Basic features · API and integrations · Peer analytics · Benchmarking · Risk remediation · Framework Intelligence · Advanced reports and alerts Read 30 Sep 2026 · bitsight.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • 300–820 rating scale with letter grades
  • Daily rating updates
  • Validated rescans can appear within minutes
  • Dynamic remediation credits validated fixes
  • APIs, MCP access, and named integrations

Limits

  • Pricing is available only on request
  • Continuous Monitoring coverage is tiered by vendor count
  • Methodology depends on externally mapped data

Who it suits

Bitsight suits security, GRC, third-party risk, and governance teams that need external cyber-risk ratings and monitoring. It also serves boards, investors, insurers, financial institutions, and government agencies.

Verdict

Bitsight provides a structured rating, risk-vector detail, remediation feedback, and integrations for cyber-risk programs. Request pricing and confirm the vendor-coverage tier and integrations required for your organization.

Where Specifiction places it

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