SecurityScorecard Blog: Security Ratings

Many underwriters today offer cyber insurance, designed to protect businesses from the effects of cyberattacks and data breaches. Cyber insurance is a relatively new area, and underwriters are always looking for ways to better und... Keep Reading

Data breaches can be frightening; they result in financial loss, loss of customer trust, and their effects can be felt for years. According to Ponemon’s latest Cost of a Data Breach report, one-third of data breach costs occur mor... Keep Reading

Performing a cyber security risk analysis helps your company identify, manage, and safeguard data, information, and assets that could be vulnerable to a cyberattack. Such analysis helps you identify systems and resources, determin... Keep Reading

You’ve invested in cyber security, but are you tracking your efforts? Are you tracking metrics and KPIs? If you’re not, you’re not alone. A report by PwC found that just 22 percent of chief executives believe that their risk expo... Keep Reading

SecurityScorecard recently released a Trust Portal, a first-of-its-kind resource that invites users and partners to take an inside look at the data that drives our technology. The purpose behind the portal is to provide transparen... Keep Reading

SecurityScorecard recently released our Trust Portal, a first-of-its-kind resource that invites you to take an inside look at the data that drives our technology. The purpose behind the portal is to provide transparency into our s... Keep Reading

Do you know your hackers’ window of opportunity? That’s the critical question that you need to be asking your own organization, third-party vendors, insurance applicants, and M&A targets. Standards like NIST CSF and SIG c... Keep Reading

Sometimes your biggest security challenge is the vendors who are unknown to the risk management team. Traditionally, in order to determine vendors an enterprise is engaged with, it required working with procurement and surveying ... Keep Reading

What is unique about SecurityScorecard attribution?SecurityScorecard has an automated attribution strategy whereas other companies rely on a more manual strategy. Some organizations use a manual attribution strategy in lieu of an... Keep Reading