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Bitsight vs SecurityScorecard

Bitsight delivers a map of assets and vulnerabilities across an enterprise and its supply chain, prioritized by real-time threat intelligence. SecurityScorecard sells a platform for continuous vendor monitoring, automated assessments and risk intelligence. CISO Tribune files both under Third-party risk and security ratings and Threat intelligence. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Bitsight vs SecurityScorecard: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
BitsightBitsight delivers a map of assets and vulnerabilities across an enterprise and its supply chain, prioritized by real-time threat intelligence.bitsight.comSecurityScorecardSecurityScorecard sells a platform for continuous vendor monitoring, automated assessments and risk intelligence.securityscorecard.com
What it sells
  • Vendor Risk Management[5]Helps risk and security teams manage a growing vendor portfolio.
  • Continuous Monitoring[6][11]Delivers daily insight into vendors and their vendors.
  • Security Ratings[2][7]Gives an objective, outside-in measure of supplier cybersecurity performance.
  • Attack Surface Intelligence[2][8]Combines external attack surface intelligence and AI-driven threat intelligence.
  • Cyber Threat Intelligence[2][9]Delivers threat intelligence through the platform and APIs.
  • Supply Chain Exposure Management[2][11]Monitors third-party vendors and sends evidence-backed threat alerts.
  • Third-Party Intelligence[7]Brings supplier security posture and live threat intelligence together.
  • TITAN AI[3][4][5][6][8][13][17][18]A platform that unifies threat intelligence and third-party data to deliver real-time visibility.
  • TITAN Assess[19]Automates both sides of the security questionnaire with AI-powered workflows and expert human verification.
  • TITAN MAX[20]A managed service built on the SecurityScorecard platform.
  • ChatSSC[16]An agentic AI-powered assistant for questions about SecurityScorecard data.
  • RespondAI[19]Drafts questionnaire answers from a centralized Knowledge Base.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesNew York, United States[2]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2013[2]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • March 19, 2026Bitsight introduced Bitsight Security Posture Management, designed to help organizations measure, improve and demonstrate cyber resilience.[15]
  • February 10, 2026Bitsight announced Dark Web Intelligence for Supply Chains, a capability for detecting and responding to threats across vendor ecosystems.[14]
  • September 9, 2026SecurityScorecard announced that Sarah Walker has joined the company as President, working alongside its founder and CEO.[11]
  • September 9, 2026SecurityScorecard named Sarah Walker as its President.[12]
  • August 26, 2026SecurityScorecard announced that Sami Khoury, a former Government of Canada cyber security official, has joined its Public Sector Advisory Board.[14]
  • May 14, 2026SecurityScorecard announced its acquisition of Driftnet, whose internet discovery engine is to be brought into the TITAN AI platform.[13]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[16]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[15]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Not written yetFrom its own pages, the company addresses CISOs and risk and compliance professionals. It also has pages for information technology organizations, hospitality and gaming, and critical infrastructure. The critical infrastructure page names energy grids, transportation networks, and public utilities. The hospitality page refers to a lean internal security team, and the information technology page refers to tech companies with SaaS sprawl and developer ecosystem risks.
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November 2, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Third-party risk and security ratings is the primary category of both Bitsight and SecurityScorecard; both are also filed under Threat intelligence.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Bitsight is also filed under External attack surface management and Vulnerability management.
  • Bitsight lists Vendor Risk Management, Continuous Monitoring, Security Ratings, Attack Surface Intelligence, Cyber Threat Intelligence and 2 more. SecurityScorecard lists TITAN AI, TITAN Assess, TITAN MAX, ChatSSC and RespondAI.
  • SecurityScorecard is headquartered in New York, United States.
  • SecurityScorecard was founded in 2013.

How they differ

Bitsight also sells Cyber Threat Intelligence, delivered through the platform and APIs.

SecurityScorecard sells TITAN AI, which unifies threat intelligence and third-party data, and TITAN Assess, which automates both sides of the security questionnaire. It also sells RespondAI, which drafts questionnaire answers from a centralized Knowledge Base, and ChatSSC, an agentic AI-powered assistant. TITAN MAX is a managed service built on the SecurityScorecard platform and is primarily delivered by certified partners. Bitsight says it serves both security operations and risk teams.

Bitsight is headquartered in the U.S. and runs as a SaaS platform hosted in Amazon Web Services. SecurityScorecard is headquartered in New York, United States, and was founded in 2013. Its own pages address CISOs and risk and compliance professionals, along with pages for hospitality and gaming and for critical infrastructure. On March 19, 2026, Bitsight introduced Bitsight Security Posture Management, and on February 10, 2026, it announced Dark Web Intelligence for Supply Chains. On May 14, 2026, SecurityScorecard announced its acquisition of Driftnet, whose internet discovery engine is to be brought into the TITAN AI platform.

What it sells: Bitsight

What Vendor Risk Management does[5]
Teams build a third-party inventory by inviting vendors to the platform and connecting with them. Teams review uploaded documents in one place, including SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications, SIG questionnaires, insurance, and external audits. Bitsight Vendor Risk Management syncs data with GRC and reporting tools, including RSA Archer, ServiceNow, and LogicManager, through an open API.
What Continuous Monitoring does[6][11]
Bitsight Continuous Monitoring delivers daily, objective insight into vendors and their vendors. It includes automatic fourth-party discovery that maps the technology stacks of vendors. It provides 12+ months of risk analytics for every vendor in a portfolio.
What Security Ratings does[2][7]
Bitsight Security Ratings provide an objective, continuously updated view of each supplier's cybersecurity posture. Teams can track whether supplier posture is improving or deteriorating over time. Teams can combine posture with live threat activity to distinguish isolated events from broader weaknesses.
What Attack Surface Intelligence does[2][8]
It inventories internet-facing systems including domains, subdomains, IPs, hosts, software, CVEs, certificates, cloud storage, and exposed services. It detects shadow IT and unsanctioned assets across AWS, Azure, GCP, and SaaS environments.
What Cyber Threat Intelligence does[2][9]
Bitsight delivers cyber threat intelligence in structured, actionable formats through the platform and APIs. Bitsight tracks 700+ ATP groups, 4,000+ malware types, 95M threat actors, 6M unique IOCs, and 1B compromised credentials weekly. Bitsight supports STIX/TAXII and offers simplified, integration-ready data structures.
What Supply Chain Exposure Management does[2][11]
Bitsight Beacon is Bitsight's Supply Chain Exposure Management data solution that continuously monitors third-party vendors and provides triaged, evidence-backed threat alerts for supply chain exposures. Bitsight Beacon alerts are delivered directly into SIEM and SOAR. Bitsight Beacon covers more than 30 threat scenarios.
What Third-Party Intelligence does[7]
Bitsight Third-Party Intelligence brings supplier security posture and live threat intelligence together in one place. It monitors ransomware, data breaches, hacktivism, and cyber news affecting suppliers. Its dashboard gives a centralized view of supplier ratings, threat activity, trends, and adverse events.

What it sells: SecurityScorecard

What TITAN AI does[3][4][5][6][8][13][17][18]
TITAN AI unifies intelligent automation, predictive insight, and vendor interactions. TITAN AI owns the data and runs the workflow natively. TITAN AI connects to existing tools, maps every vendor relationship, and runs continuous discovery with coordinated multi-vendor response. The platform provides always-on third-party monitoring to detect vulnerabilities, threat actor behavior, and nth-party relationships across entire ecosystems.
What TITAN Assess does[19]
TITAN Assess automates both sides of the questionnaire, answering what customers send and managing what is sent to vendors. Questionnaires can be imported or started from SIG or CAIQ Lite and sent to one vendor or an entire portfolio with a single passwordless link. An agent checks every answer against the customer's policy, verifies the vendor's evidence, and calculates a risk score automatically. Customers can publish a Trust Page with verified security information, SOC 2 reports, and policies.
What TITAN MAX does[20]
A standard SecurityScorecard subscription provides the platform for the customer to manage, while TITAN MAX is a managed service built on the SecurityScorecard platform. TITAN MAX is primarily delivered by certified partners. TITAN MAX operates a Vendor Risk Operations Center (VROC) for continuous vendor security monitoring. TITAN MAX works directly with vendors to resolve issues and improve their cybersecurity posture.
What ChatSSC does[16]
SecurityScorecard provides ChatSSC for quick answers about SecurityScorecard data. ChatSSC helps users pinpoint the most critical issues to fix, understand historical score changes, and gain insights into past breaches.
What RespondAI does[19]
RespondAI uses a centralized Knowledge Base to draft answers. RespondAI combines generative AI with a team of certified human reviewers. Customers can import Excel, Word, or PDF questionnaires.

Questions about Bitsight and SecurityScorecard

What do Bitsight and SecurityScorecard sell?
Bitsight sells Vendor Risk Management, Continuous Monitoring, Security Ratings, Attack Surface Intelligence, Cyber Threat Intelligence and 2 more. SecurityScorecard sells TITAN AI, TITAN Assess, TITAN MAX, ChatSSC and RespondAI.
Are Bitsight and SecurityScorecard in the same category?
Yes. Third-party risk and security ratings is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are Bitsight and SecurityScorecard headquartered?
SecurityScorecard is headquartered in New York, United States.
When were Bitsight and SecurityScorecard founded?
SecurityScorecard was founded in 2013.
Who are Bitsight and SecurityScorecard sold to?
From its own pages, the company addresses CISOs and risk and compliance professionals.
What have Bitsight and SecurityScorecard announced recently?
March 19, 2026: Bitsight introduced Bitsight Security Posture Management, designed to help organizations measure, improve and demonstrate cyber resilience. September 9, 2026: SecurityScorecard announced that Sarah Walker has joined the company as President, working alongside its founder and CEO.

About Bitsight

Bitsight delivers a map of assets and vulnerabilities across an enterprise and its supply chain, prioritized by real-time threat intelligence. Bitsight serves both security operations and risk teams across the enterprise. Bitsight scans over 4B+ IPs to discover assets, subsidiaries, cloud environments, and supply chain exposure across connected digital infrastructure. Bitsight predicts the likelihood that a CVE will be exploited using real-time threat intelligence from 7M+ daily items across 1,000+ underground sources. Bitsight identifies compromised credentials, discovers ransomware and active exploits, and prioritizes remediation based on attacker activity from 1,000+ underground sources.[2][3]

Bitsight monitors third-, fourth-, and nth-party exposure across a network of 68K+ vendors. Bitsight Vendor Risk Management lets teams review uploaded documents in one place, including SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications, SIG questionnaires, insurance, and external audits. Bitsight Vendor Risk Management syncs data with GRC and reporting tools, including RSA Archer, ServiceNow, and LogicManager, through an open API.[2][3][5][11]

Bitsight Continuous Monitoring delivers daily, objective insight into vendors and their vendors. Bitsight Vulnerability Detection & Response surfaces exposed vendors within hours and helps coordinate cross-vendor response at scale. Bitsight gives vendors free access to Trust Management Hub so that vendors can reach their profiles. Bitsight professional services range from program design aligned to NIST CSF, ISO 27001, DORA, and NIS2 to managed vendor assessments and board-ready reporting.[4][6]

Bitsight AI maps vendor SOC 2 reports, audit reports, and questionnaires to the frameworks teams already use, tracking vendor exposure across the supply chain. SOC2 Instant Insights, powered by Bitsight AI, summarizes SOC 2 reports in seconds. Bitsight Third-Party Intelligence brings supplier security posture and live threat intelligence together in one place. Bitsight Third-Party Intelligence monitors ransomware, data breaches, hacktivism, and cyber news affecting suppliers.[5][7]

Bitsight describes Attack Surface Intelligence (ASI) as an evolution of External Attack Surface Management (EASM) that combines continuous asset discovery with real-time threat intelligence from the clear, deep, and dark web.[2]

Bitsight tracks 700+ ATP groups, 4,000+ malware types, 95M threat actors, 6M unique IOCs, and 1B compromised credentials weekly. Bitsight delivers cyber threat intelligence in structured formats through the platform and APIs. Bitsight supports STIX/TAXII and offers simplified, integration-ready data structures designed to fit into operational workflows and dashboards. The Identity Intelligence Module lets teams automatically reset or disable exposed accounts through native identity provider integrations (Active Directory, Okta, Entra ID). Bitsight threat intelligence services include purchases of compromised credentials listed for sale on the deep and dark web.[2][9]

Bitsight Beacon is Bitsight's Supply Chain Exposure Management data solution that continuously monitors third-party vendors and provides triaged, evidence-backed threat alerts for supply chain exposures. Bitsight Beacon alerts are delivered directly into SIEM and SOAR. Bitsight Beacon covers more than 30 threat scenarios. Optional managed services for Bitsight Beacon handle triage and vendor remediation. Bitsight Continuous Monitoring tracks vendor risk posture over time, and Bitsight Beacon detects active threats in near real-time.[2][6][11]

Bitsight SPM integrates with tools like ServiceNow, Palo Alto Cortex, Splunk, PowerBI, and Microsoft Sentinel. Bitsight is a SaaS platform that is 100% cloud-based in Amazon Web Services. Bitsight is headquartered in the U.S., and all personal data is hosted in the United States. Bitsight complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Bitsight has a report on Controls at a Service Organization Relevant to Security available for review.[1][4][5][6][7][12]

Bitsight on the record

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Bitsight full record

  1. [1]Bitsight insurance business grows 30 h1 extending market leadershipBitsight · bitsight.com · published October 9, 2025 · Tier A
  2. [2]bitsight.comBitsight · bitsight.com · undated page, accessed November 2, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Bitsight | The Cyber Risk Platform Trusted by the Fortune 500Bitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Bitsight Vendor Network | BitsightBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Vendor Risk Management (VRM) Platform | BitsightBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Third Party Risk Management Solutions | BitsightBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Bitsight Third-Party Intelligence SolutionBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Attack Surface Intelligence Solutions | BitsightBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Cyber Threat Intelligence Data | BitsightBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Identity Intelligence Solutions | BitsightBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Supply Chain Exposure Management | Bitsight BeaconBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]SPM Integrations | BitsightBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]About Bitsight Security | BitsightBitsight · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Bitsight Launches Industry’s First Dark Web Intelligence for Supply Chains, Empowering Organizations to Predict and Prevent Third-Party Exploits | BitsightBitsight · published February 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Bitsight Introduces Security Posture Management to Operationalize Enterprise Cyber Resilience | BitsightBitsight · published March 19, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Bitsight Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & FeaturesG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

SecurityScorecard full record

  1. [1]securityscorecard.comSecurityScorecard · securityscorecard.com · published July 17, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Securityscorecard partners with sequoia in 125 million series a funding round 300054965SecurityScorecard via PR Newswire · prnewswire.com · published March 24, 2015 · Tier A
  3. [3]SecurityScorecard | Supply Chain & Third-Party Risk PlatformSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]TPRM & GRC Tools for Risk and Compliance TeamsSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]TPRM for CISOs | Supply Chain Risk ManagementSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Supply Chain Cybersecurity Platform | SecurityScorecard TITAN AISecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]DORA Compliance for Third-Party ICT Risk ManagementSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Cybersecurity for IT Professionals | SecurityScorecardSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Hospitality Gaming - SecurityScorecardSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Critical Infrastructure - SecurityScorecardSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]SecurityScorecard Names Sarah Walker President as Company Expands Its Mission for the AI EraSecurityScorecard · published September 9, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]SecurityScorecard Names Sarah Walker President as Company Expands Its Mission for the AI EraBusiness Wire · published September 9, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]SecurityScorecard Acquires Driftnet to Power Real-Time, Threat-Informed Third-Party Risk ManagementSecurityScorecard · published May 14, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]SecurityScorecard Appoints Former Government of Canada Senior Official for Cyber Security Sami Khoury to Public Sector Advisory BoardSecurityScorecard · published August 26, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]SecurityScorecard Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier C
  16. [16]TITAN AI Agents | Accelerated Risk Intelligence | SecurityScorecardSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]TITAN AI Workflow | Vendor Compliance Monitoring & Supply Chain VisibilitySecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Supply Chain Threat Intelligence | SecurityScorecardSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]Titan Assess | AI-Powered Questionnaire AutomationSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  20. [20]TITAN MAX | Managed Security & Third-Party Risk ServicesSecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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