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Flashpoint vs SecurityScorecard

Flashpoint sells threat data and intelligence that spans cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, geopolitical risk, physical security, fraud and brand protection. SecurityScorecard sells a platform for continuous vendor monitoring, automated assessments and risk intelligence. CISO Tribune files both under 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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Flashpoint vs SecurityScorecard: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
FlashpointFlashpoint sells threat data and intelligence that spans cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, geopolitical risk, physical security, fraud and brand protection.flashpoint.ioSecurityScorecardSecurityScorecard sells a platform for continuous vendor monitoring, automated assessments and risk intelligence.securityscorecard.com
What it sells
  • Flashpoint Ignite[1][3]A platform that brings external attack surface management, cyber threat intelligence, physical security and dark web collections into a single workflow.
  • Echosec[3][10]A web-based open-source intelligence capability used by security and intelligence teams.
  • External Attack Surface Management[1]Flashpoint's EASM offering, built natively into Flashpoint Ignite.
  • Flashpoint National Security Intelligence[11]Combines data, technology and services for mission-driven government teams.
  • Flashpoint Fraud Intelligence[7]Fraud intelligence that provides early-warning signals to help organizations prevent financial fraud.
  • Compromised Credentials Monitoring[8]Lets users monitor exposure of compromised credentials.
  • 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
Not stated on its pages
  • 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[13]
  • 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
Its national security offering is directed at mission-driven teams in Defense, the Intelligence Community, Law Enforcement, Public Safety, State and Local Government, and Federal Civilian Agencies. Its pages describe healthcare and pharmaceutical companies as organizations at risk from ransomware and threats to intellectual property. Its attack surface management material is aimed at corporate security, vulnerability management and cyber threat intelligence teams.From 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.
Last verified
November 3, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Flashpoint and SecurityScorecard are both filed under Threat intelligence.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Flashpoint's primary category is Threat intelligence; SecurityScorecard's is Third-party risk and security ratings.
  • Flashpoint is also filed under Digital risk protection, External attack surface management and Vulnerability management.
  • Flashpoint lists Flashpoint Ignite, Echosec, External Attack Surface Management, Flashpoint National Security Intelligence, Flashpoint Fraud Intelligence and 1 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.

What it sells: Flashpoint

What Flashpoint Ignite does[1][3]
Flashpoint builds its EASM offering natively into Flashpoint Ignite. Flashpoint integrates its attack surface management capabilities directly into the Flashpoint Ignite platform.
What Echosec does[3][10]
Echosec is a web-based open-source intelligence capability used by security and intelligence teams worldwide. Echosec delivers finished intelligence and near real-time data from mainstream social media, fringe networks, news outlets, messaging apps and discussion forums.
What Flashpoint National Security Intelligence does[11]
Flashpoint National Security Intelligence combines data, technology and services to deliver information and intelligence to mission-driven teams in Defense, the Intelligence Community, Law Enforcement, Public Safety, State and Local Government, and Federal Civilian Agencies. The data is derived from online sources including mainstream social media, discussion forums, decentralized networks, messaging apps and illicit collections.
What Compromised Credentials Monitoring does[8]
Flashpoint Compromised Credentials Monitoring allows users to monitor exposure of compromised credentials. A customer-focused version allows organizations to monitor for compromised customer credentials.

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 Flashpoint and SecurityScorecard

What do Flashpoint and SecurityScorecard sell?
Flashpoint sells Flashpoint Ignite, Echosec, External Attack Surface Management, Flashpoint National Security Intelligence, Flashpoint Fraud Intelligence and 1 more. SecurityScorecard sells TITAN AI, TITAN Assess, TITAN MAX, ChatSSC and RespondAI.
Are Flashpoint and SecurityScorecard in the same category?
They share Threat intelligence. Flashpoint's primary category is Threat intelligence and SecurityScorecard's is Third-party risk and security ratings.
Where are Flashpoint and SecurityScorecard headquartered?
SecurityScorecard is headquartered in New York, United States.
When were Flashpoint and SecurityScorecard founded?
SecurityScorecard was founded in 2013.
Who are Flashpoint and SecurityScorecard sold to?
Its national security offering is directed at mission-driven teams in Defense, the Intelligence Community, Law Enforcement, Public Safety, State and Local Government, and Federal Civilian Agencies. From its own pages, the company addresses CISOs and risk and compliance professionals.
What have Flashpoint and SecurityScorecard announced recently?
September 9, 2026: SecurityScorecard announced that Sarah Walker has joined the company as President, working alongside its founder and CEO.

About Flashpoint

Flashpoint sells threat data and intelligence that spans cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, geopolitical risk, physical security, fraud and brand protection. Flashpoint addresses complex security challenges faced by commercial enterprises and government agencies. Flashpoint builds its EASM offering natively into Flashpoint Ignite, which brings external attack surface management, cyber threat intelligence, physical security with Echosec, and dark web collections into a single workflow. Flashpoint's team spans 8 countries with 35+ languages spoken.[1][2][4]

Flashpoint's cyber threat intelligence platform combines primary-source collections, analyst expertise and integrated AI, with access to threat intelligence from open and hard-to-reach adversary spaces. Flashpoint aggregates and analyzes data from the open, deep and dark web to track adversary tactics, expose vulnerabilities and predict attacks. Flashpoint provides intelligence based on an organization's Priority Intelligence Requirements. Flashpoint provides real-time threat alerts based on data from open and dark web sources, illicit forums, groups and other primary sources. Flashpoint analysts sort and prioritize threats most relevant to a customer organization's PIRs.[1][5][6]

Flashpoint uses Automated Source Discovery technology to discover and rapidly add new sources. Flashpoint makes data analysis-ready by applying Optical Character Recognition, geospatial enrichments and machine-learning tags. Flashpoint delivers finished intelligence to stakeholders through secure channels and integrated platform alerts.[6]

Flashpoint offers vulnerability intelligence that helps customers prioritize vulnerabilities affecting their organization and gain context for mitigation. Flashpoint's vulnerability intelligence includes 105,000+ vulnerabilities omitted from public databases like the NVD. Flashpoint maintains an independent vulnerability collection called VulnDB that tracks over 449,000+ vulnerabilities. Flashpoint KEV tracks over 5,400+ vulnerabilities backed by real-world threat actor activity and dark web chatter. Flashpoint MCP Server gives customers access to Flashpoint intelligence within AI assistants and AI-native workflows using the Model Context Protocol standard.[5]

Flashpoint's fraud intelligence provides early-warning signals to help organizations prevent financial fraud. Flashpoint users can run searches for credit card information that aligns with their BIN for automatic detection of accounts at risk. Flashpoint users can search illicit marketplaces for usernames and passwords associated with their company domain or variations. Flashpoint fraud intelligence covers cryptocurrency addresses and transactions within Bitcoin, Ethereum and Monero collections. Flashpoint Fraud Intelligence now includes infostealer data to combat credit card fraud. Flashpoint Compromised Credentials Monitoring allows users to monitor exposure of compromised credentials. Flashpoint offers a customer-focused version that lets organizations monitor for compromised customer credentials.[7][8]

Flashpoint Physical Security Intelligence gathers data from online sources including mainstream social media, discussion forums, fringe networks, messaging apps and regional sources from around the world. Flashpoint Physical Security Intelligence lets users search, filter, monitor, visualize and analyze the data in a dashboard. Flashpoint Physical Security Intelligence offers access to Flashpoint's specialized intelligence team. Echosec is a web-based open-source intelligence capability used by security and intelligence teams worldwide. Echosec delivers finished intelligence and near real-time data from mainstream social media, fringe networks, news outlets, messaging apps and discussion forums. Flashpoint National Security Intelligence combines data, technology and services to deliver information and intelligence to mission-driven teams in Defense, the Intelligence Community, Law Enforcement, Public Safety, State and Local Government, and Federal Civilian Agencies. Flashpoint also offers insider threat intelligence to detect, monitor and mitigate the misuse of authorized access to networks, systems or assets.[5][9][10]

Flashpoint points to ransomware and other threats to business continuity and intellectual property as risks for healthcare and pharmaceutical companies. Flashpoint offers monitoring of compromised credential exposure for enterprise domains and customer email addresses. Flashpoint offers expert training, response and recovery to prevent, prepare for and mitigate the impacts of ransomware or extortion attacks. Flashpoint lets customers ask its intelligence analysts questions and receive answers to address intelligence gaps. Flashpoint can anonymously and securely engage with threat actors on a customer's behalf. Flashpoint's attack surface offering is supported by over 100 multidisciplinary intelligence experts who deliver finished reporting, custom investigations and on-demand Requests for Information.[1][12]

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Flashpoint full record

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  2. [2]Flashpoint Corporate Overview | FlashpointFlashpoint · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
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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
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  6. [6]Supply Chain Cybersecurity Platform | SecurityScorecard TITAN AISecurityScorecard · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
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  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
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  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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