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Recorded Future vs SecurityScorecard

Recorded Future is a threat intelligence company that sells real-time intelligence and autonomous defense. SecurityScorecard sells a platform for continuous vendor monitoring, automated assessments and risk intelligence. CISO Tribune files both under Threat intelligence and Third-party risk and security ratings. 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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Recorded Future vs SecurityScorecard: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
Recorded FutureRecorded Future is a threat intelligence company that sells real-time intelligence and autonomous defense.recordedfuture.comSecurityScorecardSecurityScorecard sells a platform for continuous vendor monitoring, automated assessments and risk intelligence.securityscorecard.com
What it sells
  • Intelligence Graph[4][5]Indexes and analyzes threat data from over a million sources.
  • Collective Insights[11]Integrates data from security tools such as EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and email security.
  • Threat Intelligence[3][6][11][12]Provides profiles of threat actors and the techniques and tools they use.
  • Vulnerability Intelligence[7]Scores vulnerabilities based on their exploitability.
  • Geopolitical Intelligence[9]Indexes global data from social media, local news, and messaging platforms.
  • Managed Services[13]Recorded Future analysts provide validated incident escalations.
  • 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
Boston, United States[2]New 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
  • June 2, 2026Recorded Future announced a strategic partnership with Wipro Limited to expand intelligence-led cybersecurity services for global enterprises.[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: Not stated on its pages
  • 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
Risk and compliance teams are named as users who monitor third-party exposure before it surfaces as an incident. Fraud prevention teams are named as users who detect compromised payment infrastructure and active fraud campaigns before they reach customers. Executive and finance teams are named as users who quantify risk exposure and make decisions about security investment. Recorded Future states that its services team works with customers across various industries, sizes, and maturity levels.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 4, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Recorded Future and SecurityScorecard are both filed under Threat intelligence and Third-party risk and security ratings.
  • Both are headquartered in the United States.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Recorded Future's primary category is Threat intelligence; SecurityScorecard's is Third-party risk and security ratings.
  • Recorded Future is also filed under Digital risk protection and External attack surface management.
  • Recorded Future lists Intelligence Graph, Collective Insights, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Intelligence, Geopolitical Intelligence and 1 more. SecurityScorecard lists TITAN AI, TITAN Assess, TITAN MAX, ChatSSC and RespondAI.
  • Recorded Future is headquartered in Boston, United States. SecurityScorecard is headquartered in New York, United States.
  • SecurityScorecard was founded in 2013.

What it sells: Recorded Future

What Intelligence Graph does[4][5]
The Intelligence Graph indexes data from over a million sources, including the open web, dark web, technical feeds, and customer telemetry. It connects data points using an ontology graph for stable information and an event graph for rapidly changing threat data. Recorded Future states that the Intelligence Graph is accessible via API and powers nine specialized products.
What Collective Insights does[11]
Collective Insights integrates data from security tools like EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and email security. Collective Insights automatically tags security events and maps them to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The Collective Insights API is free to use with a current Recorded Future subscription. Collective Insights uses read-only API access and only touches detection metadata.
What Threat Intelligence does[3][6][11][12]
Recorded Future Threat Intelligence provides detailed profiles of the threat actors currently attacking similar organizations and the techniques and tools they use. Recorded Future provides pre-built hunting packages with YARA, Snort, and Sigma rules written and tested by its Insikt Group.
What Vulnerability Intelligence does[7]
Vulnerability Intelligence uses real-time data to score vulnerabilities based on their exploitability. Vulnerability Intelligence tracks vulnerabilities specific to an organization's tech stack without any agents or sensors required. Recorded Future lets users monitor vulnerabilities by lifecycle stage, from disclosure to exploitation.
What Geopolitical Intelligence does[9]
Geopolitical Intelligence indexes global data from across social media, local news, and messaging platforms in numerous languages. Recorded Future offers Country Risk Scoring to assess the risk of conducting or continuing business in a specific country. Recorded Future assesses country risk across five functional categories.
What Managed Services does[13]
Recorded Future analysts provide validated incident escalations. Recorded Future services staff continuously monitor vulnerabilities across the weaponization lifecycle and alert on what needs to be prioritized.

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 Recorded Future and SecurityScorecard

What do Recorded Future and SecurityScorecard sell?
Recorded Future sells Intelligence Graph, Collective Insights, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Intelligence, Geopolitical Intelligence and 1 more. SecurityScorecard sells TITAN AI, TITAN Assess, TITAN MAX, ChatSSC and RespondAI.
Are Recorded Future and SecurityScorecard in the same category?
They share Threat intelligence and Third-party risk and security ratings. Recorded Future's primary category is Threat intelligence and SecurityScorecard's is Third-party risk and security ratings.
Where are Recorded Future and SecurityScorecard headquartered?
Recorded Future is headquartered in Boston, United States. SecurityScorecard is headquartered in New York, United States.
When were Recorded Future and SecurityScorecard founded?
SecurityScorecard was founded in 2013.
Who are Recorded Future and SecurityScorecard sold to?
Risk and compliance teams are named as users who monitor third-party exposure before it surfaces as an incident. From its own pages, the company addresses CISOs and risk and compliance professionals.
What have Recorded Future and SecurityScorecard announced recently?
June 2, 2026: Recorded Future announced a strategic partnership with Wipro Limited to expand intelligence-led cybersecurity services for global enterprises. September 9, 2026: SecurityScorecard announced that Sarah Walker has joined the company as President, working alongside its founder and CEO.

About Recorded Future

Recorded Future is a threat intelligence company that sells real-time intelligence and autonomous defense. Recorded Future describes its portfolio as made up of four solutions, one for each domain attackers target. Recorded Future uses the Intelligence Graph to index data from over a million sources, including the open web, dark web, technical feeds, and customer telemetry. Recorded Future states that the Intelligence Graph is accessible via API and powers nine specialized products.[3][4][5]

The Intelligence Graph connects data points using an ontology graph for stable information and an event graph for rapidly changing threat data. Recorded Future applies analytics such as Recorded Future Risk Scores to the data in the Intelligence Graph. Recorded Future Threat Intelligence provides detailed profiles of the threat actors currently attacking similar organizations and the techniques and tools they use. Recorded Future provides pre-built hunting packages that include YARA, Snort, and Sigma rules written and tested by its Insikt Group. Recorded Future notifies users by email, mobile app, or portal when new relevant intelligence for their organization is identified.[5][6]

Vulnerability Intelligence scores vulnerabilities based on their exploitability, using real-time data. Vulnerability Intelligence tracks vulnerabilities specific to an organization's tech stack without any agents or sensors required. Recorded Future lets users monitor vulnerabilities by lifecycle stage, from disclosure to exploitation, and alerts them when a vulnerability changes state. Recorded Future SecOps Intelligence uses data indexed across the dark web and other sources to give tactical and operational insights. SecOps Intelligence has out-of-the-box integrations including Microsoft Sentinel, Cortex XSOAR, ServiceNow Security Incident Response, Crowdstrike, and SentinelOne. Geopolitical Intelligence indexes global data from across social media, local news, and messaging platforms in numerous languages. Recorded Future offers Country Risk Scoring to assess the risk of conducting or continuing business in a specific country across security, privacy, and regulatory factors. Recorded Future assesses country risk across five functional categories: Governance & Institutions, Physical Security and Travel, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Surveillance, and Supply Chain.[7][8][9]

Recorded Future supports continuous monitoring of vendors for breach disclosures, ransomware exposure, and dark web activity. Recorded Future supports prioritizing third- and fourth-party risk by business criticality and threat severity. Recorded Future risk scores and evidence can be integrated directly into TPRM and GRC workflows. Recorded Future detects compromised cards and checks using real-time dark web and fraud ecosystem data. Recorded Future can identify at-risk merchants and block fraudulent transactions before losses occur. Recorded Future generates case reports to understand compromised card lineage and fraud campaign context. Recorded Future supports alerting on and acting on stolen credentials within IAM solutions.[10]

Collective Insights integrates data from security tools like EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and email security. Collective Insights automatically tags security events and maps them to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The Collective Insights API is free to use with a current Recorded Future subscription. Collective Insights uses read-only API access and only touches detection metadata. Recorded Future describes an API-first architecture with out-of-box integrations spanning SIEM, SOAR, EDR, IAM, Network Security, and Vulnerability Management. Recorded Future integrates threat intelligence directly into key security tools like SIEM, SOAR, and EDR using APIs and automated processes. Recorded Future offers automatic Watch List connectors, such as for Tenable Vulnerability Management and Qualys Vulnerability, that update vulnerability Watch Lists in real time.[11][12]

Recorded Future describes Autonomous Threat Operations as moving security from reactive analysis to autonomous defense. Recorded Future analysts provide validated incident escalations. Recorded Future services staff continuously monitor vulnerabilities across the weaponization lifecycle and alert on what needs to be prioritized. Recorded Future offers professional services programs including Analyst on Demand, Intelligence Services, and Managed Monitoring. Recorded Future University provides training courses on Recorded Future products and intelligence strategies. Recorded Future states that it is ISO 27701 and SOC2 compliant. INVESTBANK uses Recorded Future to get AI-driven threat intelligence and to streamline orchestration. NOV relies on Recorded Future.[1][3][6][7][8][11][12][13]

Recorded Future on the record

Sources

Recorded Future full record

  1. [1]Mastercard to acquire recorded futureRecorded Future · recordedfuture.com · published September 12, 2024 · Tier A
  2. [2]Working in bostonRecorded Future · recordedfuture.com · published October 15, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Intelligence Platform | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Intelligence Graph | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Threat Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Vulnerability Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]SecOps Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Protect Assets with Geopolitical Intelligence | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Demo Center | Explore Powerful Tools | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Collective Insights® API | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Integrations for Your Cybersecurity Stack | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Managed Monitoring Service | Recorded FutureRecorded Future · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Recorded Future Announces Strategic Partnership with Wipro to Deliver AI-Powered Threat Intelligence at Global Enterprise ScalePRNewswire · published June 2, 2026 · Tier A

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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