About Bitsight
Bitsight is a commercial cyber risk intelligence platform used by security and risk teams to see exposure across their own attack surface, their vendor network and the wider threat landscape. It is mainly known for security ratings, which summarize an organization's outside-in security posture.
Its solutions are grouped into third-party risk management, exposure management, cyber threat intelligence and governance and analytics, with professional services alongside. Products named on the site include continuous third-party monitoring, vendor risk management, security posture management, a trust management hub, attack surface intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, and dark web and ransomware intelligence. Data can be delivered through an API or an MCP interface.
Bitsight is cloud delivered and sold as a commercial product, with a pricing and plans page on its website. It is aimed at larger organizations that need to monitor many vendors and report on cyber risk to executives and boards.
Key features
- Security ratings for organizations and vendors
- Continuous third-party monitoring and response
- Attack surface and vulnerability intelligence
- Dark web and ransomware intelligence
- Trust management hub for sharing posture
- API and MCP data delivery
Good fit for
- →Monitoring supply chain cyber exposure
- →Reporting cyber risk to executives
- →Tracking vulnerabilities across the attack surface
- Tags
- security-ratings
- cyber-risk
- third-party-risk
- threat-intelligence
- attack-surface
- exposure-management
- saas
Bitsight: questions and answers
- What is Bitsight used for?
- Bitsight is a commercial cyber risk intelligence platform for security ratings, third-party risk, exposure management and threat intelligence. It is a good fit for monitoring supply chain cyber exposure, reporting cyber risk to executives and tracking vulnerabilities across the attack surface.
- How much does Bitsight cost?
- Bitsight doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
- Is Bitsight open source?
- No. Bitsight is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Security category, open-source options include MISP, Infisical and SafeLine.
- What are some alternatives to Bitsight?
- Bitsight competes with SecurityScorecard, UpGuard and Recorded Future.
Open-source alternatives to Bitsight
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MISP (core software) - Open Source Threat Intelligence and Sharing Platform
AGPL-3.0vs Recorded Future★ 6.6k
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SafeLine
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SecurityScorecard
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Security ratings and third-party risk management platform
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UpGuard
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Third-party risk management and attack surface monitoring platform
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Recorded Future
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Adverse Monitor
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