Capabilities
Relies on standardized security questionnaires.
2,000,000+ organizations scanned daily.
170,000 supported organizations
1,000,000+ companies rated.
RiskRecon distills its assessment criteria into a single score from 0-10.
Usability and the learning curve
Risks detailed on each point-in-time vendor assessment, which means new risks are only detected during the next assessment process. Remediation requests are not available. Their risk assessments are aligned to the VSA questionnaire, CAIQ, SIG, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Security Controls, and Privacy Shield Framework.
High-level summation of risk with the ability to drill down into precise technical details.
Provides high-level summation of vendor risk allowing easy comparison of vendors.
Simple interface for quick grade reports and charts.
Provides risk prioritization based on your configured policy.
Community support
Company and product blog.
The UpGuard cybersecurity and risk management blog is updated four times a week and our breach research blog has uncovered and secured some of the largest data breaches.
Company and product blog.
Company and product blog.
Company and product blog.
Release rate
UpGuard has adopted DevOps principles internally to develop, test, and release software continuously, ensuring fast, consistent, and safe releases.
Pricing and support
Reported to start at $25,000 and is based on the number of vendors managed in the platform or the number of security questionnaires to which you're responding.
UpGuard has a transparent pricing model which you can view here. UpGuard pricing starts at $5k/year and scales with your company.
Public pricing information is not available. Pricing is reported to start at $20,000 plus $2,000-$2,500 per vendor per year.
Public pricing information is not available. Reports say pricing starts at $16,500 for self-assessment plus five vendors, and additional vendors cost $1,500-$2,000 per vendor per year.
Public pricing information is not available. Pricing is reported to start at $10,000 and increases based on the number of vendors monitored.
API and extensibility
UpGuard offers a standard API to pull data into other enterprise applications.
Third-party integrations
Integrates with RiskRecon, Active Directory, Okta, and onelogin.
Integrates with GRC platforms, ticketing systems like ServiceNow, and more.
Offers integrations with RSA Archer GRC, CyberGRX, OneTrust Vendorpedia, ProcessUnity, MetricStream, and more.
Offers integrations with GRC platforms such as RSA Archer.
Offers integrations with GRC platforms such as RSA Archer, Sigma Ratings, Whistic, and more.
Customers
Customers include Betterment, Invision, Airbnb, Zynga, and Robinhood.
NASA, the New York Stock Exchange (ICE), Morningstar, Akamai, Bill.com, IAG, and ADP. Read our customer stories.
Customers include The University of North Florida, Snam, EPAM, and PROSA.
Customers include Symantec, Pepsico, Two Sigma, and Stony Brook University.
Customers include Informatica, Tufts Health Plan, University of San Francisco, and Sentara.
Predictive capabilities
Relies on risk assessments which can quickly become out of date as new zero-day exploits are discovered and new IT infrastructure is used. The truth is that questionnaires, much like penetration testing, can be subjective and become inaccurate over time as new security issues emerge. Additionally, Whistic provides no controls for capturing data loss incidents.
As UpGuard checks for misconfigurations across your Internet footprint, many important breach vectors are covered, including phishing, ransomware susceptibility (like WannaCry), man-in-the-middle attacks, DNSSEC, vulnerabilities, email spoofing, domain hijacking, and DNS issues.
The IP reputation methodology helps catch active malware installations, but that’s only one possible way a data breach can occur.
The IP reputation methodology helps catch active malware installations, but that's only one possible way a data breach can occur. Yes, they use additional data but lack the transparency to prove the efficacy of their scores
Focuses on third-party assessment across 11 security domains and 41 security criteria.
Security rating
Capabilities
Relies on standardized security questionnaires.
Usability and the learning curve
Risks detailed on each point-in-time vendor assessment, which means new risks are only detected during the next assessment process. Remediation requests are not available. Their risk assessments are aligned to the VSA questionnaire, CAIQ, SIG, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Security Controls, and Privacy Shield Framework.
Community support
Company and product blog.
Release rate
Pricing and support
Reported to start at $25,000 and is based on the number of vendors managed in the platform or the number of security questionnaires to which you're responding.
API and extensibility
Third-party integrations
Integrates with RiskRecon, Active Directory, Okta, and onelogin.
Customers
Customers include Betterment, Invision, Airbnb, Zynga, and Robinhood.
Predictive capabilities
Relies on risk assessments which can quickly become out of date as new zero-day exploits are discovered and new IT infrastructure is used. The truth is that questionnaires, much like penetration testing, can be subjective and become inaccurate over time as new security issues emerge. Additionally, Whistic provides no controls for capturing data loss incidents.
Security rating
Capabilities
2,000,000m+ organizations scanned daily.
Usability and the learning curve
High-level summation of risk with the ability to drill down into precise technical details.
Community support
The UpGuard cybersecurity and risk management blog is updated four times a week and our breach research blog has uncovered and secured some of the largest data breaches.
Release rate
UpGuard has adopted DevOps principles internally to develop, test, and release software continuously, ensuring fast, consistent, and safe releases.
Pricing and support
UpGuard has a transparent pricing model which you can view here. UpGuard pricing starts at $5k/year and scales with your company.
API and extensibility
UpGuard offers a standard API to pull data into other enterprise applications.
Third-party integrations
Integrates with GRC platforms, ticketing systems like ServiceNow, and more.
Customers
NASA, the New York Stock Exchange (ICE), Morningstar, Akamai, Bill.com, IAG, and ADP. Read our customer stories.
Predictive capabilities
As UpGuard checks for misconfigurations across your Internet footprint, many important breach vectors are covered, including phishing, ransomware susceptibility (like WannaCry), man-in-the-middle attacks, DNSSEC, vulnerabilities, email spoofing, domain hijacking, and DNS issues.
Security rating
Capabilities
170,000 supported organizations
Usability and the learning curve
Provides high-level summation of vendor risk allowing easy comparison of vendors.
Community support
Company and product blog.
Release rate
Pricing and support
Public pricing information is not available. Pricing is reported to start at $20,000 plus $2,000-$2,500 per vendor per year.
API and extensibility
Third-party integrations
Offers integrations with RSA Archer GRC, CyberGRX, OneTrust Vendorpedia, ProcessUnity, MetricStream, and more.
Customers
Customers include The University of North Florida, Snam, EPAM, and PROSA.
Predictive capabilities
The IP reputation methodology helps catch active malware installations, but that’s only one possible way a data breach can occur.
Security rating
Capabilities
1,000,000+ companies rated.
Usability and the learning curve
Simple interface for quick grade reports and charts.
Community support
Company and product blog.
Release rate
Pricing and support
Public pricing information is not available. Reports say pricing starts at $16,500 for self-assessment plus five vendors, and additional vendors cost $1,500-$2,000 per vendor per year.
API and extensibility
Third-party integrations
Offers integrations with GRC platforms such as RSA Archer.
Customers
Customers include Symantec, Pepsico, Two Sigma, and Stony Brook University.
Predictive capabilities
The IP reputation methodology helps catch active malware installations, but that's only one possible way a data breach can occur. Yes, they use additional data but lack the transparency to prove the efficacy of their scores
Security rating
Capabilities
RiskRecon distills its assessment criteria into a single score from 0-10.
Usability and the learning curve
Provides risk prioritization based on your configured policy.
Community support
Company and product blog.
Release rate
Pricing and support
Public pricing information is not available. Pricing is reported to start at $10,000 and increases based on the number of vendors monitored.
API and extensibility
Third-party integrations
Offers integrations with GRC platforms such as RSA Archer, Sigma Ratings, Whistic, and more.
Customers
Customers include Informatica, Tufts Health Plan, University of San Francisco, and Sentara.
Predictive capabilities
Focuses on third-party assessment across 11 security domains and 41 security criteria.
Security rating
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