Viewing Cybersecurity Ratings

Diligent gathers cybersecurity data from reputable and trusted partners, including Bitsight and SecurityScorecard. These partners provide a data-driven approach to understand your organization's security posture. Use the Cybersecurity Ratings report to view security insights directly from third party providers and benchmark your organization's overall security effectiveness against the industry average.

Note

If Diligent One Platform is not visible in the left-hand Navigation panel, or if Cybersecurity Ratings is not displayed in the Diligent One Platform, the report has not been enabled for either you or your site. Contact your Customer Success Manager for assistance.

  1. In the Diligent One Platform, select the Cybersecurity Ratings report to open it.

  2. In the Bitsight section, select Discover Cybersecurity Rating Methodology to learn more about Bitsight, including how the provider calculates their security rating. You can also email content@bitsight.com to ask an expert.

  3. In the SecurityScorecard section, you can select from the following options to learn more about SecurityScorecard, including actionable cybersecurity insights:

    • Executive & Board Reporting Information

    • Access Your Instant Report

    • Sign-up to SecurityScorecard for Deeper Insights

    You can also email info@securityscorecard.io to ask a question.

    Note

    When comparing the data in the Cybersecurity rating and Cybersecurity rating trend visualizations, the scale to measure security performance differs significantly between each provider.

    • Bitsight: Rates companies on a scale of 250 to 900, with 250 being the lowest measure of performance and 900 being the highest.

    • SecurityScorecard: Rates companies on a scale of zero to 100, with zero being the lowest measure of performance and 900 being the highest.

  4. The Rating analysis tab displays ESG ratings analyses for your company and the Average Industry Peer. The Average Industry Peer is the average ESG rating score of other industry peers, allowing you to compare against peers for items such as:

    • Cybersecurity rating: a visual representation of your company's current cybersecurity rating and the industry average. The higher your rating, the lower the cyber risk. Move your mouse over the graph to compare your company's cybersecurity rating with the average of other companies in the same industry.

    • Cybersecurity rating trend: a visual representation of your company's cybersecurity rating and the industry average over time. Move your mouse over a data point in the bar chart to compare your company's rating to the industry average.