Bitsight, founded in 2011, is a cyber risk intelligence company that pioneered the use of security ratings as a method for assessing and managing cyber risk. The company operates globally, serving more than 3,500 customers, with over 68,000 organisations actively using its platform to monitor and mitigate threats.
At the core of its offering is the Bitsight platform, which draws on what the company claims to be the industry's most extensive external cybersecurity dataset. Powered by AI and machine learning, the platform delivers real-time visibility into cyber risk and threat exposure, enabling organisations to identify vulnerabilities, detect emerging threats, prioritise remediation, and manage risk across extended attack surfaces. Key capability areas include attack surface management, cloud security, digital identity security, and third- and fourth-party supply chain risk management.
The technical domains Bitsight works across span external data collection and analytics, threat detection, exposure monitoring, and vulnerability identification. Its security ratings product is used both for internal security posture assessment and for evaluating the risk profile of third-party vendors and partners - a use case that has become increasingly central to enterprise risk programmes.