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D&B Cyber Risk Rating

What is the D&B Cyber Risk Rating?

D&B Cyber Risk Ratings available in our flagship Third-Party Risk solutions provide you with key insights into your third parties’ cybersecurity performance, along with continuous monitoring, helping your team to evaluate and understand potential cyber risks your suppliers, vendors, business partners, or customers could impose.

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What does the D&B Cyber Risk Rating look like?

D&B Cyber Risk Rating brings you industry-leading insights that cover over 14-million companies in 18 industry categories across the globe. These insights take in account hundreds of key cybersecurity factors organized into 10 scored risk factors that help you understand why a supplier might be a risk.

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How is the D&B Cyber Risk Rating Calculated?

D&B Cyber Risk Rating is powered by SecurityScorecard, the global leader in cybersecurity risk ratings, and built based off deep cyber scanning that includes:

The entire IPV4 webspace
Global network of cyber risk sensors
One of the world’s largest networks of malware sinkholes and honeypots
Domain and IP attribution using DNS, digital certificates, and WHOIS (domain ownership data)

The scoring methodology takes into account hundreds of key cybersecurity factors organized into 10 risk factors that inform the Overall Cyber Risk Rating including:

Network Security

Detecting insecure network settings

DNS Health

Detecting DNS insecure configurations and vulnerabilities

Patching Cadence

Out-of-date company assets which may contain vulnerabilities or risks

Endpoint Security

Measuring security level of employee workstations

IP Reputation

Directing suspicious activity, such as malware or spam, within your company network

Application Security

Detecting common website application vulnerabilities

Cubit Score

Proprietary algorithms checking for implementation of common security best practices

Hacker Chatter

Monitoring hacker sites for chatter about your company

Information Leak

Potentially confidential company information which may have been inadvertently leaked

Social Engineering

Measuring company awareness to a social engineering or phishing attack

See D&B Cyber Risk Ratings in Action?

Explore a self-guided interactive demo of D&B Cyber Risk Ratings in our D&B Supplier Intelligence flagship solution to see how it works!

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What else should I know about the D&B Cyber Risk Rating?

D&B Cyber Risk Ratings is made available via our flagship Third-Party Risk & Compliance solutions, D&B Supplier Intelligence and D&B Compliance Intelligence, which provide you the ability to report on cyber risk at the portfolio level. Report automation allows you to let the solution do the work to save time and run reports for you at the cadence of your choosing.

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