Bitsight
Provides cyber security ratings and exposure data on organisations and their third parties, used by insurers, investors and risk teams to measure cyber risk.
At a glance
- Entity level
- Organisation
- Type
- Company (private)
- Also known as
- ['BitSight Technologies', 'Bitsight TRACE']
- Flagship output
- Bitsight TRACE Research: 2026 Security Landscape Overview (latest: 2026, May 2026)
- Category
- Cyber & technology risk
- Also covers
- Security ratings and third-party cyber risk
- Tier
- Tier 1: Pioneer and market leader in cyber security ratings used by insurers and risk teams.
- Headquarters
- Boston, United States
- Coverage
- Global internet-facing exposure of organisations and their suppliers
- Public access
- Freemium
- Latest activity seen
- May 2026
- Evidence
- Active in 2025 to 26
How it produces intelligence
Continuous internet scanning (over 1bn observations a month), sinkhole infection telemetry and dark-web collection, analysed by the TRACE research team.
Risk themes
Focus regions
Leadership
- Emma Stevens, Threat Researcher (report author)
- João Godinho, Thought Leadership (report author)
Links
What it publishes
| Output | Type | Cadence | Latest edition | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitsight TRACE Research: 2026 Security Landscape Overview | Threat report | Annual | 2026 | May 2026 | Read report |
Latest findings
Recent public risk calls by Bitsight, summarised in our own words. They are its views, not 311's. Follow each source for the original.
Vulnerable entities rose 27% and vulnerable IPs 45% year on year, reaching about 34 million vulnerable IPs in 2025.
May 2026 · Horizon: 2025 · Source: Bitsight TRACE Research: 2026 Security Landscape OverviewRansomware is concentrated: the top five groups account for about 41% of attacks and the top ten for about 58%.
May 2026 · Horizon: 2025 to 2026 · Source: Bitsight TRACE Research: 2026 Security Landscape OverviewAI service usage grew 360%, with adoption outpacing governance and widening the attack surface.
May 2026 · Horizon: 2025 to 2026 · Source: Bitsight TRACE Research: 2026 Security Landscape OverviewSoftware supply-chain compromises now scale very fast, shown by the March 2026 LiteLLM compromise affecting a tool with about 26 million daily downloads.
May 2026 · Horizon: 2026 · Source: Bitsight TRACE Research: 2026 Security Landscape Overview
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Questions about Bitsight
What is Bitsight?
Provides cyber security ratings and exposure data on organisations and their third parties, used by insurers, investors and risk teams to measure cyber risk.
How does Bitsight produce its intelligence?
Continuous internet scanning (over 1bn observations a month), sinkhole infection telemetry and dark-web collection, analysed by the TRACE research team.
Where is Bitsight based?
Bitsight is based in Boston, United States.
What does Bitsight cover?
Its work covers cyber, technology & ai, trade & supply chains, with a focus on Global.
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