SecurityScorecard

SecurityScorecard is a cybersecurity ratings company founded in 2013 by Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh. It produces patented, continuously updated security ratings and an AI-powered platform for managing third-party and supply chain cyber risk, an area it terms Supply Chain Detection and Response (SCDR). The ratings cover more than 12 million companies across 64 countries and are used by more than 25,000 organizations worldwide.

Its principal product, the SecurityScorecard Security Ratings Platform, is applied to self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting and cyber insurance underwriting. Complementary Supply Chain Detection and Response capabilities and broader AI-powered tooling support Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) and Security Operations Center (SOC) teams in detecting, prioritising and remediating vendor risk across their supplier ecosystems at scale. Technical work spans security ratings, machine learning, SOC tooling and cyber risk quantification and reporting.

The company operates globally and serves customers in enterprise security operations, third-party and supply chain risk management, and cyber insurance underwriting. It is backed by investors including Silver Lake Waterman, Moody's, Sequoia Capital, GV and Riverwood Capital, and was named by Fast Company as one of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2023. Its stated mission is to make the world a safer place by changing how organisations understand, mitigate and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees and vendors.