What VisibleRisk does

VisibleRisk operates a cyber risk intelligence platform, legally organized as BitSight Technologies, Inc. (Massachusetts), that combines an AI-driven data attribution engine with human security researchers to discover assets, surface vulnerabilities, and rate organizational cyber risk. The platform ingests and correlates multimodal telemetry across clear, deep, and dark web sources, drawing on a reported dataset covering 40M+ vendors and 3,500+ enterprise customers. Core product offerings are organized into two families: Governance & Risk, including Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), Security Posture Management (SPM), and Security Ratings; and Security Operations, including Cyber Threat Intelligence, Supply Chain Exposure Management, and Exposure Management. Specialized modules extend coverage to identity, vulnerability, attack surface, adversary, brand, and dark web intelligence. The platform is exposed via APIs and an MCP-based, agent-ready interface for embedding into customer and agentic workflows.

The business model is cloud-based SaaS sold on annual subscription contracts with quote-based enterprise pricing, distributed primarily through direct enterprise sales. Go-to-market is reinforced by strategic technology partnerships with Microsoft (integrations and co-selling) and Moody's (cyber data distribution into capital markets), as well as analyst relations (Gartner, Forrester, GigaOM), research-led content marketing (Bitsight TRACE), product tours, events, and free lead-magnet reports. Primary buyers are enterprise CISOs, Chief Risk Officers, governance/risk/compliance teams, and security operations leaders across financial services, technology, healthcare, industrial, retail, consumer goods, and public-sector organizations. Recognized as a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cyber Threat Intelligence and a Leader in the 2026 Forrester Wave for Cybersecurity Risk Ratings Platforms, the company has been the subject of a Forrester-documented 297% ROI study, supporting enterprise buyer credibility.

Name

VisibleRisk

Legal name

BitSight Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://visiblerisk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

VisibleRisk operates a cyber risk intelligence platform combining AI-driven data attribution with human security research to help enterprises assess, monitor, and communicate cyber and supply chain risk across their digital ecosystems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Risk Management

NAICS

Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Governance & Board Reporting (Metrics, KRIs/KPIs) (HDADAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Third-Party/Vendor Risk & Due Diligence (BPAHAFAG), Fraud, Cybercrime Investigations & Brand/Dark Web Monitoring (BPAKAHAO), Risk Intelligence, Threat Monitoring & Crisis Response (Harmful trends, coordinated abuse) (BPAAALAN)

Keywords

• Cyber risk management
• Third-party risk
• Security ratings
• Cyber threat intelligence
• Supply chain security

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based SaaS Platform: Annual subscription model for platform access across multiple product modules including Third-Party Risk Management, Security Posture Management, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and Supply Chain Exposure Management. Delivered as cloud-based SaaS with enterprise contracts.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

VisibleRisk equips business leaders to understand, manage, and communicate cyber risk through a cyber risk quantification and benchmarking platform. The offering combines cyber risk ratings, financial-grade risk metrics, and continuous monitoring of enterprise and vendor attack surfaces to translate technical exposure into board-ready cyber risk decisions.

Product overview

Bitsight is a unified cyber risk platform with a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core Cyber Intelligence Platform combines real-time discovery of networks, assets, and vulnerabilities with an AI attribution engine and security researchers. The Governance & Risk portfolio includes Third-Party Risk Management (with 40M+ vendors monitored), Security Posture Management, and Security Ratings. The Security Operations portfolio includes Cyber Threat Intelligence, Supply Chain Exposure Management, Exposure Management, and specialized intelligence modules (Identity Intelligence, Vulnerability Intelligence, Attack Surface Intelligence, Adversary & Ransomware Intelligence, Brand & Executive Intelligence, and Bitsight Pulse). Additional tools include Groma Explorer and Underground Explorer for data exploration. The Bitsight TRACE research division provides ongoing threat research and reports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bitsight TRACE: Security research division providing threat intelligence and underground crime statistics.
• Bitsight Academy
• Bitsight Pulse

Products and services

• Third-Party Risk Management Assess, onboard, monitor, and respond to third-party risk with data-driven workflows across the supply chain, monitoring 40M+ vendors. Built for enterprise governance, risk, and procurement teams.
• Security Posture Management Measure, improve, and communicate cyber resilience with continuous visibility, threat-informed prioritization, and defensible reporting. Designed for security and risk leaders.
• Security Ratings Benchmark security performance with objective, trusted ratings that assess risk, track improvement over time, and build trust with partners and boards.
• Cyber Threat Intelligence Turn threat intelligence into action with real-time insights on emerging threats, compromised credentials, vulnerabilities, and attacker activity for SOC and threat intel teams.
• Supply Chain Exposure Management Provides deeper visibility into critical vendors with validated, evidence-backed intelligence and drives faster remediation of supply chain exposure.
• Exposure Management Discover, prioritize, and mitigate exposures across the attack surface with asset visibility, threat context, and business insight.
• Cyber Intelligence Platform Core platform combining real-time discovery of networks, assets, and vulnerabilities with an AI attribution engine and security researchers to build one of the largest mapped risk datasets.
• Professional Services Proactive and collaborative professional services delivered as an extension of customer security and risk teams for cyber risk program execution.

Quantifiable outcome

• 297% ROI delivered for security leaders per Forrester Total Economic Impact study

Named customers17 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic technology partnership with Microsoft for platform integrations and co-selling. BitSight cyber risk intelligence integrated with Microsoft security ecosystem.
• Moody'scoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Moody's for providing cyber data for capital markets. Combines BitSight's cyber risk intelligence with Moody's financial risk assessment capabilities for comprehensive enterprise risk management.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• UpGuard: Direct peer in third-party risk management and attack-surface monitoring, serving enterprise customers with continuous vendor risk scoring and cybersecurity ratings. Competes head-to-head with BitSight/VisibleRisk's TPRM and Supply Chain Exposure Management offerings.
• SecurityScorecard: Direct competitor in cyber risk ratings and third-party risk management, offering continuous external attack-surface scoring and vendor risk workflows to enterprise CISOs. Most comparable substitute for BitSight/VisibleRisk's Security Ratings and TPRM modules.
• Panorays: Direct peer in third-party cyber risk management, combining automated security questionnaires, external attack surface assessment, and risk ratings. Targets the same enterprise CISOs and vendor-risk buyers as BitSight/VisibleRisk.
• Black Kite: Direct competitor in third-party cyber risk management and cyber risk ratings, focusing on ransomware likelihood scoring and supply-chain risk quantification. Closely overlaps with BitSight/VisibleRisk's supply-chain and adversary intelligence modules.
• RiskRecon (Mastercard): Direct competitor in cybersecurity risk ratings and third-party risk management, now part of Mastercard, providing data-driven vendor risk prioritization to enterprises and financial institutions. Highly comparable to BitSight/VisibleRisk's vendor monitoring and risk-rating products.

Broad incumbents

• Rapid7: Broad security analytics and exposure management incumbent with overlapping attack surface and vulnerability intelligence capabilities. A wider-portfolio alternative to BitSight/VisibleRisk's SecOps-oriented modules.
• CrowdStrike: Endpoint and security platform incumbent extending into exposure management, threat intelligence, and supply-chain risk. Increasingly competes with BitSight/VisibleRisk across SecOps and Governance & Risk categories as part of a larger Falcon platform.
• Tenable: Established exposure management platform with broader vulnerability management and asset inventory capabilities. Competes with BitSight/VisibleRisk's Exposure Management and Attack Surface Intelligence offerings as part of a wider portfolio.

Emerging players

• Recorded Future: Threat intelligence platform with overlapping dark-web, adversary, and vulnerability intelligence capabilities. Directly comparable to BitSight/VisibleRisk's Cyber Threat Intelligence, Adversary & Ransomware Intelligence, and Dark Web Intelligence modules.
• Whistic: Emerging peer in vendor risk management with a stronger Proactive Security Exchange and assessment-exchange orientation. Comparable to the Trust Management Hub and Vendor Risk Management modules of BitSight/VisibleRisk, though smaller in monitored-vendor scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/visiblerisk
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCQK4819a_k18f2GGC3Fkv8g
• Facebookfacebook.com/BitSight
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bitsight
• Instagraminstagram.com/bitsight

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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