SecurityScorecard vs. UpGuard Vendor Risk

Good:

* Initial recognition of perimeter

* Discovery of shadow IT assets

* Get nice reports to set baselines and objectives for your customers

Bad

* Does not provide threat intel as another tool

* Not enough documentation for the API or to automate scenarios

Incentivized

UpGuard Vendor Risk is great when we need a quick view of a vendor’s external security posture, especially during fast-paced onboarding. It’s also very useful for continuous monitoring with visibility into changes at Vendor's side without repeatedly chasing vendors for updates. The only scenario it is not very helpful, is small vendors / start ups that dont have an external footprint, but in that case the questionnaire's can be used.

Incentivized

• Security Ratings
• Security Assessments
• Reporting Center

Incentivized

• Helped us automate our vendor risk questionnaires
• Helps us continuously monitor our high-risk vendors
• All vendor risk data is in one place, organized by risk level, criticality, and status

Incentivized

• Pricing could be reviewed for specific industries which were more impacted by the pandemic situation.

Incentivized

• Integration with GRC systems, ticketing platforms could be stronger
• More configurable dashboards will be helpful

Incentivized

It gives overall risk visibility into our supply chain

Incentivized

n/a

Incentivized

We’ve evaluated other third-party security rating platforms, including those which focus heavily on questionnaires, self-assessments, and point-in-time reviews.
UpGuard's usp is continuous monitoring and external risk visibility, automated questionnaires, which reduced our reliance on manual follow-ups. That said, most tools in this space still need to be complemented with internal reviews and contract-level risk assessments, depending on the vendor and use case.

Incentivized

• Get insights about our external security posture
• Actionable tasks to solve

Incentivized

• reduce the time and effort spent on vendor due diligence
• it has improved our ability to identify higher-risk vendors early and focus remediation efforts where they matter most, rather than treating all vendors the same
• more informed risk decisions

Incentivized