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PROS

SecurityScorecard automates risk identification, ensuring thorough scans of internal domains and IPs for vulnerabilities.
The initial setup of SecurityScorecard is quick and easy, taking just a couple of days without needing installation.
SecurityScorecard enhances visibility into risks and vulnerabilities, helping organizations better understand their security posture.
Continuous monitoring by SecurityScorecard provides ongoing risk assessments, aiding informed security decisions.
SecurityScorecard significantly improves security maturity and compliance, benefiting organizations and their customers.

CONS

SecurityScorecard's response times and overall support could be improved.
Pricing requires improvement, particularly in Brazil, and overall pricing expectations could be lower considering the SaaS model.
The vulnerability association process needs refinement as inaccuracies arise from associating unrelated company vulnerabilities.
An enhancement in guidance is needed, specifically with more detailed problem-solving hints and information on scanning operations and privacy aspects.
There is a need for the ability to mitigate vulnerabilities with alternative solutions and more intelligence on dark web information and threat data.
 

SecurityScorecard Pros review quotes

Steffen Hornung - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at Neuberger Gebäudeautomation GmbH
Jun 12, 2024
With its automated approach, nothing is missed on the IPs your organization is related to.
Rob Hussey - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at OnShift
Oct 19, 2023
The solution helps identify our environment's vulnerabilities.
Jai Prakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Technology Operations at InfoEdge India Ltd
Feb 12, 2024
I rate the product's initial setup phase a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup phase, and ten is an easy setup process.
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Hadar Eshel - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder and CEO at Cloudway
Feb 23, 2024
One of its most effective features for risk identification is its enterprise-ready automation for third-party risk measurements.
Antonio Scola - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at SUNLIT TECHNOLOGIES
Jul 12, 2024
With SecurityScorecard, the most valuable feature is the ability to identify if third parties or vendors have digital threats that may impact our company. It also scans all internal domains and IPs to find vulnerabilities in the digital landscape. The continuous monitoring capabilities have been beneficial by providing ongoing assessments of potential risks.
reviewer2542620 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Nov 7, 2024
The initial setup takes just a couple of days and doesn't require any installation.
reviewer2596755 - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Dec 10, 2024
Fortify Data offers attack surface capabilities that identify vulnerabilities, exposed ports, and dark web information.
AG
Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees
Dec 8, 2025
Since we onboarded SecurityScorecard, our organization has been positively impacted by significantly improving our security maturity.
Akhilesh Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 8, 2025
SecurityScorecard has positively impacted my organization and my customers by providing numerous benefits, as customers easily obtain the score, can determine what ports are open and many other things so that they can secure their DNS, applications, and networks effectively, and they have improved compliance and security with the help of SecurityScorecard.
JeffBrown - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Taktik Technologies
Dec 12, 2025
SecurityScorecard continuously scans just about every IP address out there, which means there is information available about virtually every company.
 

SecurityScorecard Cons review quotes

Steffen Hornung - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at Neuberger Gebäudeautomation GmbH
Jun 12, 2024
There could be more information in regards to solving problems like hints on what specifically to look for.
Rob Hussey - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at OnShift
Oct 19, 2023
The tool needs to have the ability to mitigate vulnerabilities with alternative solutions.
Jai Prakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Technology Operations at InfoEdge India Ltd
Feb 12, 2024
SecurityScorecard's technical team's response time is an area that my company expects to be made faster.
Learn what your peers think about SecurityScorecard. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
881,082 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Hadar Eshel - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder and CEO at Cloudway
Feb 23, 2024
They could improve the process with a questionnaire module for the product.
Antonio Scola - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at SUNLIT TECHNOLOGIES
Jul 12, 2024
The pricing of the product needs improvement in Brazil.
reviewer2542620 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Nov 7, 2024
Some wanted a different solution.
reviewer2596755 - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Dec 10, 2024
The product can be improved by incorporating more data points and intelligence around dark web information and threat data.
AG
Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees
Dec 8, 2025
Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for SecurityScorecard, since it does not require active deployment on our side being a SaaS-first company, I expected slightly lower pricing.
Akhilesh Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at M.TECH Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 8, 2025
SecurityScorecard can be improved. As it currently stands, it does a good job monitoring public-facing devices and the internet and DNS.
JeffBrown - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Taktik Technologies
Dec 12, 2025
SecurityScorecard can be complex during setup, and I would recommend that anyone implementing it get help setting it up because it is not as straightforward as people might think.