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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

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.
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.
ED
IT operations risk analyst at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 15, 2026
The best features SecurityScorecard offers for me are mainly being able to properly position my organization's security posture because of the score that is provided.
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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.
TC
Cybersecurity Specialist at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 29, 2025
SecurityScorecard has impacted my organization positively as it was a surprise to notice that many of our customers follow us there, and the tool scans the web twice per day, so we can see how hackers and what they can see from our publicly available IPs.
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.
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.
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.
Jai Prakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Vice President Technology 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.
 

SecurityScorecard Cons review quotes

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.
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.
ED
IT operations risk analyst at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 15, 2026
I realized that because my company was acquired by a bigger organization, SecurityScorecard started associating other portfolio company vulnerabilities to our score, which was not helpful because it was giving us wrong data and giving us vulnerabilities we did not have.
Learn what your peers think about SecurityScorecard. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2026.
893,221 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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.
TC
Cybersecurity Specialist at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 29, 2025
I suggest that SecurityScorecard could be improved by giving a little more specifics on how the scanning works and how you are able to detect those IPs, including more details on the privacy side about how the scanner operates and how it is sometimes allowed to do those scans.
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.
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.
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.
Jai Prakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Vice President Technology 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.