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title: "Bitsight"
url: "https://support.3rdrisk.com/en/article/bitsight"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-07-20T16:10:33.721Z"
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# Bitsight

This article describes how you can activate and use BitSight data on the 3rdRisk platform. To activate BitSight, you need to have a valid BitSight subscription. Please [contact](mailto:3rdRiskSupport@diligent.com) us if you want to know more about the subscription models.

## **BitSight**

As one of the world’s leading Security Rating Service for [third-party cyber risk assessment](https://www.bitsight.com/glossary/third-party-cyber-risk-assessment), BitSight enables organizations to improve [cyber security and risk management](https://www.bitsight.com/glossary/cyber-security-and-risk-management) throughout the vendor lifecycle. BitSight Security Ratings are a proven [cyber security assessment tool](https://www.bitsight.com/glossary/cyber-security-assessment-tool), providing a dynamic measurement of each vendor’s cybersecurity posture based on objective, verifiable data. Through [continuous monitoring](https://www.bitsight.com/glossary/continuous-monitoring) and assessment – including [attack surface monitoring](https://www.bitsight.com/glossary/attack-surface-monitoring), [cyber risk monitoring](https://www.bitsight.com/glossary/cyber-risk-monitoring), and [cloud security monitoring](https://www.bitsight.com/glossary/cloud-security-monitoring) – BitSight helps organizations make faster, more strategic decisions about third-party [cyber security risk management](https://www.bitsight.com/glossary/cyber-security-risk-management) and [cybersecurity policy](https://www.bitsight.com/glossary/cybersecurity-policy?).

## **Benefits**

The BitSight integration offers several benefits for your TPRM process:

-   Enrich information provided in due diligence assessments with BitSight ratings.
-   Inform your inherent risk management process with independent BitSight ratings.
-   Get real-time alerts when the BitSight rating drops, which enables you to timely initiate action in case of a threat or incident.

## **Activation**

3rdRisk platform users **with admin rights** can activate BitSight in the Integration section.

1\. Go to the **Integrations** page

2\. Go to the **External ratings** tab

3\. Go to the **BitSight** section

4\. Insert your **BitSight API token**

5\. Press the **Save** button.

## **Enabling/disabling monitoring**

After activating BitSight within the 3rdRisk platform, you have to decide which third parties you want to put under monitoring. This usually depends on the number of third-parties that you can monitor within your BitSight subscription. You can enable or disable monitoring of a third-party in the third-party catalog.

6\. Go to **Third-parties** and then **Catalogue**

7\. Click **Edit third-party** in the actions column

8\. Go to the field *Website*. Make sure the website is provided.

9\. Scroll down to **Integrations** and click on the search icon

10\. Select the right entity that you want to monitor by BitSight

11\. Press **Save selected company**

In the Catalogue an additional column "Bitsight rating" will be added showing the BitSight rating of the third-parties that you have put under monitoring.

## **Functionalities**

The 3rdRisk BitSight integration gives you real-time insight into the cyber security level of your third parties.

*BitSight ratings in third-party catalogue*  
In the third-party catalogue, you will see the BitSight ratings of the third parties that you have put under BitSight monitoring. When you hover over the BitSight rating, you will see a pop-up with a brief explanation of the rating.

When you click on the BitSight rating in the third-party catalogue, you will get pop-up that shows you all the details related to the rating.\* It includes a direct link to the BitSight portal in which you can find even more details.

*3rdRisk dashboard*  
The platform's dashboard comes with a default widget containing the BitSight score. If a rating changes, it will be shown in the widget. This includes the change (e.g. a drop of 20 points) including the new rating.

## **Alerts and notifications**

When the BitSight rating drops, you will get an instant notification by the platform's virtual officer. There are two BitSight-related alerts:

-   A slight decrease of the BitSight rating of a third-party
-   A significant decrease of the BitSight rating of a third-party

In both situations, the virtual officer will ask you if you would like to see the BitSight panel. In case of a significant decrease of the BitSight rating, the virtual officer will ask you whether an assessment should be initiated to the third-party.