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Methodware Kairos vs SecurityScorecard comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Methodware Kairos
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
GRC (29th)
SecurityScorecard
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
IT Vendor Risk Management (1st), AI Legal & Compliance (2nd), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

Sumeet Malhotra - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner at Tata Consultancy
Meeting industry standards now and for the future, straightforward setup, with reliability
The most valuable feature is the user-friendly mechanism that makes it possible to easily integrate its data with external, contextually important data, so that wholistic data analytics can be performed from a GRC perspective. At TCS, we have created add-ons to allow this software to be able to import and export data using industry standards like OMG’s XMI (XML Metadata Interchange).
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Application security engineer at a media company with 51-200 employees
Vendor risk monitoring has strengthened our security posture and reduced insurance costs
In terms of improvements, I feel SecurityScorecard could enhance some of the integrations based on AI platforms, where I could receive suggestions from the AI tool regarding why SecurityScorecard rates specific issues as critical or high. Details on the technical mitigation would help my non-technical teams understand the security issues better. I think improvements could be made on the reporting side as well, such as the ability to download customizable reports. While SecurityScorecard offers various kinds of reports now, they are limited to predefined formats. Having the ability to choose specific fields for an automated report would be very helpful.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly mechanism that makes it possible to easily integrate its data with external, contextually important data, so that holistic data analytics can be performed from a GRC perspective."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to import and export using industry standards like XMI and XML metadata interchange managing the data in and data out."
"We compared Methodware against IBM and Archer."
"Fortify Data offers attack surface capabilities that identify vulnerabilities, exposed ports, and dark web information."
"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."
"One of its most effective features for risk identification is its enterprise-ready automation for third-party risk measurements."
"SecurityScorecard continuously scans just about every IP address out there, which means there is information available about virtually every company."
"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."
"SecurityScorecard helps us identify potential vulnerabilities early, reduce third-party risk, and make more informed security decisions without relying only on questionnaires or self-reporting information."
"The biggest benefit is visibility, allowing organizations to understand their risks, vulnerabilities, and potential threats."
"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."
 

Cons

"The administrative console is not always the most intuitive"
"We are currently working on making Essence one hundred percent compliant and we are not there yet."
"We are currently working on making this software 100% compliant with the main method standard in the industry, i.e. “Essence”."
"SecurityScorecard can be improved. As it currently stands, it does a good job monitoring public-facing devices and the internet and DNS."
"The pricing of the product needs improvement in Brazil."
"There are areas for improvement in response times and overall support."
"They could improve the process with a questionnaire module for the product."
"The product can be improved by incorporating more data points and intelligence around dark web information and threat data."
"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."
"There could be more information in regards to solving problems like hints on what specifically to look for."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing of SecurityScorecard is fair. I would rate it a seven. It's a bit more on the expensive side. In Brazil, for example, making a payment to the vendor involves wire transfers and high taxes, making it more expensive. Selling SecurityScorecard or any American vendor's product in the United States is very different from selling in South America or Brazil."
"Even though it's competitive, they offer flexible pricing structures."
"The pricing could be split into a lower-paid tier for smaller organizations and another higher tier for others with a more security-focused outlook. $1000 per month is more than some companies pay for their internet connections in total. UPDATE: they have a new 400$ a month tier for starters."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

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Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise3
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SecurityScorecard?
I have seen a return on investment with SecurityScorecard as it is easy to use and has saved us some time, so we do not need to do the scans on our own.
What needs improvement with SecurityScorecard?
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 a...
What is your primary use case for SecurityScorecard?
My main use case for SecurityScorecard is to keep an eye on our vulnerabilities and also monitor which companies follow us in the platform, and we keep track when our score drops so we can fix it. ...
 

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