Ratings Tree

A ratings tree depicts an organization’s company hierarchy. Relationships between companies in the tree are structured as a parent company and subsidiary company. If you are the parent company, your subsidiary is a company in your ratings tree that is below your company. A subsidiary can be a parent of another subsidiary, which means some organizations may have multiple levels in their ratings tree.

Parts of a Ratings Tree

Nodes

Each company in a ratings tree is contained in a node. Nodes can be expanded or collapsed to show different levels of detail about the company they represent; select the arrow in the top right corner of a node to expand or collapse it.

When a node is collapsed, it displays the company’s headline rating, its rating category, and its ratings types, if any. When a node is expanded, it also displays:

• The company’s rating gauge, their rating category, and select rating designations.
• The number of companies monitoring this company.
• The number of IP addresses attributed to this company.
• A toggle to add the company to benchmarking.
• A More Details option. Select this option to reveal:
  • A brief description of the company.
  • The company’s industry.
  • The subscription type used to monitor the company.

Node Legend

Delegated Security Controls

The company has assets with delegated security controls.

Low Confidence

The signal we have on their infrastructure is limited. We were unable to discover, attribute, and verify enough assets during the network mapping process.

Not Subscribed

You are not subscribed to the company.

Primary Rating

Highlighted as the primary.

Privately Published Company

The rating is private, available internally only to the publishing organization.

Rating Bundle

This company is part of a rating bundle.

[Rating Category] Basic Rating

The company is in the basic rating category.

[Rating Category] Intermediate Rating

The company is in the intermediate rating category.

[Rating Category] Advanced Rating

The company is in the advanced rating category.

Branches

Nodes on a ratings tree are organized into branches. From left to right, each branch represents the next level down in the company’s hierarchy of subsidiaries. If multiple subsidiaries in one branch have their own subsidiaries, the next level of the ratings tree will contain two branches.

If a node has a branch, the ratings tree displays a black box next to it. The box indicates how many subsidiaries are contained in the branch. Selecting the box expands or collapses the branch.

Navigating a Ratings Tree

• Scroll left, right, up, or down to move to different parts of a ratings tree.
• Zoom in or out using the zoom slider.
• Select the Target button to return to the company highlighted in the context switcher.
• Collapse a branch to filter out the branch’ details. Collapsing a branch also collapses any branches beneath it in the ratings tree.
• To search the tree for a specific company, enter its primary name, domain, or IP address into the search box at the top. Only the relevant company and its parents are shown; your search text is highlighted in yellow. The results include both subscribed and unsubscribed companies.
• Navigation filters are available within the SPM application.