Bitsight VRM & Beacon Permissions by Access Level – Bitsight Knowledge Base

Learn how to manage who from your business has access to the platform and what access level they are granted. On this page, you will understand the different permissions by access level.

Bitsight VRM Roles

Action	Admin	Operations	View Only	Internal
Manage users (invite, edit, & remove):	✅	❌	❌	❌
Access to Settings:	✅	❌	❌	❌
Edit company information:	✅	❌	❌	❌
Manage vendor connections (view, add, & delete):	✅	✅	View only	View only assigned vendors
Vendor tiering:	✅	✅	View only	View only
Vendor review (assurances, questionnaires, breaches, scans):	✅	✅	View only	Only assigned vendors
Vendor findings (view, create, & edit):	✅	✅	View only	Only assigned vendors
Manage connection invites (view, resend, & cancel):	✅	✅	View only	❌

Beacon Roles

Action	Admin	Operations	View Only	Sales	Sales Operations
Manage users (invite, edit, & remove):	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Access to Settings (NDA:	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Edit company information:	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Share security profile (add customer):	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
Manage customers connections (view & delete):	✅	✅	View only	View only	✅
View & edit security profile (assurances, questionnaires, breaches, & scans):	✅	✅	View only	❌	✅
View & edit customer internal notes:	✅	✅	View only	❌	✅

Bitsight VRM & Beacon Roles

Action	Admin	Operations	View Only	Internal Business	Sales	Sales Operations
Manage users (invite, edit, & remove):	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Access to Settings:	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Edit company information:	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Manage vendor connections (view, add, & delete):	✅	✅	View only	View only assigned vendors	❌	❌
Vendor tiering:	✅	✅	View only	View only	❌	❌
Vendor review (assurances, questionnaires, breaches, scans):	✅	✅	View only	Only assigned vendors	❌	❌
Vendor findings (view, create, & edit):	✅	✅	View only	Only assigned vendors	❌	❌
Manage request invites (view, resend, & cancel):	✅	✅	View only	❌	❌	❌
Share security profile (add customer):	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
Manage customers connections (view & delete):	✅	✅	View only	❌	View only	✅
View & edit security profile (assurances, questionnaires, breaches, & scans):	✅	✅	View only	❌	❌	✅
View & edit customer internal notes:	✅	✅	View only	❌	❌	✅
View & edit shared data:	✅	✅	View only	❌	✅	✅
Manage share invites (view, resend, & cancel):	✅	✅	View only	❌	✅	✅
View & answer customer findings:	✅	✅	View only	❌	❌	✅
Manage customer contacts (add, edit, & remove):	✅	✅	View only	❌	✅	✅

Unpaid User Roles

If you are a vendor that have been requested to connect by a Bitsight VRM customer to complete an assessment or a customer with whom a Beacon vendor shared their security profile, you have access to a limited set of features. Here is the access level according to the scenario and your assigned role:

Vendor Completing an assessment

Action	Admin	View Only
Manage users (invite, edit, & remove):	✅	❌
Access to Settings (NDA:	❌	❌
Edit company information:	✅	❌
Share security profile (add customer):	❌	❌
Manage customers connections (view & delete):	View only	View only
View & edit security profile (assurances, questionnaires, breaches, & scans):	✅	View only
View & edit customer internal notes:	✅	View only
View & edit shared data:	❌	❌
Manage share invites (view, resend, & cancel):	❌	❌
View & answer customer findings:	✅	View only
Manage customer contacts (add, edit, & remove):	❌	❌

Unpaid Reviewing a Security Profile

Action	Admin	View Only
Manage users (invite, edit, & remove):	✅	❌
Access to Settings:	❌	❌
Edit company information:	✅	❌
Manage vendor connections (view, add, & delete):	View only	View only
Vendor tiering:	❌	❌
Vendor review (assurances, questionnaires, breaches, scans):	View only	View only
Vendor findings (view, create, & edit):	❌	❌
Manage connection invites (view, resend, & cancel):	❌	❌

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