Insurance App: Peer Analytics

The Peer Analytics page in the Cyber Insurance application [ Portfolio Risk ➔ Peer Analytics] is an analytics tool that provides an objective, data-driven comparison between companies and peer groups. It’s a solution that provides the broadest and most accurate view into the performance of security programs and actionable metrics that have been correlated to breach, based on the largest ecosystem of organizational cybersecurity performance data in the world.

Peer Analytics can be used to:

• Determine the level of security performance that a company should attain with the Rating Distribution chart.
• Profile organizations for communication and benchmarking purposes.
• Understand how specific factors drive security performance.
• Use the Risk Vector Gap Analysis chart for guidance on achieving a security rating goal or achieving parity with the best-in-class.
• Determine the initial conditions for how forecasting should be used, by identifying the right level of performance to strive for and the areas of improvement to focus on.

Actions

The following actions are available at the top-right of the Peer Analytics page:

• Edit Peer Group
• Reports

Edit Peer Group

The Edit Peer Group section shows the selected company and their rating.

• Use the Reset All Filter link at the top-right of this section to reset all filters.
• Define the peer group from the following sections and then select Save Peer Group at either the bottom or the top-right of this page.

  Field	Description
  Peer Group Company Details	Filter by one of the following: Number of Employees Number of Unique Services Rating Range
  Peer Group Definition	Define the company group based on industry or ranking.
  Peer Group Location	Filter by region and country.

Reports

Dashboard

The Peer Analytics dashboard provides the following information:

• Peer Group Distribution
• Risk Vector Performance
• Significant Comparisons (Top 10)

Peer Group Distribution

The Peer Group Distribution over Rating Ranges chart in the Overview tab displays how your selected company is performing within the peer group.

• Security Rating Range (X-axis): 20-point rating ranges.
• % of Peer Group in Rating Range (Y-axis): How many companies in the peer group have that rating.

The Risk Vector Performance section indicates how your organization’s risk vectors are performing against the peer group.

Risk Vector Performance

Significant Comparisons

The Peer Analytics Overview tab shows the top 10 of the following categories, including the percentage of companies within the peer group that are affected:

Findings that affect your selected company are highlighted and marked with a checkmark.