Other Disclosures Risk Vector – Bitsight Knowledge Base

DoS: An attack intendxed to compromise the availability of networks and systems.
DNS Findings: A self-disclosed DNS event.

⇤ Public Disclosures Risk Category

The Other Disclosures risk vector includes other kinds of publicly disclosed incidents. It’s considered to be the least severe among the Public Disclosures risk vectors. Its impact to business continuity is minimal if they were to occur. Therefore, this risk vector is informational and does not currently affect Bitsight Security Ratings.

Incident Type	Description
ATM/Skimmer	A physical attack involving unauthorized access to an ATM, or the use of a skimming device to gather data from payment cards.
DoS	An attack intended to compromise the availability of networks and systems.
Fraud	An incident where a company was tricked into releasing information, funds, or other resources to an unauthorized party, not necessarily involving systems intrusion.
Other Disclosure	A disclosure that does not fall into one of the other categories. Examples of other disclosures: DoS: An attack intendxed to compromise the availability of networks and systems. DNS Findings: A self-disclosed DNS event. Learn more about the distinction between a DNS incident and a DNS finding here.

Review how the Public Disclosures risk category is calculated.

October 1, 2024: Separated DNS incidents and findings.
September 14, 2020: Fraud incident type.

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