GET: Company Details – Bitsight Knowledge Base

https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v1/companies/company_guid

Get a company’s details, including:

Their rating.
Rating history.
Risk vector grades.
Company information.
Relationship details.

Parameters

* Required.

See query parameters for details on the format (Value: json) parameter.

Parameter Values

company_guid

* [Path] Identify the company to query.

[String] Company unique identifier [entity_guid]. See GET: Portfolio Details.

fields

[Query] Filter by fields.

[Array] Comma-separated field names, which are available in the response. The order of the specific fields might not be reflected in the response when using this parameter.

industry_average = Get the average rating of the industry sector.
industry_percentile = Get the company’s percentile rank.

Example Request

curl https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v1/companies/a940bb61-33c4-42c9-9231-c8194c305db3 -u api_token:

Use the fields parameter to get the average rating and percentile rank:

curl https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v1/companies/a940bb61-33c4-42c9-9231-c8194c305db3?fields=industry_average,industry_percentile -u api_token:

See the example response and response attributes.

Example Response

{
  "guid":"a940bb61-33c4-42c9-9231-c8194c305db3",
  "custom_id":"MyCo",
  "name":"Saperix, Inc.",
  "description":"Saperix Technologies LLC develops risk analysis software solutions.",
  "ipv4_count":4172,
  "people_count":300,
  "shortname":"Saperix",
  "industry":"Technology",
  "industry_slug":"technology",
  "sub_industry":"Computer & Network Security",
  "sub_industry_slug":"computer_network_security",
  "homepage":"http://www.saperix.com",
  "primary_domain":"saperix.com",
  "type":"CURATED",
  "display_url":"https://service.bitsighttech.com/app/company/a940bb61-33c4-42c9-9231-c8194c305db3/overview/",
  "rating_details":{
    […]
    "data_breaches":{
      "name":"Security Incidents",
      "rating":800,
      "grade":"B",
      "percentile":70,
      "grade_color":"#2AB277",
      "category":"Public Disclosures",
      "category_order":3,
      "beta":false,
      "order":19,
      "display_url":"https://service.bitsighttech.com/app/company/a940bb61-33c4-42c9-9231-c8194c305db3/rating-details/?vector=news"
    }
  },
  "ratings":[
    […]
    {
      "rating_date":"2021-06-01",
      "rating":490,
      "range":"Basic",
      "rating_color":"#c23024"
    }
  ],
  "search_count":9270,
  "subscription_type":"Total Risk Monitoring",
  "sparkline":"https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v1/companies/a940bb61-33c4-42c9-9231-c8194c305db3/sparkline?size=small",
  "subscription_type_key":"continuous_monitoring",
  "subscription_end_date":null,
  "confidence":"HIGH",
  "bulk_email_sender_status":"NONE",
  "service_provider":false,
  "customer_monitoring_count":232,
  "available_upgrade_types":[ ],
  "has_company_tree":true,
  "has_preferred_contact":true,
  "is_bundle":false,
  "rating_industry_median":"below",
  "primary_company":{
    "guid":"eed24cfa-c3ea-4467-aefa-89648881e277",
    "name":"Saperix Corporate"
   },
   "permissions":{
    "can_manage_primary_company":true,
    "can_annotate":true,
    "can_view_ip_attributions":true,
    "can_view_infrastructure":true,
    "can_view_forensics":true,
    "can_download_company_report":true,
    "can_view_company_reports":true,
    "can_view_service_providers":true,
    "can_request_self_published_entity":true,
    "has_control":true
  },
  "is_primary":false,
    "in_spm_portfolio":true,
  "is_mycomp_mysubs_bundle":false,
  "company_features":[
    {
      "name":"Risk Quantification",
      "slug":"risk-quantification"
    }
  ],
  "compliance_claim":{
    "trust_page":"https://saperix.com/compliance",
    "certifications":[
      […]
      {
        "name":"NIST CSF",
        "slug":"nist-csf"
      }
    ]
  },
  "related_companies":[ ]
}

Response Attributes

Field				Description
guid String [`entity_guid`]				This company’s unique identifier.
custom_id String				This company’s customized ID.
name String				This company’s name.
description String				Details about this company, which typically includes its industry and location.
ipv4_count Integer				The number of IP addresses attributed to this company.
people_count Integer				The number of employees in this company.
shortname String				The abbreviated name of this company.
industry String				This company’s industry.
industry_slug String				This company’s industry (slug name).
sub_industry String				This company’s sub-industry.
sub_industry_slug String				This company’s sub-industry slug name.
homepage String				The URL of this company’s primary external website.
primary_domain String				This company’s primary domain.
type String				This company’s rating type.
display_url String				The URL to this company’s overview page in the Bitsight platform.
rating_details Object				Information about this company’s performance by risk vector and details for use in HTML applications.
	Risk Vector Slug Name Object			This company’s performance for this risk vector.
		name String		The risk vector.
		rating Integer		For internal Bitsight use.
		grade String		The risk vector’s letter grade.
		percentile Integer		This company’s performance on this risk vector against their peers.
		grade_color String		The hex color code to display the letter grade in HTML applications.
		category String		The risk category.
		category_order Integer		The risk category’s visual sorting order in the Bitsight platform.
		beta Boolean		`true` = This risk vector is in beta and does not affect this company’s security rating.
		order Integer		The risk vector’s visual sorting order in the Bitsight platform.
		display_url String		The URL in the Bitsight platform for this risk vector’s details.
ratings Array				1 year of daily security ratings, starting with the most recent entry.
	rating_date String [`YYYY-MM-DD`]			The date when this rating was calculated.
	rating Integer			This company’s Bitsight Security Rating on this day.
	range String			This company’s rating category on this day.
	rating_color String			The hex code to display the rating category’s color in HTML applications.
search_count Integer				The number of times this company has been listed in search results.
subscription_type String				The subscription type used to monitor this company.
sparkline String				The URL to this company’s security rating trend line during the past 1 year.
subscription_type_key String				The subscription slug name used to monitor this company.
subscription_end_date String [`YYYY-MM-DD`]				The date when the subscription to this company expires.
confidence String				For internal Bitsight use.
bulk_email_sender_status String				`FULL` = This company provides bulk email sending services, which excludes this company from the Spam Propagation risk vector.
service_provider Boolean				`true` = This company is a service provider.
customer_monitoring_count Integer				The number of companies that are monitoring this company.
available_upgrade_types Array				For internal Bitsight use.
has_company_tree Boolean				`true` = This company has a ratings tree.
has_preferred_contact Boolean				`true` = This company assigned a collaboration contact.
is_bundle Boolean				`true` = This company is part of a ratings bundle.
rating_industry_median String				This company’s position in the peer group distribution chart.
primary_company Object				The primary company of this company’s organization.
	guid String [`entity_guid`]			The primary company’s unique identifier.
	name String			The primary company’s name.
permissions Object				Your Bitsight account capabilities and permissions.
	can_manage_primary_company Boolean			`true` = You have permission to highlight a primary for your organization.
	can_annotate Boolean			`true` = You have permission to identify assets and segment your network with infrastructure tags.
	can_view_ip_attributions Boolean			`true` = You have permission to view IP attributions.
	can_view_infrastructure Boolean			`true` = You have permission to view your infrastructure attribution.
	can_view_forensics Boolean			`true` = You have the Event Forensics add-on package.
	can_download_company_report Boolean			`true` = You have permission to view and download Bitsight Security Rating Reports (PDF).
	can_view_company_reports Boolean			`true` = You have permission to view Bitsight Security Rating Reports.
	can_view_service_providers Boolean			`true` = You have permission to access Bitsight for Fourth Party Risk Management.
	can_request_self_published_entity Boolean			`true` = You have permission to request the creation of a self-published rating.
	has_control Boolean			For internal Bitsight use.
is_primary Boolean				`true` = Your company is the primary for your organization.
in_spm_portfolio Boolean				`true` = This company is in your Security Performance Management portfolio (My Company, My Subsidiary, etc.). See subscription types.
is_mycomp_mysubs_bundle Boolean				`true` = This company is part of your ratings bundle.
company_features Array				Features that are enabled for your organization.
	Object			A feature.
		name String		The name of this feature.
		slug String		The slug name of this feature.
compliance_claim Object				Self-attested compliance claims.
	trust_page String			The trust website.
	certifications Array			Certification frameworks.
		Object		A framework.
			name String	The name of this framework.
			slug String	The slug name of this framework.
related_companies Array				For internal Bitsight use.

Fields Parameter

If you used the fields parameter to get the average rating and percentile rank (?fields=industry_average,industry_percentile):

Example Response

{
  "industry_average":690.0,
  "industry_percentile":"0"
}

Response Attributes

Field

Description

industry_average

Decimal

The average rating of the company’s industry sector.

industry_percentile

Integer

The percentile rank of the company in its industry sector.

July 18, 2024: is_unsampled_allowed no longer supported.
October 24, 2022: industry_average & industry_percentile values available for fields parameter; Self-attested compliance claim details.
June 13, 2022: Added has_preferred_contact, can_view_ip_attributions, is_unsampled_allowed, is_mycomp_mysubs_bundle, & company_features.

Parameters

Example Request

Example Response

Response Attributes

Fields Parameter

Example Response

Response Attributes

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