GET: Findings Summary of a Company – Bitsight Knowledge Base

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

See the presence of infection, server software, or vulnerability findings in a company during the following time periods:

7 days back → Present day
14 days back → Present day
2 months back → 14 days back

Due to the output including several time periods, findings may be seen in multiple time periods.

Parameters

* Required.

Parameter Values

company_guid

* [Path] Identify the company to query.

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

type

[Query] Filter by finding type.

[String]

infection
server_software
vulnerability (Default)

confidence

[Query] Filter by risk confidence. Applicable only to vulnerabilities (?type=vulnerability).

[String]

LOW
HIGH

history

[Query] Set the format of the response data.

[Boolean]

true (Default) = Include findings before the latest rating date.
false = Exclude findings before the latest rating date.

Example Request

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

Example Response

[
  {
    "start_date":"2021-10-10",
    "end_date":"2021-12-09",
    "stats":[
      […]
      {
        "id":"CVE-2020-28949",
        "name":"CVE-2020-28949",
        "first_seen":"2021-01-05",
        "event_count":1,
        "host_count":1,
        "severity":null,
        "confidence":"HIGH",
        "severity_category":null
      }
    ]
  }
]

Response Attributes

Field Description

start_date

String [YYYY-MM-DD]

The start date when findings were observed.

end_date

String [YYYY-MM-DD]

The end date when findings were observed.

stats

Array

Findings within this company.

id

String

Identification for the finding.

vulnerability = The CVE ID of the vulnerability.
infection = The infection ID number in the Bitsight database.
server_software = The name of the server.

name

String

The name of the finding.

vulnerability = The name (such as “POODLE”) or CVE ID of the vulnerability.
infection = The name of the infection.
server_software = The name of the server.

first_seen

String [YYYY-MM-DD]

The date when this finding was first observed.

event_count

Integer

The number of times this finding was observed.

host_count

Integer

The number of affected hosts.

severity

Integer

If the finding is an infection (?type=infection), this is the severity of the finding. See Bitsight severity.

confidence

String

If the finding is a vulnerability (?type=vulnerability), this is the confidence level of the finding.

HIGH
LOW

severity_category

String

If the finding is an infection (?type=infection), this is the severity of the finding. See Bitsight severity.

Errors and Status Codes

See the common errors and status codes.

Code	Description
`200 – Okay`	Everything worked as expected.
`400 – Bad request`	This can often be due to missing a required parameter.
`401 – No Authentication`	No valid API token was provided.
`403 – Not Authorized`	You do not have permission to access this resource.
`404 – Not Found`	The company does not exist.

January 13, 2021: Published.

Parameters

Example Request

Example Response

Response Attributes

Errors and Status Codes

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