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What is UpGuard?

What is the difference between UpGuard Vendor Risk and UpGuard BreachSight?

Learn about the difference between UpGuard Vendor Risk, UpGuard BreachSight, and how they can work together.

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Notifications

What are notifications in UpGuard?

Notifications within UpGuard let you know when significant events occur or when you need to take some specific action.

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Security ratings

What happens if UpGuard scans a website that is in maintenance mode or unavailable?

Learn about how UpGuard treats domains that are in maintenance mode or unavailable.

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What services does UpGuard identify with port scanning?

Learn about the services that UpGuard can detect and monitor with its port scanning functionality.

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What are Security Ratings?

Learn about security ratings, their common use cases, and why security and third-party risk teams are adopting them.

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How does UpGuard collect data for its security ratings?

Learn how the data behind UpGuard's security ratings are collected.

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How are UpGuard's Security Ratings Calculated?

Learn how UpGuard's security ratings are calculated and why they are an accurate measure of your external security posture.

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How to improve your security rating

Learn how to improve your security rating in the UpGuard platform.

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How frequently does UpGuard scan websites?

Learn about UpGuard's scanning frequency and how quickly we add updated data to the UpGuard platform.

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Why do some risks appear as informational?

Learn more about how UpGuard classifies risks and why some of our risks appear as informational.

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User management

What user permissions does CyberRisk have?

CyberRisk offers a variety of user roles and permissions to help you manage access and visibility. Here's what each user role can do.

Written by Meghan McCann
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What is UpGuard’s Audit Log?

Learn about UpGuard’s Audit Log and the events that are captured by it.

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How to add a user

Learn how to invite a user to the UpGuard platform.

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How to remove a user

Learn how to remove a user from the UpGuard platform.

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What SSO solutions does UpGuard support?

Learn about the SSO options that the UpGuard platform supports.

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Templates and co-branding

How to set up templates

How to set up templates for remediation requests, risk assessments, questionnaires, and identity breach notifications in UpGuard

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How to enable custom branding

Learn how to add your company branding to any external communications and vendor risk reports generated in UpGuard.

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What is the maximum upload file size for UpGuard?

Learn about the file upload limit in the UpGuard platform.

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How does UpGuard determine ownership of a domain?

Learn how UpGuard determines ownership of a domain.

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How can I modify my existing labels?

Custom labels are a great way to sort your Domains or Vendors, but sometimes you may want to modify labels or remove one that's not in use.

Written by Meghan McCann
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What browsers work with UpGuard?

Learn about the browsers that are supported by the UpGuard platform

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What are UpGuard's password requirements?

Learn about the password requirements UpGuard has put in place to ensure your information remains secure.

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Resolving risks

What's the difference between using HSTS and doing a 301 redirect?

Learn why you should use HSTS even if you have a 301 redirect from all HTTP pages to HTTPS

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How to create a DMARC policy

Learn about how to implement and manage your DMARC policy to resolve DMARC-related risks in the UpGuard platform.

Written by Andie Ryan
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Resolving "Domain was not found on the HSTS preload list" risk

Learn how to resolve this risk to prevent vulnerabilities to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Written by Andie Ryan
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