The UpGuard Platform

What scoring system does UpGuard use for vulnerability severity?

UpGuard uses CVSSv3 scores as the standard severity scoring system, and CVSSv2 when v3 scores are not available.

Written by Greg Pollock
Updated over a week ago

What are "provisional" risks?

As part of the release process for risks that will affect scores, they are first added to the platform with no score impact.

Written by Greg Pollock
Updated over a week ago

How to set up a Jira Cloud integration with UpGuard

Learn how to set up a Jira Cloud integration with your UpGuard account

Written by Lisa Baldacchino
Updated over a week ago

New reporting hub with board summary report - release notes

Release notes for 6th July 2022

Written by Lisa Baldacchino
Updated over a week ago

How to set up an integration in UpGuard

Learn what integrations are available with UpGuard and how to set them up

Written by Lisa Baldacchino
Updated over a week ago

Calculate potential score changes with the remediation planner

Written by Christian Kiely
Updated over a week ago

How to create an email integration in UpGuard

Send notifications to any email address by setting up an UpGuard Email integration.

Written by Lisa Baldacchino
Updated over a week ago

Reporting in UpGuard Cyber Risk

Learn about the reporting in the UpGuard Cyber Risk platform.

Written by Lisa Baldacchino
Updated over a week ago

Can I scan a sub-directory of a domain?

If we scan example.com why don't we scan example.com/path as well?

Written by Jonathan Odlum
Updated over a week ago

UpGuard Beta Tester program

Learn about UpGuard's Beta Tester Program, what it is, and how to get involved.

Written by Lisa Baldacchino
Updated over a week ago

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.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

What are notifications in UpGuard?

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to create custom notifications

Learn how to create custom notification types and use them for in-app and email notifications, or webhook triggers.

Written by Christian Kiely
Updated over a week ago

How to set up a Slack integration in UpGuard

How to connect UpGuard to your Slack workspace and create an integration.

Written by Lisa Baldacchino
Updated over a week ago

Using Liquid syntax to customize your integration

Learn how to use Liquid to create variable messaging within your UpGuard integrations

Written by Christian Kiely
Updated over a week ago

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.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

What services does UpGuard identify with port scanning?

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

What are Security Ratings?

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How does UpGuard collect data for its security ratings?

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

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.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to improve your security rating

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How frequently does UpGuard scan websites?

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

Why do some risks appear as informational?

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

Free users with read-only access

Written by Robin Antony
Updated over a week ago

What user permissions does UpGuard have?

UpGuard offers granular user permissions to help you control access to your account.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

Managing user permissions for your Shared Profile

Learn how to assign individual user permissions for Shared Profile users and what permissions can be assigned.

Written by Lisa Baldacchino
Updated over a week ago

What is UpGuard’s Audit Log?

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to export your audit log

Learn how to export your audit log from the UpGuard platform

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to add a user

Learn how to invite a user to the UpGuard platform.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to remove a user

Learn how to remove a user from the UpGuard platform.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

What SSO solutions does UpGuard support?

Learn about the SSO options that the UpGuard platform supports.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to edit the permissions or change the role of a user

Learn how administrators can manage the permissions of users

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to create and manage custom roles

Learn how to use UpGuard's roles-based access control feature to create and manage custom roles.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to set up templates

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to enable custom branding

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

Sending outbound emails from a custom address

Learn how to set up your account to send emails from a custom email address, using your company domain.

Written by Christian Kiely
Updated over a week ago

What are recurring reports?

Learn about how UpGuard can help automate your cybersecurity reporting

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

What is the maximum upload file size for UpGuard?

Learn about the file upload limit in the UpGuard platform.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How does UpGuard determine the ownership of my or my vendor's domains?

Learn how UpGuard determines ownership of a domain.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to manage your labels

Learn how to manage your domain and IP labels, as well as your vendor labels in UpGuard.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

How to manage your Home screen

Learn about how to use the Home screen to stay on top of what has happened in your UpGuard account since you last logged in

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

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
Updated over a week ago

What browsers work with UpGuard?

Learn about the browsers that are supported by the UpGuard platform

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

What is Incidents & News?

Learn how UpGuard can help you stay on top of important security trends and news related to your industry and your vendors.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

What are UpGuard's password requirements?

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities detection

Check if your organization or vendors have been exposed to notable Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

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

Written by Abi Tyas Tunggal
Updated over a week ago

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
Updated over a week ago

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
Updated over a week ago

The HTTP Still Available Check

This article covers the technical details, with examples, of why you might be failing the HTTP Still Available check.

Written by Steve Cossell
Updated over a week ago