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Peril · Business Interruption

What takes the business offline?

When the systems a business runs on are exposed and vulnerable, a single compromise or outage can stop operations. The Business Interruption dial estimates how likely that is for this applicant today.

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What drives the dial

What the scan looks for.

Vulnerable core services

Internet-facing web, database and remote management services running software with known vulnerabilities.

Concentrated exposure

Findings piled onto the few hosts the business depends on most.

Shared dependencies

Hosting, CDN and DNS providers the footprint relies on, shown in Technology Dependencies.

How it shows up

In the report.

The Business Interruption dial sits in the Security Score. The findings behind it are in Risk Detections, and the Infrastructure section shows whether they’re concentrated on one host.

How to read the score →

Representative finding
FindingCritical vulnerability on the host serving the primary website
DomainWeb Server
PerilBusiness Interruption
Where it showsRisk Detections and Infrastructure (by host)
Fed by these domains

Where business interruption exposure sits.

Real-world context

What similar incidents cost.

The report’s Incident Lawsuits section matches the applicant to comparable real cases by industry, size and attack profile. It gives pricing context; it isn’t a prediction.

Questions to raise

Common subjectivities.

  • Patch critical vulnerabilities on internet-facing core services.
  • Remove services that do not need to be public.
  • Confirm tested backup and recovery for critical systems.

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