ISS STOXX Named Category Winner for Cyber Risk Quantification in the Chartis Research RiskTech100® 2025 Report

NEW YORK (October 15, 2024) – ISS STOXX, a leading provider of comprehensive and data-centric research and technology solutions that help capital market participants identify investment opportunities and risks, today announced it has been named the category winner for “Cyber Risk Quantification,” by Chartis Research in its RiskTech100^® 2025 report issued on October 9, 2024.

Chartis Research is a leading provider of research and analysis on the global market for risk technology. The RiskTech100^® is Chartis’s flagship report; a comprehensive and independent study of the world’s major players in risk and compliance technology. Using what it describes as a robust, repeatable methodology, Chartis ranks the top 100 risk technology providers and identifies the top players in specific risk and compliance categories. The awards also recognize the category winners for key areas of risk and compliance management technology.

The ISS Cyber Risk Score is a scaled representation of the likelihood that an organization will suffer a significant cybersecurity incident within the next 12 months. The score is computed by analyzing Internet-exposed network and domain signal data, along with business profile characteristics, with a machine-learning model that is trained using historical cyber security incidents. 

“We are deeply gratified to be recognized by Chartis for this award, which is a testament to the progress we’ve achieved in making cyber risk a more understandable and addressable topic for stakeholders up and down the value chain,” said Doug Clare, Managing Director for Cyber Strategy at ISS-Corporate. “Our empirical, data-driven approach to quantifying cyber incident risk serves as a ‘lingua franca’ for users of varying technical depth and across different stakeholder groups, including investors, insurers, and the technical and management teams of subject firms.”  

The ISS Cyber Risk Score is offered to institutional investors through ISS ESG, the responsible investment arm of ISS STOXX, as a means for investors to understand forward-looking cyber incident risk and as an insightful tool for more meaningful issuer engagement. Separately, ISS-Corporate makes the ISS Cyber Risk Score available to companies for self-assessment, peer benchmarking, and third-party risk management. Importantly, the score in this context enables companies to see their cyber incident risk through the same lens as their investor stakeholders. The score is also widely used by insurers for cyber risk underwriting and portfolio risk management.

ISS Media’s flagship title, Chief Investment Officer, will hold a livestream session on November 6 at 10:30am ET entitled Cyber Cache: Does Your Tech “Stack” Up?, during which Clare and investment industry experts will provide in-depth analysis and actionable insights into the ever-evolving landscape of technology for institutional investors. The event will include a discussion of breach trends, the impact of recent breach events, and an  analysis of the efficacy of the ISS Cyber Risk Score for publicly traded companies. Learn more about the event—designed for institutional investors—and register here.

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About ISS STOXX
ISS STOXX GmbH, through its group companies, is a leading provider of comprehensive and data-centric research and technology solutions that help capital market participants identify investment opportunities, detect qualitative and quantitative portfolio company risks, and meet evolving regulatory requirements. With roots dating back to 1985, we today deliver world-class benchmark and custom indices across asset classes and geographies and serve as a premier source of independent corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence research, data, and related offerings. Our products and services give clients the scale and leverage they need to grow their business more effectively and efficiently. ISS STOXX, which is majority owned by Deutsche Börse Group, is comprised of more than 3,400 professionals operating across 33 global locations in 19 countries. Its approximately 6,400 clients include many of the world’s leading institutional investors who turn to ISS STOXX for its objective and varied offerings, as well as companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk mitigation as a shareholder value enhancing measure. Clients rely on ISS STOXX’s expertise to help them make informed decisions to benefit their stakeholders.

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