Introducing Daily Scanning Cadence! – Help Center

What is the new scanning cadence?

Daily scanning of entire digital footprint for a company (previously, the footprint was scanned approximately once a week)
This is an upgraded scanning infrastructure which gives improved coverage

This new cadence detects up to ~30% (approx.) more issue findings due to faster scanning and improved coverage due to an upgraded scanning infrastructure, giving customers a better understanding of their attack surface and potential cyber risk

It is available May 15, 2025 for SecurityScorecard Paid Customers + all monitored / followed scorecards (For remaining scorecards, we will continue with the weekly scanning cadence)
Exceptions are Very Large Telcos with Millions / Billions of IPs (current once per week scanning will continue to run on them)
- "amazon.com", "azure.com", "google.com", "meta.com", "facebook.com", "imdb.com", "centurylink.com", "verizon.com", "telekom.com", "telefonica.com", "t-mobile.com", "comcast.com", "orange.com", "vodafone.com", "bt.com", "telstra.com.au"

Q1. How is the new faster scanning cadence different from the previous one?

The new faster scanning cadence enables daily scanning of entire digital footprint for a company
The previous scanning was done approximately once per week

Q2. Does the new faster scanning cadence bring more issue findings?

Yes, faster scanning may bring more issue findings (in case our scans see it)
If any new issue findings are detected, it will show as usual in the platform under respective Issue Types and can be confirmed via the "History Events Tab"

Q3. Will SecurityScorecard scan and show more assets (IPs and domains) with this faster scanning cadence?

No, we’re simply scanning a company's digital footprint (whatever it is on a given day) to detect issue findings on a daily basis
Currently, a company's digital footprint changes everyday for almost all scorecards (this can be verified via the Attribution Log)

Q4. Does faster scanning impact the score for my company scorecard?

While most customers will not have a score impact, some may have an adjustment if more issue findings are detected for the scorecard
If there are any issues that impact your score, we will be giving an early notice to paid SecurityScorecard customers via an In-Platform banner in the "Issues" tab (~1 month before May 15, 2025) - if there is no score impact you will not get a banner

Q5. Does my score update faster with this faster scanning cadence?

Scoring updates will remain the same and take 2-3 days for Main Scorecards
We’re just scanning issues on a daily basis instead of weekly for a company's digital footprint (for paid customers + scorecards monitored / followed by them)

Q6. Is this a scoring recalibration?

This is NOT a scoring recalibration - while scores may be impacted due to increased issue findings, this is simply a faster scanning cadence

Q7. Does this faster scanning impact the decay period?

No, the decay period is not impacted - it remains the same (we’re just changing the scanning cadence from once a week to daily)

Q8. Do custom scorecards get the faster scanning?

Q9. Is there more load against a customer's web applications?

Q10. Will all issue types be scanned daily?

Most issue types will be scanned daily, but there are some that will be on a different cadence
Please view our Deep Dive in Scoring Methodology white paper available at to see the full list of issue types and their scanning cadence

Q11. When faster scanning will be enabled for my company scorecard?

Effective May 15, 2025 (Thursday) end of business, we've enable Daily Scanning for all SecurityScorecard Paid Customers + all monitored / followed scorecards