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Published segment leaderboard
Cybersecurity: Is it worth it in the Machine Relations Index
This leaderboard uses only the Cybersecurity / Is it worth it segment denominator: 278 observed answer runs across 12 dates.
Segment-specific denominator. Not the overall domain denominator.
Release floor: 7 dates.
Only released domains with evidence in this exact segment.
Leaderboard
Segment-specific cited sources
Rates, runs and rank are the producer's segment-specific values. Overall domain rates and engine breadth are not used as category rates.
| Rank | Source | Source role | Citation rate | Cited runs | Observed runs | Run dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 of 323 | Paloaltonetworks.compaloaltonetworks.com | Vendor-owned source | 22.66% | 63 | 278 | 12 |
| #2 of 323 | Cyware.comcyware.com | Other observed source | 18.71% | 52 | 278 | 12 |
| #3 of 323 | Microsoft.commicrosoft.com | Vendor-owned source | 14.39% | 40 | 278 | 12 |
| #4 of 323 | Swimlane.comswimlane.com | Other observed source | 12.23% | 34 | 278 | 12 |
| #5 of 323 | TechTargettechtarget.com | Editorial publication | 12.23% | 34 | 278 | 12 |
| #6 of 323 | Upguard.comupguard.com | Vendor-owned source | 11.87% | 33 | 278 | 12 |
| #7 of 323 | Sentinelone.comsentinelone.com | Vendor-owned source | 11.51% | 32 | 278 | 12 |
| #8 of 323 | Redditreddit.com | Community and social platform | 10.07% | 28 | 278 | 12 |
| #9 of 323 | Ibm.comibm.com | Vendor-owned source | 9.35% | 26 | 278 | 12 |
| #10 of 323 | Breachsense.combreachsense.com | Other observed source | 8.99% | 25 | 278 | 12 |
| #11 of 323 | Bitsight.combitsight.com | Other observed source | 7.91% | 22 | 278 | 12 |
| #12 of 323 | Rapid7.comrapid7.com | Vendor-owned source | 7.55% | 21 | 278 | 12 |
| #13 of 323 | Cyberproof.comcyberproof.com | Other observed source | 7.19% | 20 | 278 | 12 |
| #14 of 323 | Intruder.iointruder.io | Other observed source | 7.19% | 20 | 278 | 12 |
| #15 of 323 | Ionix.ioionix.io | Other observed source | 7.19% | 20 | 278 | 12 |
| #16 of 323 | Wiz.iowiz.io | Vendor-owned source | 7.19% | 20 | 278 | 12 |
| #17 of 323 | Crowdstrike.comcrowdstrike.com | Vendor-owned source | 6.83% | 19 | 278 | 12 |
| #18 of 323 | Praetorian.compraetorian.com | Other observed source | 6.83% | 19 | 278 | 12 |
| #19 of 323 | Stellarcyber.aistellarcyber.ai | Vendor-owned source | 6.47% | 18 | 278 | 12 |
| #20 of 323 | Cycognito.comcycognito.com | Other observed source | 5.76% | 16 | 278 | 12 |
| #21 of 323 | Splunk.comsplunk.com | Vendor-owned source | 5.76% | 16 | 278 | 12 |
| #22 of 323 | Censys.comcensys.com | Other observed source | 5.40% | 15 | 278 | 12 |
| #23 of 323 | Ciopages.comciopages.com | Other observed source | 5.40% | 15 | 278 | 12 |
| #24 of 323 | Synack.comsynack.com | Other observed source | 5.40% | 15 | 278 | 12 |
| #25 of 323 | Atlassystems.comatlassystems.com | Other observed source | 5.04% | 14 | 278 | 12 |
| #26 of 323 | D3security.comd3security.com | Other observed source | 5.04% | 14 | 278 | 12 |
| #27 of 323 | Group-ib.comgroup-ib.com | Other observed source | 5.04% | 14 | 278 | 12 |
| #28 of 323 | Huntress.comhuntress.com | Vendor-owned source | 5.04% | 14 | 278 | 12 |
| #29 of 323 | Connectwise.comconnectwise.com | Other observed source | 4.68% | 13 | 278 | 12 |
| #30 of 323 | Nhimg.orgnhimg.org | Other observed source | 4.68% | 13 | 278 | 12 |
| #31 of 323 | Torq.iotorq.io | Other observed source | 4.68% | 13 | 278 | 12 |
| #32 of 323 | Vectra.aivectra.ai | Vendor-owned source | 4.68% | 13 | 278 | 12 |
| #33 of 323 | Cmu.educmu.edu | Academic and government source | 4.32% | 12 | 278 | 12 |
| #34 of 323 | Cyber Security Newscybersecuritynews.com | Editorial publication | 4.32% | 12 | 278 | 12 |
| #35 of 323 | YouTubeyoutube.com | Search or media platform | 4.32% | 12 | 278 | 12 |
| #36 of 323 | Firemon.comfiremon.com | Other observed source | 3.96% | 11 | 278 | 12 |
| #37 of 323 | Ncsc.gov.ukncsc.gov.uk | Other observed source | 3.96% | 11 | 278 | 12 |
| #38 of 323 | Panorays.companorays.com | Other observed source | 3.96% | 11 | 278 | 12 |
| #39 of 323 | Checkpoint.comcheckpoint.com | Vendor-owned source | 3.60% | 10 | 278 | 12 |
| #40 of 323 | Mediummedium.com | Community and social platform | 3.60% | 10 | 278 | 12 |
| #41 of 323 | Outpost24outpost24.com | Market and company database | 3.60% | 10 | 278 | 12 |
| #42 of 323 | Slcyber.ioslcyber.io | Vendor-owned source | 3.60% | 10 | 278 | 12 |
| #43 of 323 | Externalsight.comexternalsight.com | Other observed source | 3.24% | 9 | 278 | 12 |
| #44 of 323 | Fidelissecurity.comfidelissecurity.com | Other observed source | 3.24% | 9 | 278 | 12 |
| #45 of 323 | Gartner.comgartner.com | Analyst and consulting research | 3.24% | 9 | 278 | 12 |
| #46 of 323 | Heimdalsecurity.comheimdalsecurity.com | Vendor-owned source | 3.24% | 9 | 278 | 12 |
| #47 of 323 | Ituonline.comituonline.com | Other observed source | 3.24% | 9 | 278 | 12 |
| #48 of 323 | Tenable.comtenable.com | Other observed source | 3.24% | 9 | 278 | 12 |
| #49 of 323 | The Hacker Newsthehackernews.com | Editorial publication | 3.24% | 9 | 278 | 12 |
| #50 of 323 | Bluevoyant.combluevoyant.com | Other observed source | 2.88% | 8 | 278 | 12 |
| #51 of 323 | Bugcrowd.combugcrowd.com | Vendor-owned source | 2.88% | 8 | 278 | 12 |
| #52 of 323 | Cloudsek.comcloudsek.com | Other observed source | 2.88% | 8 | 278 | 12 |
| #53 of 323 | Cybernx.comcybernx.com | Other observed source | 2.88% | 8 | 278 | 12 |
| #54 of 323 | Guideflow.comguideflow.com | Other observed source | 2.88% | 8 | 278 | 12 |
| #55 of 323 | Securityscorecard.comsecurityscorecard.com | Other observed source | 2.88% | 8 | 278 | 12 |
| #56 of 323 | Simplico.netsimplico.net | Other observed source | 2.88% | 8 | 278 | 12 |
| #57 of 323 | Attaxion.comattaxion.com | Other observed source | 2.52% | 7 | 278 | 12 |
| #58 of 323 | Consilien.comconsilien.com | Other observed source | 2.52% | 7 | 278 | 12 |
| #59 of 323 | CSO Onlinecsoonline.com | Market and company database | 2.52% | 7 | 278 | 12 |
| #60 of 323 | Cybelangel.comcybelangel.com | Other observed source | 2.52% | 7 | 278 | 12 |
| #61 of 323 | Cyble.comcyble.com | Other observed source | 2.52% | 7 | 278 | 12 |
| #62 of 323 | Exabeam.comexabeam.com | Other observed source | 2.52% | 7 | 278 | 12 |
| #63 of 323 | Guardian360.euguardian360.eu | Other observed source | 2.52% | 7 | 278 | 12 |
| #64 of 323 | Safe.securitysafe.security | Other observed source | 2.52% | 7 | 278 | 12 |
| #65 of 323 | Signisys.comsignisys.com | Other observed source | 2.52% | 7 | 278 | 12 |
| #66 of 323 | Cyrebro.iocyrebro.io | Other observed source | 2.16% | 6 | 278 | 12 |
| #67 of 323 | Evolvesecurity.comevolvesecurity.com | Other observed source | 2.16% | 6 | 278 | 12 |
| #68 of 323 | Expert Insightsexpertinsights.com | Editorial publication | 2.16% | 6 | 278 | 12 |
| #69 of 323 | Fortinet.comfortinet.com | Vendor-owned source | 2.16% | 6 | 278 | 12 |
| #70 of 323 | LinkedInlinkedin.com | Community and social platform | 2.16% | 6 | 278 | 12 |
| #71 of 323 | Sumologic.comsumologic.com | Vendor-owned source | 2.16% | 6 | 278 | 12 |
| #72 of 323 | TechRadartechradar.com | Editorial publication | 2.16% | 6 | 278 | 12 |
| #73 of 323 | Trendmicro.comtrendmicro.com | Vendor-owned source | 2.16% | 6 | 278 | 12 |
| #74 of 323 | Coderio.comcoderio.com | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #75 of 323 | Darkowl.comdarkowl.com | Vendor-owned source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #76 of 323 | Decryption Digestdecryptiondigest.com | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #77 of 323 | Deepwatch.comdeepwatch.com | Vendor-owned source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #78 of 323 | Hadrian.iohadrian.io | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #79 of 323 | Legba.applegba.app | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #80 of 323 | Mycroft.iomycroft.io | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #81 of 323 | Netspi.comnetspi.com | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #82 of 323 | Netwitness.comnetwitness.com | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #83 of 323 | Panther.companther.com | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #84 of 323 | Precisionsec.comprecisionsec.com | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #85 of 323 | Recordedfuture.comrecordedfuture.com | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #86 of 323 | Security Boulevardsecurityboulevard.com | Editorial publication | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #87 of 323 | Virsec.comvirsec.com | Vendor-owned source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #88 of 323 | Vmray.comvmray.com | Other observed source | 1.80% | 5 | 278 | 12 |
| #89 of 323 | Analyst1.comanalyst1.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #90 of 323 | Anomali.comanomali.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #91 of 323 | Bitdefender.combitdefender.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #92 of 323 | Complytec.comcomplytec.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #93 of 323 | Cotelligent.comcotelligent.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #94 of 323 | Cybersecfeed.comcybersecfeed.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #95 of 323 | Filigran.iofiligran.io | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #96 of 323 | Fortifydata.comfortifydata.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #97 of 323 | Intrusion.comintrusion.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #98 of 323 | Lumen.comlumen.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #99 of 323 | Phoenixcyber.comphoenixcyber.com | Academic and government source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
| #100 of 323 | Rubrik.comrubrik.com | Other observed source | 1.44% | 4 | 278 | 12 |
Showing the first 100 rows from 323 observed domains.
Cite this
Machine Relations Index (MRI), Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai. Cybersecurity / Is it worth it: 323 observed source domains in the leaderboard, measured on 278 observed runs across 12 distinct run dates, 2026-05-10 to 2026-11-02. Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-02+f9aaeca0db15. https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/is_x_worth. CC BY 4.0.Parrott, J. (2026). Cybersecurity / Is it worth it in the Machine Relations Index (Version mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-02+f9aaeca0db15) [Data set]. Machine Relations Research. https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/is_x_worth https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23652423@misc{parrott2026mricybersecurityisxworth,
author = {Parrott, Jaxon},
title = {Cybersecurity / Is it worth it in the Machine Relations Index},
year = {2026},
version = {mri\_score\_v2.1+2026-11-02+f9aaeca0db15},
publisher = {Machine Relations Research},
url = {https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/is_x_worth},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23652423},
license = {CC-BY-4.0},
note = {Machine Relations Index (MRI), Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai}
}Release and boundary
What this segment measures
Published November 2, 2026. The observation window runs May 10, 2026 to November 2, 2026. Methodology v2.1.
MRI measures observed root-domain citations inside monitored prompts. Segment rates are conditional on this sample and do not claim recommendation quality, traffic, placement availability, or commercial performance.