Evidence floor met in this release.
Published segment leaderboard
Cybersecurity: News-driven citations in the Machine Relations Index
This leaderboard uses only the Cybersecurity / News-driven citations segment denominator: 599 observed answer runs across 54 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 1,338 | Paloaltonetworks.compaloaltonetworks.com | Vendor-owned source | 13.52% | 81 | 599 | 54 |
| #2 of 1,338 | Sentinelone.comsentinelone.com | Vendor-owned source | 12.52% | 75 | 599 | 54 |
| #3 of 1,338 | Microsoft.commicrosoft.com | Vendor-owned source | 9.52% | 57 | 599 | 54 |
| #4 of 1,338 | Gartner.comgartner.com | Analyst and consulting research | 9.35% | 56 | 599 | 54 |
| #5 of 1,338 | Crowdstrike.comcrowdstrike.com | Vendor-owned source | 8.51% | 51 | 599 | 54 |
| #6 of 1,338 | Crunchbase.comcrunchbase.com | Market and company database | 8.35% | 50 | 599 | 54 |
| #7 of 1,338 | SecurityWeeksecurityweek.com | Editorial publication | 7.35% | 44 | 599 | 54 |
| #8 of 1,338 | Fortinet.comfortinet.com | Vendor-owned source | 7.18% | 43 | 599 | 54 |
| #9 of 1,338 | LinkedInlinkedin.com | Community and social platform | 6.68% | 40 | 599 | 54 |
| #10 of 1,338 | Redditreddit.com | Community and social platform | 6.18% | 37 | 599 | 54 |
| #11 of 1,338 | Zscaler.comzscaler.com | Vendor-owned source | 5.34% | 32 | 599 | 54 |
| #12 of 1,338 | Elisity.comelisity.com | Vendor-owned source | 5.18% | 31 | 599 | 54 |
| #13 of 1,338 | Infosecurity Magazineinfosecurity-magazine.com | Editorial publication | 5.18% | 31 | 599 | 54 |
| #14 of 1,338 | CRNcrn.com | Editorial publication | 5.01% | 30 | 599 | 54 |
| #15 of 1,338 | Topstartups.iotopstartups.io | Market and company database | 5.01% | 30 | 599 | 54 |
| #16 of 1,338 | Checkpoint.comcheckpoint.com | Vendor-owned source | 4.84% | 29 | 599 | 54 |
| #17 of 1,338 | Wiz.iowiz.io | Vendor-owned source | 4.67% | 28 | 599 | 54 |
| #18 of 1,338 | Fortunebusinessinsights.comfortunebusinessinsights.com | Market and company database | 4.34% | 26 | 599 | 54 |
| #19 of 1,338 | Nordlayer.comnordlayer.com | Vendor-owned source | 4.34% | 26 | 599 | 54 |
| #20 of 1,338 | Securityscorecard.comsecurityscorecard.com | Other observed source | 4.34% | 26 | 599 | 54 |
| #21 of 1,338 | Failory.comfailory.com | Market and company database | 4.17% | 25 | 599 | 54 |
| #22 of 1,338 | Huntress.comhuntress.com | Vendor-owned source | 4.17% | 25 | 599 | 54 |
| #23 of 1,338 | Ibm.comibm.com | Vendor-owned source | 4.01% | 24 | 599 | 54 |
| #24 of 1,338 | Landbase.comlandbase.com | Vendor-owned source | 4.01% | 24 | 599 | 54 |
| #25 of 1,338 | Tech Insidertech-insider.org | Editorial publication | 4.01% | 24 | 599 | 54 |
| #26 of 1,338 | Stellarcyber.aistellarcyber.ai | Vendor-owned source | 3.84% | 23 | 599 | 54 |
| #27 of 1,338 | TechRadartechradar.com | Editorial publication | 3.84% | 23 | 599 | 54 |
| #28 of 1,338 | Axiosaxios.com | Editorial publication | 3.67% | 22 | 599 | 54 |
| #29 of 1,338 | Cynet.comcynet.com | Vendor-owned source | 3.67% | 22 | 599 | 54 |
| #30 of 1,338 | Exabeam.comexabeam.com | Other observed source | 3.67% | 22 | 599 | 54 |
| #31 of 1,338 | G2g2.com | Market and company database | 3.67% | 22 | 599 | 54 |
| #32 of 1,338 | Marketsandmarkets.commarketsandmarkets.com | Market and company database | 3.67% | 22 | 599 | 54 |
| #33 of 1,338 | CTechcalcalistech.com | Editorial publication | 3.51% | 21 | 599 | 54 |
| #34 of 1,338 | Substack.comsubstack.com | Community and social platform | 3.51% | 21 | 599 | 54 |
| #35 of 1,338 | Trendmicro.comtrendmicro.com | Vendor-owned source | 3.51% | 21 | 599 | 54 |
| #36 of 1,338 | Cyber Magazinecybermagazine.com | Editorial publication | 3.34% | 20 | 599 | 54 |
| #37 of 1,338 | Cybercrime Magazinecybersecurityventures.com | Editorial publication | 3.34% | 20 | 599 | 54 |
| #38 of 1,338 | SecureWorldsecureworld.io | Editorial publication | 3.34% | 20 | 599 | 54 |
| #39 of 1,338 | Yahoo Newsyahoo.com | Editorial publication | 3.34% | 20 | 599 | 54 |
| #40 of 1,338 | Underdefense.comunderdefense.com | Other observed source | 3.17% | 19 | 599 | 54 |
| #41 of 1,338 | Appsecsanta.comappsecsanta.com | Other observed source | 3.01% | 18 | 599 | 54 |
| #42 of 1,338 | Grandviewresearch.comgrandviewresearch.com | Market and company database | 3.01% | 18 | 599 | 54 |
| #43 of 1,338 | Mordorintelligence.commordorintelligence.com | Market and company database | 3.01% | 18 | 599 | 54 |
| #44 of 1,338 | New Market Pitchnewmarketpitch.com | Editorial publication | 3.01% | 18 | 599 | 54 |
| #45 of 1,338 | Orca.securityorca.security | Vendor-owned source | 3.01% | 18 | 599 | 54 |
| #46 of 1,338 | PR Newswireprnewswire.com | Wire and press-release distribution | 3.01% | 18 | 599 | 54 |
| #47 of 1,338 | Strategy of Securitystrategyofsecurity.com | Editorial publication | 3.01% | 18 | 599 | 54 |
| #48 of 1,338 | Growthlist.cogrowthlist.co | Market and company database | 2.84% | 17 | 599 | 54 |
| #49 of 1,338 | Nist.govnist.gov | Academic and government source | 2.84% | 17 | 599 | 54 |
| #50 of 1,338 | Oneidentity.comoneidentity.com | Vendor-owned source | 2.84% | 17 | 599 | 54 |
| #51 of 1,338 | Okta.comokta.com | Other observed source | 2.67% | 16 | 599 | 54 |
| #52 of 1,338 | Acronis.comacronis.com | Other observed source | 2.50% | 15 | 599 | 54 |
| #53 of 1,338 | Bitsight.combitsight.com | Other observed source | 2.50% | 15 | 599 | 54 |
| #54 of 1,338 | Cisco.comcisco.com | Other observed source | 2.50% | 15 | 599 | 54 |
| #55 of 1,338 | CSO Onlinecsoonline.com | Market and company database | 2.50% | 15 | 599 | 54 |
| #56 of 1,338 | IT Proitpro.com | Editorial publication | 2.50% | 15 | 599 | 54 |
| #57 of 1,338 | Supertokens.comsupertokens.com | Other observed source | 2.50% | 15 | 599 | 54 |
| #58 of 1,338 | Business Wirebusinesswire.com | Wire and press-release distribution | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #59 of 1,338 | Connectwise.comconnectwise.com | Other observed source | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #60 of 1,338 | Morningstar.commorningstar.com | Market and company database | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #61 of 1,338 | Osohq.comosohq.com | Other observed source | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #62 of 1,338 | Portersfiveforce.comportersfiveforce.com | Market and company database | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #63 of 1,338 | Software Strategies Blogsoftwarestrategiesblog.com | Other observed source | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #64 of 1,338 | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com | Editorial publication | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #65 of 1,338 | TechTargettechtarget.com | Editorial publication | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #66 of 1,338 | Torq.iotorq.io | Other observed source | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #67 of 1,338 | Zeronetworks.comzeronetworks.com | Other observed source | 2.34% | 14 | 599 | 54 |
| #68 of 1,338 | Cloudtango.netcloudtango.net | Other observed source | 2.17% | 13 | 599 | 54 |
| #69 of 1,338 | Cmu.educmu.edu | Academic and government source | 2.17% | 13 | 599 | 54 |
| #70 of 1,338 | Forrester.comforrester.com | Analyst and consulting research | 2.17% | 13 | 599 | 54 |
| #71 of 1,338 | Optiv.comoptiv.com | Analyst and consulting research | 2.17% | 13 | 599 | 54 |
| #72 of 1,338 | Pinpointsearchgroup.compinpointsearchgroup.com | Other observed source | 2.17% | 13 | 599 | 54 |
| #73 of 1,338 | Projectstartups.comprojectstartups.com | Market and company database | 2.17% | 13 | 599 | 54 |
| #74 of 1,338 | Blackfog.comblackfog.com | Other observed source | 2.00% | 12 | 599 | 54 |
| #75 of 1,338 | Cyolo.iocyolo.io | Other observed source | 2.00% | 12 | 599 | 54 |
| #76 of 1,338 | Geekwiregeekwire.com | Editorial publication | 2.00% | 12 | 599 | 54 |
| #77 of 1,338 | Help Net Securityhelpnetsecurity.com | Editorial publication | 2.00% | 12 | 599 | 54 |
| #78 of 1,338 | Hsfkramer.comhsfkramer.com | Other observed source | 2.00% | 12 | 599 | 54 |
| #79 of 1,338 | Picussecurity.compicussecurity.com | Other observed source | 2.00% | 12 | 599 | 54 |
| #80 of 1,338 | Prolion.comprolion.com | Other observed source | 2.00% | 12 | 599 | 54 |
| #81 of 1,338 | Youtube.com/@cnbc-tv18youtube.com/@cnbc-tv18 | Other observed source | 2.00% | 12 | 599 | 54 |
| #82 of 1,338 | Cybersaint.iocybersaint.io | Vendor-owned source | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #83 of 1,338 | Fast Companyfastcompany.com | Editorial publication | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #84 of 1,338 | Matrixbcg.commatrixbcg.com | Analyst and consulting research | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #85 of 1,338 | Persistencemarketresearch.compersistencemarketresearch.com | Market and company database | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #86 of 1,338 | Pitchbook.compitchbook.com | Market and company database | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #87 of 1,338 | Safe.securitysafe.security | Other observed source | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #88 of 1,338 | Shadowdragon.ioshadowdragon.io | Vendor-owned source | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #89 of 1,338 | Startupwiseguys.comstartupwiseguys.com | Other observed source | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #90 of 1,338 | Stationx.netstationx.net | Other observed source | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #91 of 1,338 | Vestbee.comvestbee.com | Vendor-owned source | 1.84% | 11 | 599 | 54 |
| #92 of 1,338 | Capstonepartners.comcapstonepartners.com | Analyst and consulting research | 1.67% | 10 | 599 | 54 |
| #93 of 1,338 | CIOcio.com | Editorial publication | 1.67% | 10 | 599 | 54 |
| #94 of 1,338 | Cybersecurity Divecybersecuritydive.com | Editorial publication | 1.67% | 10 | 599 | 54 |
| #95 of 1,338 | GlobeNewswireglobenewswire.com | Wire and press-release distribution | 1.67% | 10 | 599 | 54 |
| #96 of 1,338 | Infisign.aiinfisign.ai | Other observed source | 1.67% | 10 | 599 | 54 |
| #97 of 1,338 | Mediummedium.com | Community and social platform | 1.67% | 10 | 599 | 54 |
| #98 of 1,338 | Panorays.companorays.com | Other observed source | 1.67% | 10 | 599 | 54 |
| #99 of 1,338 | Pwc.compwc.com | Analyst and consulting research | 1.67% | 10 | 599 | 54 |
| #100 of 1,338 | Redcanary.comredcanary.com | Other observed source | 1.67% | 10 | 599 | 54 |
Showing the first 100 rows from 1,338 observed domains.
Cite this
Machine Relations Index (MRI), Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai. Cybersecurity / News-driven citations: 1,338 observed source domains in the leaderboard, measured on 599 observed runs across 54 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/news_topic. CC BY 4.0.Parrott, J. (2026). Cybersecurity / News-driven citations 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/news_topic https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23652423@misc{parrott2026mricybersecuritynewstopic,
author = {Parrott, Jaxon},
title = {Cybersecurity / News-driven citations 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/news_topic},
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.