Product guide
Market Index Guide
Market Index helps you compare DNS posture across S&P 500 companies by combining normalized DNS scores with delayed market reference context, freshness badges, and direct pivots into deeper domain-level investigation pages.
The short answer
Use Market Index when you need a ranked view of enterprise DNS posture at scale. It is built for trend detection, peer comparison, and deciding which companies or sectors deserve a deeper DNS investigation next.
Start here for broad visibility across many companies, then open Domain Visualizer for records, Security Posture for remediation findings, or Website Recon for infrastructure evidence.
What the tool does
- Shows a market-wide leaderboard of tracked companies ranked by DNS posture score.
- Lets you sort and filter by sector, company, and score ranges to isolate specific cohorts.
- Displays delayed market context so posture shifts can be reviewed next to market movement.
- Provides direct pivots into investigation workflows for evidence-driven follow-up.
The result is a triage-first workflow: detect, prioritize, and investigate without manually stitching multiple data sources together.
Lists beyond the S&P 500
Market Index also covers organizations that are not listed on a stock exchange. Each list has its own page, scored about once a month, and its own guide to what it contains and where the data comes from:
- Higher Education Market Index: US four-year colleges and universities from IPEDS, grouped by Carnegie classification.
- Healthcare Market Index: US hospitals from CMS, grouped by ownership and hospital type.
- Non-Profit Market Index: the largest US charities from the IRS, grouped by NTEE cause.
The DNS Security Posture Report Guide, a paid plan report, puts all of them side by side.
How to read score and rank
Each company row includes a normalized DNS score and position in the broader tracked universe. Rank helps with comparison, while score helps with prioritization.
| Signal | What it means | How to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Score | Current DNS posture summary for that company | Use for absolute triage thresholds and watchlist rules. |
| Rank | Relative position among tracked companies | Use for peer comparison inside a sector or index slice. |
| Delta / movement | Direction of recent score change when available | Use to flag improving or deteriorating posture trends. |
Freshness, delays, and timing expectations
Market Index combines DNS and market references that update on different cadences. Freshness badges are there so you can judge confidence in recency before drawing conclusions.
Delayed market quotes are intentional and should be treated as context, not real-time execution data. For operational DNS decisions, rely on the latest DNS score timestamp and check the scan’s Cached badge and timestamp, and query authoritative servers directly if immediate verification is needed.
If a company appears stale, open its detail page and verify the most recent scan timestamp before escalating. Re-run product-level scans where appropriate for up-to-date confirmation.
Recommended workflow
- Start on Market Index and set filters for the sector or cohort you care about.
- Sort by weakest scores or largest negative movement to build a short investigation queue.
- Open a company detail and pivot into Domain Visualizer or Website Recon for concrete evidence.
- Track changes over time to separate one-off anomalies from sustained posture risk.
FAQ
Is Market Index a real-time stock trading tool?
No. It is a DNS posture intelligence workflow that uses delayed market references for context.
Should I act on rank alone?
No. Use rank to prioritize review, then confirm with score details and record-level evidence before taking action.
How do I investigate a specific company further?
Use Domain Visualizer for records, Security Posture for grades and remediation findings, and Website Recon for likely infrastructure/provider attribution. Check saved scan timestamps; the Market Index stores the Security Posture grade from nine of its cards (all but Brand Protection, Attack Surface, Network Security, Vulnerability Management and Credential Exposure), so it can differ from the grade on the Security Posture page, which grades those too.
Where can I review the ingest and materialization pipeline?
Use the Market Index technical details reference for implementation-level flow and quality controls.