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CyberGreen Begins Internet Scans as of September 2017

October 24, 2017

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After conducting a data validation analysis, CyberGreen is announcing that, as of September 2017, it has officially begun Internet scanning for 4 risk indicators (opendns, openntp, openssdp, opensnmp). The full data validation report can be downloaded here. The executive summary is below.

Excecutive Summary

To build its internet health metrics, CyberGreen collects data from third parties using different methodologies and tools. In order to improve the collection and analysis of this data, CyberGreen cross-references the data against each other and over time. This report discusses initial findings about the data and how CyberGreen will use these findings to launch its own scanning capability.

Our primary observations are that there is a critical need to cross-reference multiple data sources, as different techniques provide different results. We also note that many of the data sets are highly volatile, with a large replacement rate for IP addresses in consecutive scans.

TERMS OF USE

The CyberGreen Institute (“CyberGreen”) Is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the creation and dissemination of metrics measuring the Cyber health of networks along with related data, metrics, and analysis. We also assist network operators with the adoption of Cyber hygiene best practices and risk remediation. A big part of our mission is the collection, calculation, and public distribution of our CyberGreen Index. The CyberGreen Index and the other data that we publish on this website is released under the Affero General Public License (version 3) (the “License”). The use of License ensures that our data remains freely accessible and freely useable by members of the public. (In rare circumstances, we may use another license to distribute data, in which case the specific data set will not be available without a click-thru notice specifying the specific license that applies.)

We do ask that you cite us properly in any academic work as the source for anything that you take from this website. If you are a commercial firm and wish to incorporate our data into a commercial product, you must acknowledge CyberGreen as the source of the data that you used and provide your customers with a link to this website with simple instructions on how to find the data that you took from our site.

We do not publish personally identifiable information (PII) or other information that implicates third party privacy rights. CyberGreen is committed to being compliant with GDPR. Our compliance efforts have been certified by the Institute for Social Internet Public Policy (ISIPP).

TERMS OF USE

The CyberGreen Institute (“CyberGreen”) Is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the creation and dissemination of metrics measuring the Cyber health of networks along with related data, metrics, and analysis. We also assist network operators with the adoption of Cyber hygiene best practices and risk remediation. A big part of our mission is the collection, calculation, and public distribution of our CyberGreen Index. The CyberGreen Index and the other data that we publish on this website is released under the Affero General Public License (version 3) (the “License”). The use of License ensures that our data remains freely accessible and freely useable by members of the public. (In rare circumstances, we may use another license to distribute data, in which case the specific data set will not be available without a click-thru notice specifying the specific license that applies.)

We do ask that you cite us properly in any academic work as the source for anything that you take from this website. If you are a commercial firm and wish to incorporate our data into a commercial product, you must acknowledge CyberGreen as the source of the data that you used and provide your customers with a link to this website with simple instructions on how to find the data that you took from our site.

We do not publish personally identifiable information (PII) or other information that implicates third party privacy rights. CyberGreen is committed to being compliant with GDPR. Our compliance efforts have been certified by the Institute for Social Internet Public Policy (ISIPP).

TERMS OF USE

The CyberGreen Institute (“CyberGreen”) Is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the creation and dissemination of metrics measuring the Cyber health of networks along with related data, metrics, and analysis. We also assist network operators with the adoption of Cyber hygiene best practices and risk remediation. A big part of our mission is the collection, calculation, and public distribution of our CyberGreen Index. The CyberGreen Index and the other data that we publish on this website is released under the Affero General Public License (version 3) (the “License”). The use of License ensures that our data remains freely accessible and freely useable by members of the public. (In rare circumstances, we may use another license to distribute data, in which case the specific data set will not be available without a click-thru notice specifying the specific license that applies.)

We do ask that you cite us properly in any academic work as the source for anything that you take from this website. If you are a commercial firm and wish to incorporate our data into a commercial product, you must acknowledge CyberGreen as the source of the data that you used and provide your customers with a link to this website with simple instructions on how to find the data that you took from our site.

We do not publish personally identifiable information (PII) or other information that implicates third party privacy rights. CyberGreen is committed to being compliant with GDPR. Our compliance efforts have been certified by the Institute for Social Internet Public Policy (ISIPP).