# Black Kite: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 2 categories by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/black-kite

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Cyber risk quantification](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/cyber-risk-quantification/index.md) | 2% | 15 | 0% | 2 |
| [Third-party risk management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/third-party-risk-management/index.md) | 0% | 32 | 11% | 9 |

## What the models said for it

- "Black Kite is best suited for organizations that prioritize standards-based risk ratings, FAIR-aligned financial risk quantification" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Cyber risk quant)
- "Consider it when prioritizing cyber exposure, ransomware-related risk, or nth-party dependencies." (GPT-6 Luna, TPRM)
- "Black Kite (vendor risk emphasis)" (Grok 4.20, Cyber risk quant)

## And against it

- "The "Integrated" Security Ratings Tools (e.g., using Bitsight/Black Kite as a full TPRM)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, TPRM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Black Kite, from 32 of the 33 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- gartner.com: 14
- bitsight.com: 10
- riskledger.com: 10
- forrester.com: 9
- upguard.com: 9
- g2.com: 7
- securityboulevard.com: 7
- vcso.ai: 7
- cyberpress.org: 6
- kovrr.com: 6

### Pages cited

- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/third-party-risk-management-technology-solutions: 9
- https://riskledger.com/resources/best-third-party-risk-management-software: 7
- https://cyberpress.org/crq-tools-review: 6
- https://forrester.com/report/the-forrester-wave-tm-third-party-risk-management-platforms-q1-2024/RES180528: 5
- https://startupstash.com/best-cyber-risk-quantification-tools: 5
- https://surecloud.com/blog-hub/third-party-risk-management-software-compared: 5
- https://vcso.ai/learn/cyber-risk-quantification-tools-comparison: 5
- https://ganintegrity.com/resources/blog/top-10-third-party-risk-management-vendors-for-compliance-ethics-and-supply-chain-risk: 4

## In its own words

What Black Kite's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The AI-native third-party cyber risk management platform built for modern TPCRM programs. Continuous intelligence, standards-based data, and Open FAIR™ impact. (https://blackkite.com/)
- For: Security and risk teams (https://blackkite.com/)
- Certifications: TX-RAMP, GDPR, ISO 27001, CSA STAR, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: United States
- Customers named: Markel, BCBS, BNY Mellon, Healthfirst, HIG Capital, LPL Financial

## What it publishes

Every page blackkite.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1087 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 493 pages, 16 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- case study: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-10-10
- webinar or virtual event: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-12
- conference or event: 5 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-22
- report or ebook: 215 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- comparison: 8 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-09
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-06-28
- glossary or explainer: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-10-03
- podcast or video: 50 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- news or press: 77 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Mythos vulnerability patch gap supply chain https://blackkite.com/blog/mythos-vulnerability-patch-gap-supply-chain
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Tprm insights screenconnect exim citrix netscaler apache tomcat langflow https://blackkite.com/blog/tprm-insights-screenconnect-exim-citrix-netscaler-apache-tomcat-langflow
- Recent: 2026-09-23 podcast or video: Ai third party risk data provenance https://blackkite.com/podcasts/ai-third-party-risk-data-provenance
- Recent: 2026-09-22 conference or event: Ok tprm summit 2026 https://blackkite.com/events/ok-tprm-summit-2026
- Recent: 2026-09-17 report or ebook: 2026 manufacturing distribution https://blackkite.com/reports/2026-manufacturing-distribution
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: Supply chain incident response before incident https://blackkite.com/blog/supply-chain-incident-response-before-incident

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.