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Wikipedia page for cybersecurity: research counts, mentions do not

Across IT, SaaS, software, AI and cybersecurity, our assessments for 2018–2026 put 63% of topics at low confidence on notability, 36% at medium and 1% at high. For cybersecurity our expert verdict is "depends on sources": a high-profile study or incident produces press coverage, while certificates, a company's own reports and expert comments in other outlets' news do not.

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Company N

From Wikipedia

Company N is a developer of endpoint protection tools. Its research team is known for analyzing cyberattacks on software suppliers.[1][2][3]

Type
security vendor
Product
endpoint protection
Reports
attack campaign analysis
  1. 1
    WiredTier 1investigation of an attack with analysis of the research
    ✓yes
  2. 2
    The RegisterTier 1editorial article about the company and product
    ✓yes
  3. 3
    Ars TechnicaTier 1technical breakdown of the researchers' finding
    ✓yes
  4. 4
    CVE entrycredit to researchers, fact only
    ≈fact
  5. 5
    Threat reportthe company's own report
    ✗no
  6. 6
    Conferencetalk by a company researcher
    ✗no

significant independent sources: 3 of 6

passes: 3 significant independent

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Company N

From Wikipedia

Company N is a managed security service provider: 24/7 monitoring, incident response and penetration testing for mid-sized businesses.[1]

Type
MSSP, consulting
Services
monitoring, pentest
Customers
mid-sized businesses
  1. 1
    ReutersTier 1news report on an acquisition, company named directly
    ✓yes
  2. 2
    PR NewswireAvoidpress release about a new client
    ✗no
  3. 3
    Forbes ContributorAvoidCEO column about the market
    ✗no
  4. 4
    Provider rankingindustry ranking, paid
    ✗no
  5. 5
    Certification registerconfirms a fact, not notability
    ≈fact
  6. 6
    Gartnerpaid vendor overview
    ≈fact

significant independent sources: 1 of 6

fails: 1 significant independent

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Company N

From Wikipedia

Company N is a startup building a vulnerability management platform. It has raised investment from venture funds.[1][2]

Type
product startup
Product
vulnerability management
Funding
Series A
  1. 1
    The InformationTier 2analysis of the business and product
    ✓yes
  2. 2
    MIT Technology ReviewTier 2breakdown of the company's technology
    ✓yes
  3. 3
    TechCrunchTier 2routine funding round news, fact only
    ≈fact
  4. 4
    VentureBeatTier 3funding round announcement
    ✗no
  5. 5
    CrunchbaseAvoiddatabase profile
    ✗no
  6. 6
    Conferencetalk by the founder
    ✗no

significant independent sources: 2 of 6

borderline: 2 significant independent

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Company N

From Wikipedia

Company N is a provider of remote access software. It is known for a 2023 data breach that affected its customers.[1][2]

Type
remote access software
Event
data breach, 2023
Customers
enterprises
  1. 1
    ReutersTier 1news report on the incident, company named directly
    ✓yes
  2. 2
    WiredTier 1investigation: what exactly happened
    ✓yes
  3. 3
    The GuardianTier 1expert quote in a piece about someone else's breach
    ✗no
  4. 4
    CVE entryvulnerability in the product, fact only
    ≈fact
  5. 5
    PR NewswireAvoidthe company's statement about the incident
    ✗no
  6. 6
    MediumAvoidwrite-up of the event on the company blog
    ✗no

significant independent sources: 2 of 6

borderline: 2 significant independent

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Why a page

Why a cybersecurity company needs a Wikipedia page: trust, search and AI answers

In security, trust is the product. Before a deal, a vendor gets checked in search, and Wikipedia is almost always on the first screen. A neutral article with independent sources answers "what kind of company is this" before someone else's review or a rumor does.

What a page gives a cybersecurity company

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Procurement and CISOs

Security and procurement teams check a vendor before the first conversation. A neutral, sourced article works as a first check that cannot be faked with your own website.

Why it matters → 02

Partners and channel

Resellers, integrators and technology partners look at a company before a deal. An article with history, products and research answers who it is without extra calls.

Why it matters → 03

AI assistants and the Knowledge Panel

ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity rely on Wikipedia when they answer what a company is. Google's Knowledge Panel takes its facts from the same place.

Why it matters → 04

After an incident

When a vulnerability or breach is already being written about, a neutral account with dates and sources beats rumors and outdated facts.

Why it matters →

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  1. Page creation

    An article about a company, product or study: sources, infobox, an incidents section and disclosure. First we decide what the article is about.

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  2. Editing and updates

    New products, acquisitions, research, leadership; we remove outdated and promotional text. The incident section is updated from sources.

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  3. Ongoing support

    We watch for edits and vandalism, restore the text and respond to deletion nominations. The incident section is not rewritten toward advertising or rumor.

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01Will it pass

Notability of a cybersecurity company on Wikipedia: what counts and what does not

The rule for companies (WP:NCORP) requires significant coverage in several independent reliable sources: the piece must be about the company itself, not from it, and not a press release or a passing mention. Certificates, customer counts and a company's own research do not confer notability by themselves. In security this breaks most often: the press constantly quotes the company's experts, but a quote is not yet an article about the company.

Notability index 2026: IT / SaaS / software / AI / cybersecurity

  • 63% low confidence
  • 36% medium
  • 1% high

Source: WikiBusines notability index 2026 (dataset, CC BY 4.0). The percentages are for the industry as a whole, not cybersecurity separately; they are assessments from our pipeline for 2018–2026, not Wikipedia statistics.

WiredTier 1editorial article · staff writer byline

"Researchers at Company N were the first to describe the attack chain through network device firmware, but independent experts question some of the conclusions."

Counts: an editorial analysis of the research, there are doubts, people outside the company are quoted.

PR NewswireAvoidpress release · text from the company

"Company N, a leading next-generation security platform, launches unbreakable military-grade protection and expands its partner network. This was announced by the CEO."

Does not count: written by the company itself, no editorial check, promotional tone.

Analyst reportpaidGartner · Forrester · vendor overview

"Company N is classed in the niche players category in the endpoint protection segment. The product integrates with the main event log systems."

Gray area: a source of facts about the product, but it does not prove notability by itself. Editorial articles are needed.

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Types of cybersecurity companies: where it is realistic and where almost never

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02Sources

Which outlets count for cybersecurity: business, technical and general press

What counts is the piece, not the outlet. The tier and WP:RSP status show how the Wikipedia community regards an outlet overall, while whether a specific text fits is decided by its author, its length and its independence from the company. Specialist security outlets (Dark Reading, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, Krebs on Security) are not classified in our dataset, so we do not show a status for them: we assess each piece separately.

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Financial TimesTier 1generally reliable

United Kingdom · Generally reliable, especially for business news.

✓Editorial pieces about a company, deals, incidents and regulatory decisions.

✗Sponsored content and retold press releases.

BloombergTier 1generally reliable

Global · Generally reliable for news and business.

✓News and analysis about a company, deals and cyberattacks in which it is named.

✗Bloomberg profiles: they rely on press releases, so they are only a source of facts (Tier 3).

ReutersTier 1generally reliable

United Kingdom · One of the world's leading news agencies, generally reliable.

✓News about cyberattacks, deals and regulator decisions in which the company is named directly.

✗Press releases hosted on platforms next to the news, and an expert quote without analysis of the company.

The Wall Street JournalTier 1generally reliable

United States · A leading newspaper of record, generally reliable.

✓Editorial pieces about a company's business, incidents and leadership.

✗Columns by outside authors and texts written on the back of a press release.

CNBCTier 1

United States · Generally reliable for business and financial news.

✓Editorial pieces about deals and public companies.

✗A short interview with a CEO with no check of the claims.

WiredTier 1generally reliable

United States · Generally reliable for technology and culture topics.

✓Investigations of cyberattacks and research in which the company is the subject of the piece.

✗Sponsored roundups and partner content.

Ars TechnicaTier 1generally reliable

United States · Generally reliable for articles related to science and technology.

✓Technical breakdowns of vulnerabilities and products with analysis.

✗Short retellings of announcements and reports with no analysis of their own.

The RegisterTier 1generally reliable

United Kingdom · The Register is considered generally reliable for technology-related articles.

✓Editorial pieces about vulnerabilities, incidents and companies.

✗Short notices based on a press release.

MIT Technology ReviewTier 2

Global

✓Analytical pieces about a company's technology and the consequences of its developments.

✗Sponsored content and roundups with no analysis.

The VergeTier 2generally reliable

Global

✓Editorial articles about a company, product or incident.

✗Short news items that repeat a press release.

TechCrunchTier 2no consensus

Global · Stronger for funded companies; lighter for fluff coverage.

✓Editorial pieces with original analysis and independent sources.

✗Routine funding round news that gives no depth (WP:CORPDEPTH), CEO interviews and sponsored content.

The EconomistTier 1generally reliable

United Kingdom · Generally reliable. Distinguish news from analysis.

✓Analytical pieces about a company, cyber threats and the market.

✗A passing mention of the company in a piece on the industry.

The New York TimesTier 1generally reliable

United States · A leading newspaper of record, generally reliable.

✓Investigations and reports about a company or its role in an incident.

✗Opinion columns and a mention in a list.

The GuardianTier 1generally reliable

United Kingdom · Generally reliable. Op-eds should be treated as opinions.

✓Editorial pieces and investigations about breaches and companies.

✗Opinion columns and the outlet's blogs (Tier 3).

AxiosTier 1generally reliable

United States · Generally reliable, but some consider it biased. Opinions should be attributed.

✓Editorial news about deals, incidents and security policy.

✗Short digests and opinion pieces without attribution.

Business InsiderTier 1generally reliable

United States · Reliability is situational. Culture section is generally reliable (Tier 1), other areas have no consensus.

✓Editorial articles about the company by a staff writer.

✗A mention in a "top companies" roundup and sponsored content.

PR NewswireAvoidgenerally unreliable

United States · There is consensus that PR Newswire is generally unreliable, as press releases published on the site are not subject to editorial oversight.

✓Nothing: it is a press release distribution service.

✗Any piece: there is no editorial review.

CrunchbaseAvoiddeprecated

United States · In the 2019 RfC, there was consensus to deprecate Crunchbase, but also to continue allowing external links to the website.

✓An external link in the "External links" section.

✗A source in the text and proof of notability: the database lists everyone.

Forbes ContributorAvoidgenerally unreliable

Global · User-generated content, not Forbes/Inc editorial.

✓Nothing: it is not the outlet's editorial content. Forbes staff writers are assessed separately.

✗Contributor columns, including those about your company.

MediumAvoidgenerally unreliable

Global · Medium is a blog hosting service.

✓Nothing: it is a blogging platform.

✗The company's technical blogs and postmortems that it publishes itself.

ZDNET (October 2020 – present)Avoidgenerally unreliable

United States · ZDNet was acquired by digital marketing company Red Ventures in October 2020.

✓Nothing for notability: since the change of ownership the outlet is assessed differently than before.

✗Reviews and roundups of security products as proof of notability.

StatistaAvoidgenerally unreliable

Germany · Statista aggregates statistical information from a number of sources, many of which are reliable.

✓Only a pointer to the original data source.

✗Its own statistics as proof of notability or market share.

TierTier 1 · reliableTier 2 · with caveatsTier 3 · situationalAvoid

WP:RSP statusgenerally reliableno consensusgenerally unreliable · deprecated

Tiers and statuses: WikiBusines' working classification based on Wikipedia consensus (WP:RSP), reviewed 11.2026. This is not an official Wikipedia list.

How we read a piece: five signals and a verdict

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WiredTier 1

Company N: how researchers found the supply chain attack

editorial article · staff writer, comments from independent experts and victims

  1. ✓Independent of the company
  2. ✓Editorial piece, not contributor
  3. ✓Not sponsored
  4. ✓Substantial coverage of the company, not a mention
  5. ✓Not a press release or a retold report

Counts as an independent sourcepassed 5 of 5

TechCrunchTier 2

Company N detected a new attack campaign and raised a round

"news" · the text matches the company's report, the only quote is from the CTO

  1. ✗Independent of the company
  2. ✓Editorial piece, not contributor
  3. ✓Not sponsored
  4. ✗Substantial coverage of the company, not a mention
  5. ✗Not a press release or a retold report

Does not count A retold own report is not independent coverage.passed 2 of 5

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03Risks

Why cybersecurity company pages get deleted: five typical reasons

The reviewer does not assess the protection. They look for a promotional tone, sources without editorial review and a suspicion that the company is writing the article itself. "Leading", "unbreakable" and "military-grade", own reports as sources and a removed incident section get the tag almost immediately.

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Company N

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{{Advert}}The article is written like an advertisement and needs rewriting.

Company N is a leading provider of unbreakable military-grade protection.Company N develops endpoint protection tools; Wired wrote about the product.[1]

no sources · wording from the company's website

Why it gets deleted. "Leading", "unbreakable" and "military-grade" without an independent source read as advertising. Such text is deleted entirely rather than corrected: absolute protection does not exist, and the reviewer knows it.

how we do itNeutral language. We tie every assessment to an editorial piece and never write words like "unbreakable" at all.

Company N

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{{Notability}}The sources are not independent significant publications.

Company N is certified to ISO 27001 and SOC 2.[1] Its protection has been chosen by large banks and government organizations.[2]Company N's product is described in a review by an editorial outlet.[1]

[1] certificate · [2] page with client logos

Why it gets deleted. A certificate confirms that a process was audited, not that the press wrote about the company. A client list is self-promotion, and notability is not inherited from clients (WP:INHERITORG).

how we do itWe mention a certificate briefly and only with the document as the source of the fact. The core of the article is editorial pieces about the company.

Company N

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{{Primary sources}}The article relies on sources connected to its subject.

Company N discovered a new campaign of attacks on suppliers.[1][2]Reuters and Wired wrote about the campaign described by Company N's researchers.[1][2]

[1] Company N threat report · [2] Company N blog

Why it gets deleted. A company's own report and blog are primary sources: the company is writing about itself. They confirm individual facts, but do not prove notability and cannot be the basis of an article.

how we do itWe cite the report only where an editorial outlet wrote about the same thing. Without such confirmation the claim does not go into the text.

Company N

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{{COI}}The article's author is connected to its subject.

The section on the 2023 breach was removed from an account linked to the company.The breach section was restored: the date, what happened and the company's response, with sources.[1]

the edit history is public and visible forever

Why it gets deleted. Negative information removed by the company is visible in the edit history, and the text is restored with a conflict of interest tag (WP:COI). The press has already described the event, so staying silent adds no trust.

how we do itThe incident section stays neutral and sourced. All paid editing is disclosed on Wikipedia in the name of WikiBusines.

Company N

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{{Notability}}The sources only mention the company and are not devoted to it.

Company N's experts are quoted by Reuters, Wired and The Register.[1][2][3]A separate editorial article is devoted to the company, covering its history and product.[1]

[1]–[3] expert comments in pieces about other people's attacks

Why it gets deleted. When a journalist takes a comment from a researcher, the company becomes a source of quotes, not the subject of the piece. That is a mention, not significant coverage (WP:CORPDEPTH): the number of citations does not change the picture.

how we do itWe count only pieces with paragraphs about the company itself: history, product, decisions. Comments can confirm at most an individual fact.

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04Article

A cybersecurity company article on Wikipedia: structure, infobox, what is in it and what is not

An encyclopedic article is made of verified facts, each with a footnote to an independent source. In security it has a separate incidents section: neutral, with dates and the company's response. Run the scanner over the sections: it shows which source holds up which claim.

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Company N

From Wikipedia

History

Company N was founded in 2014 in Austin by two security researchers.[1] In 2022 it acquired a cloud security vendor, and in 2024 it opened a research center in Warsaw.[2]

  • 1Reuterseditorial news
  • 2Bloombergdeal news

Products and research

The main product is an endpoint protection platform with a threat detection module.[3] The research team described a campaign of attacks on suppliers; an outlet's analysis calls the conclusions convincing but incomplete.[4]

  • 3The Registerproduct review
  • 4Wiredinvestigation

Incidents

In 2023 attackers exploited a vulnerability in Company N's product; a fix was released within a week.[5] Some customers learned about the vulnerability from the press, not from the company.[6]

  • 5Reutersnews report on the attack
  • 6Ars Technicatechnical breakdown

Criticism

Independent experts criticize the secrecy of part of the threat detection methodology.[7] A comparative test showed no advantage over competitors in one of the attack types.[8]

  • 7MIT Technology Reviewanalytical article
  • 8Ars Technicacomparative review

References

Every claim has footnotes; we check that each leads to an editorial piece. Company reports and CVE entries appear only as sources of individual facts, the company website only in the "External links" section.

  • 1–88 footnotesall editorial
  • →External linkscompany website

What does not go into the article

  • ✗Slogans, "unbreakable protection" and "trusted by"
  • ✗License prices and tariffs (they change)
  • ✗Certificates and client logos as proof of notability
  • ✗Own threat reports without editorial confirmation
  • ✗Photos and logos without a free license

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05Process

From audit to page in 4–5 weeks: steps for cybersecurity

Five steps, and each has a specific for cybersecurity companies. After publication a 90-day window of monitoring, support and guarantee begins.

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If a published page cannot be defended after 3 attempts within this window, we refund 80%. Annual support extends the care by 12 months.

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06Pricing

How much a page for a cybersecurity company costs: list prices, no industry markups

Cybersecurity has the same prices as other industries. We start with an audit: it shows whether there are enough editorial pieces about the company, and it is credited toward the project.

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07FAQ

Wikipedia for cybersecurity: frequently asked questions

Do our threat reports count if the press cites them?

The report itself does not: it is a primary source from the company and works for individual facts. Notability comes from an editorial piece about the company or its research, for example an analysis in Wired, Ars Technica or The Register with comments from independent experts. If the press cites a report in one paragraph of a piece about an attack, that is a mention, not significant coverage (WP:CORPDEPTH).

Do CVEs and bug bounties count?

A CVE entry crediting researchers and a reward program page confirm a fact: a vulnerability was found and fixed. They do not prove the company's notability, because many companies have such entries. They become useful when an editorial outlet writes about the finding and names the company.

Is a Gartner Magic Quadrant or a Forrester Wave enough?

No. These are paid analyst reports: on their own they do not prove notability, but they work as a source of facts about the product and the market. Notability is proven by editorial articles in independent outlets.

What should we do with the incident or breach section?

Do not remove it. The press has already described the event, and a company deleting the section is visible in the edit history: the text is restored with a conflict of interest tag (WP:COI) and trust in the article drops. We write the section neutrally: the date, what happened, what the company responded, sources. If the company fixed the problem and the press wrote about it, that goes in too.

Can we skip the audit?

You can, but we do not recommend it: an audit from €490 in 3–5 days shows whether there are enough editorial pieces about the company and is credited toward the project. Without it there is a risk of submitting a draft that gets rejected with a reviewer comment.

What if the index and the audit say "not yet"?

It means "not yet", not "never". There are routes: media publications for independent sources, Wikidata, the Wikitia and EverybodyWiki platforms with softer criteria, the SEO and LLM pack and AI visibility. We return to a Wikipedia page when significant publications about the company itself appear.

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    Publications about the companyLinks to editorial articles, investigations and pieces about incidents.
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    What kind of companyVendor, research team, MSSP or consulting; who it works for, since which year.
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