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 Explorer or Domain Recon when you need host-level evidence and remediation detail.
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.
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 then confirm with a fresh scan if the issue is urgent.
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 Explorer or Domain 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 the company pivot links to open Domain Explorer for record-level posture review and Domain Recon for likely infrastructure/provider attribution.
Where can I review the ingest and materialization pipeline?
Use the Market Index technical details reference for implementation-level flow and quality controls.