DIVERSITY ANALYSIS WITH ACTIONABLE FEEDBACK METHODOLOGIES

Embodiments of the present technology relate to diversity and similarity analysis. In one embodiment, a method includes, for each of a plurality of entities, receiving a set of variables that are indicative of attributes of an entity, comparing the sets of variables for the plurality of entities to each other, locating clusters of similar variables shared between two or more of the plurality of entities, calculating a diversity score that represents how different the plurality of entities are to one another based on variables that are not shared between the plurality of entities, receiving feedback from an end user in response to providing the diversity score to the end user and updating the diversity score in response to the feedback. The variables and attributes may be used to calculate a diversity score regarding aggregate cyber security risk, for use in planning so as to increase that diversity.