Coinbase launches Security Score, a rating of how well your account is protected

What Coinbase launched

Coinbase said on 10 November 2026 that it has launched Security Score, a new in-app experience that gives your account a security rating and shows what is protecting it and what is not. You can open it in the app or at accounts.coinbase.com/security/score. Coinbase's post puts it simply: you check your balance, so check your account security too.

The score runs from Needs attention to Excellent. If you switch on every protection Coinbase offers, the screen confirms that your account has the highest level of protection available.

What the score looks at

Below the score, Coinbase lists the factors behind it: sign-in, transfers, devices and sessions, and connected apps, each with its own rating. The example in Coinbase's post shows Sign in marked Needs attention and Devices and Sessions marked Excellent.

At the top sits one recommendation, ranked by impact. Coinbase's example is two-step verification: if you still receive codes by SMS, it may suggest switching to an authenticator app or to a security key, a small physical device that Coinbase calls the strongest protection against phishing. Every recommendation can be completed from the score screen itself, without digging through settings menus.

Why Coinbase is pushing it now

Coinbase argues that most account takeovers do not happen because attackers break down walls, but because of a single weak spot: a two-step method that can be phished, a device you do not recognise, or panic during a scam call. It also points to recent security incidents across the crypto industry as a reason to spend two minutes hardening your account.

Our take

A score is only a checklist, not a guarantee, but this one targets the weakest links people actually leave open. The biggest single gain for most users is dropping SMS codes for a passkey or a hardware security key, since SIM swaps and phishing pages defeat text messages easily. Do the top recommendation first, then remove devices and connected apps you no longer use. And be wary of anyone who calls or texts asking you to move funds; no score protects an account whose owner follows a scammer's instructions.