High Terraform Vulnerabilities

Overview

The High Terraform Vulnerabilities widget shows the count of high-severity vulnerabilities in your Terraform configurations. While not as urgent as critical issues, these vulnerabilities represent significant security risks that should be addressed promptly.

Value for IT and Security Engineers

Security Perspective

• Risk Prioritization: High-severity vulnerabilities indicate significant security weaknesses that could be exploited to compromise infrastructure.

• Security Posture: Tracking high-severity issues helps maintain a strong security posture by addressing significant risks.

• Attack Surface Reduction: Identifying and fixing high-severity vulnerabilities reduces the potential attack surface.

Operational Perspective

• Change Management: High-severity issues often require careful planning for remediation to avoid operational impacts.

• Resource Planning: Helps teams allocate resources for addressing significant security concerns.

• Technical Debt: Tracking high-severity issues prevents accumulation of security-related technical debt.

Use Case Scenarios

• Sprint Planning: Include high-severity vulnerability remediation in sprint planning.

• Risk Assessment: Evaluate security risks before major infrastructure changes.

• Maintenance Windows: Plan maintenance windows for addressing high-severity issues.

Common High Vulnerabilities

1. Weak access controls

2. Insufficient logging configurations

3. Missing encryption in transit

4. Inadequate backup configurations

5. Weak security group rules

Technical Details

• Widget Type: StatsType

• Data Source: SL-Terraform-High-Vulnerabilities-Count

• Refresh Rate: Real-time