Number of Vulnerabilities

Overview

The Number of Vulnerabilities widget provides a count of vulnerabilities found within Terraform configurations in your environment. This is crucial for IT Operations (IT Ops) and Security Operations (Sec Ops) engineers who need to ensure that their infrastructure as code (IaC) is free from security flaws and adheres to best practices.

Value for IT and Security Engineers

Security Perspective

• Risk Detection: Identifying vulnerabilities in Terraform configurations is a critical part of ensuring secure infrastructure deployment. Sec Ops engineers can use this information to mitigate risks before they impact the environment.

• Compliance and Governance: Terraform vulnerabilities might violate security policies or compliance frameworks (e.g., CIS benchmarks). Tracking vulnerabilities allows teams to stay compliant with organizational security requirements and regulatory standards.

• Proactive Vulnerability Management: By identifying vulnerabilities early in the development pipeline, Sec Ops can remediate issues before they are deployed into production, reducing the risk of security breaches.

Operational Perspective

• Infrastructure Integrity: IT Ops engineers rely on secure Terraform configurations for stable and scalable infrastructure. Knowing the number of vulnerabilities in the configurations helps ensure the integrity and reliability of the infrastructure.

• Automation and Continuous Integration: Integrating vulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines allows teams to automatically detect and address vulnerabilities in Terraform code before deployment.

• Audit and Reporting: Keeping track of Terraform vulnerabilities allows IT and Sec Ops teams to produce comprehensive reports for audits, ensuring that any issues are documented and addressed.

Use Case Scenarios

• Continuous Monitoring: Regularly monitor the number of vulnerabilities in Terraform code to identify emerging risks as infrastructure evolves.

• Remediation Prioritization: Focus on high-severity vulnerabilities in Terraform code to mitigate the most critical risks first, based on the vulnerability count and severity level.

• Security Baseline Validation: Ensure that Terraform configurations adhere to organizational security standards by regularly tracking vulnerabilities and addressing them promptly.

By providing real-time visibility into the number of Terraform vulnerabilities, this widget empowers IT and Sec Ops engineers to proactively secure infrastructure code, streamline compliance efforts, and optimize operational efficiency.