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Business Units Overview

The Business Units dashboard provides a high-level view of how vulnerabilities and assessments are distributed across organizational teams. Each card represents a business function or team, enabling clear ownership, accountability, and risk visibility.

Business Units Overview

What You Can See

  • Business unit name and description
  • Assigned owner or responsible lead
  • Vulnerability counts by severity (Critical → Info)
  • Quick access to detailed unit-level security metrics
This view helps security leaders quickly understand where risk lives inside the organization.

Create a Business Unit

Business units can be created to align vulnerability ownership with real-world organizational structure.

Create Business Unit

Fields Required

  • Name — Business unit identifier (e.g., Security Operations, DevOps, Product Engineering)
  • Description — Scope and responsibility of the unit
  • Owner — Accountable individual or team
  • Logo URL (optional) — Visual identifier
Once created, business units can be assigned to:
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Assessments
  • Assets involved in remediation workflows

Business Unit Details (Inside a Business Unit)

Selecting View Details opens the dedicated business unit page with consolidated vulnerability metrics.

Business Unit Summary View

Summary Metrics Include

  • Total Vulnerabilities
  • Total Assessments
  • Open Vulnerabilities
  • Closed Vulnerabilities
  • Average CVSS Score
Ownership information is prominently displayed to reinforce accountability and speed up remediation coordination.

Security Analytics & Associated Assessments

Scrolling further reveals deeper vulnerability analytics and assessment relationships for the selected business unit.

Business Unit Analytics & Assessments

Available Insights

  • Vulnerability Timeline — Track detections over time
  • Severity Distribution — Critical, High, Medium, Low breakdown
  • Detections vs Resolutions — Measure remediation effectiveness
  • Vulnerabilities by Status — In Progress, Fixed, Resolved, etc.
  • Associated Assessments — Security assessments linked to the unit
This view enables teams to assess both exposure and remediation performance at a business-unit level.

Example Use Cases

  • Security Operations: Track remediation progress by team ownership
  • Engineering Managers: Understand vulnerability impact on their teams
  • Compliance Teams: Ensure every assessment and finding has a clear owner
  • Leadership: Gain visibility into organizational security maturity

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