Security Center landing page
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Summary of Security Center landing page
The Security Center landing page provides a centralized interface for ServiceNow customers to access essential information and tools to secure their instance effectively. It offers a comprehensive overview of your instance’s security status and easy navigation to various security management areas.
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Key Features
- Instance summary: Displays a high-level overview of your instance’s security state. Info icons offer detailed explanations, and selecting any card directs you to the relevant Security Center section.
- My Security Tasks: Shows security tasks assigned to you with quick access to task details and the full Security Tasks Manager, enabling efficient task management.
- Posture: Provides an instance-wide dashboard and guided Best Practices to help maintain optimal security posture. Links to Best Practices and Security posture dashboards support proactive security management.
- Access management: Enables review and resolution of access issues and misconfigurations by evaluating user, role, and group permissions. Additional resources assist with user administration on ServiceNow instances.
- Machine identity: Facilitates management of service accounts and third-party integrations, enhancing security around machine identities.
- Other configuration tools: Offers customization options via Hardening score comparison, Customer actions, and Security scanner within the Security configuration console to tailor security protections to organizational needs.
- Monitoring: Supports detection and monitoring of potential security threats through Security event notifications and Security metrics, allowing configuration of thresholds and alerts.
- Additional resources: Provides easy access to documentation and videos to help users learn about Security Center capabilities and instance security management.
Key Outcomes
With this redesigned Security Center landing page, ServiceNow customers can quickly understand security risks, manage tasks, and access tailored tools for securing their instances. The interface supports both new and infrequent users by integrating guidance modals that demonstrate how to leverage Security Center features to achieve security goals effectively.
Use the Security Center landing page to find the information and tools you need to secure your instance.
Instance summary
The instance summary displays a high-level overview of the state of your instance's security. Select the info (
) icon on any card for details on what each represents. You can also select any card to navigate to the relevant area of Security Center.
My Security Tasks
The my Security Tasks section displays a list of Security Tasks assigned to you. Open a task by selecting the number to review a tasks details, or select View all access the Security Tasks Manager, where all tasks are visible. For more information on Security Tasks, see Security Tasks.
Posture
Use information in the Posture section to set and maintain the best security posture with an instance-wide dashboard and guided Best Practices. Select Best Practices or Security posture dashboards to navigate to those sections within the Security posture console. Learn more about these sections in Security posture console.
Access management
View access issues and misconfiguration on your instance. You can information about access findings and evaluate permissions for users, roles, and groups. You can also review additional resources to learn about user administration on ServiceNow instances. To learn more, see Explore Access management console.
Machine identity
Manage service accounts and third-party integrations. To learn more, see Machine Identity Console.
Other configuration tools
Use the content in this section to customize your security protections with tools that meet your organization's unique security configuration needs. Select Hardening score comparison, Customer actions, or Security scanner to navigate to those sections within the Security configuration console. Learn more about this console and these sections at Security configuration console.
Monitoring
Monitor and detect potential security threats on your instance using the Security Monitoring console. Within this console are sections for Security event notifications and Security metrics where you can configure thresholds or security event notifications. For details see Security monitoring console.
Additional resources
Use the additional resources section on the edge of screen to navigate to documentation and videos relevant to learning Security Center as well as information on managing instance security.
Security center has been updated to provide guidance to understand what the tool can do how to use it. This redesign is tailored to assist both new and infrequent users of Security Center. New modal windows appear within security center to demonstrate how these tools can help you achieve your security goals.