Use cases, policy examples, and supported service graph connectors in Security Posture Control
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Summary of Use Cases, Policy Examples, and Supported Service Graph Connectors in Security Posture Control
The Security Posture Control application aids in identifying tool coverage gaps and auditing assets for potential violations through configurable use cases and policies. Customers can define their own policies to align with internal security standards, enhancing their security posture management capabilities.
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Key Features
- Use Cases: Various built-in use cases help identify gaps related to asset coverage, cloud asset exposure, and vulnerabilities. Some key use cases are visible on the Home page of the Security Posture Control Workspace.
- Policy Activation: Policies are bundled with the application and need to be activated to effectively monitor the supported use cases. Prior to activation, ensure that all necessary applications are installed and configured.
- Service Graph Connectors: Specific connectors must be activated for initial insights, with optional connectors available for enhanced coverage. Detailed information about these connectors is available in the application.
- Policy Examples: The application provides examples of base, child, and cloned policies, enabling customers to reuse conditions effectively when creating new policies.
Key Outcomes
By utilizing the Security Posture Control application, customers can expect improved visibility into their security coverage, proactive identification of asset vulnerabilities, and the ability to customize policies that meet their specific security requirements. Activation of the appropriate use cases and service graph connectors will facilitate comprehensive monitoring and management of security posture.
Use cases are different scenarios that you configure to help you identify specific types of tool coverage gaps. Each use case requires a policy or policies to audit your assets for potential violations. You can also define your own policies to help you fulfill requirements for your specific internal security standards.
Use cases
The Security Posture Control application supports various use cases that are included with the application. Use cases help you identify specific types of tool coverage gaps in your assets, internet exposure of cloud assets, and combinations with vulnerabilities. The policies that you need for the supported use cases are also included with the product.
You can view the coverage status for some of the key use cases on the Home (landing) page in the Security Posture Control Workspace at on the Home module (landing page).
Alternatively, you can view the supported service graph connectors and coverage status for some of the key use cases on the 'Service graph connectors supported' and 'Key use case setup' tabs at (the gear icon).
The Key use cases tab on the Home landing pages does not list all the possible use cases. It provides you with a few important use cases that you activate to help you get started with Security Posture Control product deployment.
Before you activate policies for the supported use cases provided with the application verify you have completed the following tasks.
- You have installed and configured all the required applications described in Install the supported applications for Security Posture Control.
- You have met one or more of the following prerequisites for each use case.
- You are currently using or you install and activate service graph connectors for various categories.
Categories for the use cases include service graph connectors that you must activate to get initial insights, and service graph connectors that you have the option to activate for improved coverage for the assets Security Posture Control is monitoring.
- You are currently using or you install and activate the Vulnerability Response application.
- You are currently using or you configure the Cloud Account Scan for your AWS and Azure accounts under ‘Cloud Security Posture Management’.
Specific requirements for each supported use case are described in the following sections. Additionally, you must activate one or more of the policies shipped with Security Posture Control for a use case. This concept is also covered in the following sections.
Examples of base, child, and cloned policies
See Examples of base, child, and cloned policies for Security Posture Control and how you can reuse the conditions of a base policy when you create other policies. Create base, child policies and cloning existing policies in these examples. These examples also help you see how the policy builder works in the Policies and findings module.
Supported service graph connectors
See tables of supported service graph connectors, their tool categories, and the types of data they import in Supported hardware service graph connectors for Security Posture Control and Supported software service graph connectors for Security Posture Control.