Josh ThomsonThe Problem with Security Dashboards

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity asset management, dashboards have become abundant. They offer colourful charts, real-time metrics, and an at-a-glance view of your security posture. But here's the uncomfortable truth many vendors won't tell you: visibility without action is just expensive window shopping. This is especially true when it comes to effective attack surface management and maintaining proper cyber hygiene.

The False Comfort of Security Dashboards

Most security dashboards today excel at one thing: showing you data. They'll tell you how many endpoints you have, how many security tools are deployed, and perhaps even highlight potential vulnerabilities. What they won't do is help you fix anything.

It's like having a sophisticated smoke detector that alerts you to a fire but doesn't connect to sprinklers or the fire department. Knowing about the problem is only the first step.

The Visibility Gap vs. The Action Gap in Cyber Asset Management

There are two critical gaps in cybersecurity:

1. The Visibility Gap: Not knowing what assets you have or their security status—a fundamental challenge in cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM)

2. The Action Gap: Knowing what's wrong but lacking efficient ways to fix it, which undermines even the best external attack surface management programs

Most security platforms focus exclusively on closing the visibility gap. They'll show you that 15% of your devices have gaps in endpoint controls or that 3% of your security controls aren't functioning correctly. But then what?

Security teams are left manually tracking these issues, often resorting to spreadsheets, ticketing systems, and follow-up emails that quickly become outdated. The result? A security team that spends more time managing data than actually securing the organisation.

Where Most Security Platforms Fall Short

Traditional security dashboards suffer from three key limitations:

They're passive observers – They show status but don't drive remediation

They create data overload – More metrics without prioritisation leads to alert fatigue

They lack workflow integration – They exist separately from the tools and processes used to fix issues

This creates a vicious cycle where security teams have more visibility than ever before but less capacity to act on it effectively.

Beyond Visibility: The Action-Driven Approach to CAASM

What if your security platform didn't just tell you what's wrong but helped you fix it?

The next evolution in security platforms isn't about more dashboards or prettier visualisations—it's about closing the action gap. This means:

• Automatically identifying security gaps

• Prioritising issues based on risk

• Initiating and tracking remediation workflows

• Validating fixes in real-time

With an action-driven platform, they were able to automatically identify all affected devices, initiate remediation workflows, and track progress in real-time—reducing their security gap closure time from weeks to days.

Introducing ThreatAware 3.0: Visibility with Purpose

This is why we've built ThreatAware 3.0 with the Action Center at its core—transforming security visibility into security action.

Our platform doesn't just show you that 10% of your devices lack essential security controls or that 20% have incorrectly configured controls. It helps you fix these issues through:

Continuous Actions: Persistent remediation flows that automatically address ongoing issues

One-Time Actions: Targeted fixes for specific devices with deadlines and tracking

Integration with Existing Workflows: Connecting with tools like ServiceNow, Jira, and Power Automate

The result is security visibility with purpose—where every insight drives meaningful improvement to your security posture.

Want to see how action-driven security works in practice? Request a demo of ThreatAware 3.0 today and discover the difference between seeing security issues and solving them