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Introduction
In this blog will learn about the puppet remediate vulnerability dashboard concept. Puppet Remediate is used to check the vulnerabilities in the software. It helps you minimize the faults and external errors in your computer by providing visibility of these errors before they occur.
This article will cover three main components of vulnerability: the Dashboard Metrics bar, the Dashboard Vulnerability Overview tab, and the Dashboard Node Overview tab. We will understand all three components in deep.
🎯Remediate Vulnerability DashBoard👨💻
The remediate vulnerability dashboard gives you detailed information about the condition of your system. It has a wide range of information about your system and what issues it is suffering from. It has majorly three components that we will be discussing further in this blog.
⚡The Metrics bar
⚡Nodes overview tab
⚡Vulnerabilities overview tab
⚡Dashboard Metrics bar
The Dashboard Metrics bar gives you insights about the network security on your network and the vulnerabilities affecting your nodes.
⚡Dashboard Vulnerability Overview tab
The Dashboard vulnerability overview tab in remediate vulnerability dashboard critically gives you the critical, exact number of vulnerabilities that are affecting your system.
⚡Dashboard Node Overview tab
The Dashboard Node Overview tab in the remediate vulnerability dashboard on your network system gives you information about the nodes affected by the vulnerability.
The Dashboard Metrics bar, Dashboard Vulnerability Overview tab, and Dashboard Node Overview tab are the main components of remediate vulnerabilities dashboard.
🎯Dashboard Metrics Bar
The Dashboard Metrics bar in remediate vulnerability dashboard gives you insights about the network security on your network and the vulnerabilities affecting your nodes.
It gives you a glance overview of your system's vulnerability and security.
To access the Dashboard metrics bar, do the following steps,
Click on the vulnerability that is present on the navigation bar.
Every second, the data is refreshed, and the updated data is shown to the user. To refresh it, click on refresh.
The Dashboard Metrics bar on the top of vulnerabilities gives you detailed information and a breakdown of the metrics regarding the nodes affected by the vulnerability.
A detailed description of the nodes is discussed below:
💡Nodes: The nodes that are discovered by Puppet. This contains information about the nodes that are accessed by Puppet. To get information on nodes, visit the node page.
💡Vulnerable nodes: This contains information about the nodes that are accessed and are affected by vulnerabilities. To check this, click on the vulnerable node's box, which will give you information on the most vulnerable nodes.
To get information about the total vulnerability of all the nodes, click on the area of total vulnerabilities, and the data will be shown to you.
💡Highest Risk Score: This will give you information about the severe vulnerability according to your vulnerability scanner. Click on the Highest Risk-score box at the top to go to the vulnerability detailed page to get detailed information about this vulnerability. In this, you will also get information on how to reduce vulnerability by doing some tasks.
💡Most Vulnerable Nodes: This gives you information about the most vulnerable nodes affected by the vulnerability. Click on the most vulnerable node box to go to the node detail page, where you will have information about the most vulnerable nodes.
💡Accepted Risks:This gives you information about the risks accepted on the selected nodes. Click on the accepted risks bar to go to the accepted risks page that gives you information about the vulnerabilities for which the reporting has been paused.
💡CVE Search: The metrics bar also has a search box that only gives you more information about the vulnerability if you have its CVE number. In this, you get information about the nodes affected by the vulnerability and the tasks you can run to clean those vulnerabilities.
🎯Dashboard Vulnerability Overview Tab
On the puppet remediate vulnerability dashboard, the Vulnerability Overview Tab gives you insights about the number and to what extent the nodes are affected by vulnerabilities.
The key statistics area gives you complete information about the health of your network. It has information about the following:
Total Vulnerabilities
Critical Vulnerabilities
High-Risk Vulnerabilities
Medium-Risk Vulnerabilities
This has complete information about the total vulnerabilities affecting your network and the high, critical vulnerabilities present in your network.
The criticality breakdown chart gives you complete, detailed information about the vulnerabilities and the percentage of vulnerability in each section of your network. Click on each section to see the number of vulnerabilities affecting your network nodes. In the vulnerabilities table, click on the red section to view all the critical vulnerabilities.
The top 5 vulnerabilities chart shows you the number of nodes most affected by the widespread vulnerabilities present in your network. Click on each section to get more information about the vulnerabilities' names and the nodes affected by that vulnerabilities.
The vulnerabilities table below the charts gives you the complete and highest level of information about the individual vulnerabilities.
Click on the export icon to export the vulnerability table in CSV format.
To filter the content of vulnerabilities according to the severity, choose the filter options menu and create a filter button. In this, you can create filters by a name or analysis content by clicking on create filter button. Choose the correct column and required operator, and add the values according to the specifications you want to search.
You also have the feature of sorting based on columns. You can choose which columns are displayed and hidden in the column drop-down menu by selecting the appropriate column header.
Vulnerabilities table's each row provides you with the following information.
🔥Name.
🔥The score value assigned to the vulnerability by the scanner. The score is given based on 100. The following table shows the calculation of the score.
🔥The vulnerability scanner provides you with the vulnerability analysis. It has information about the vulnerability threats and the consequences of successfully exploiting them.
🔥The table contains information about the affected nodes and to which vulnerabilities it is affected. It shows you the puppet risk score. This score is given by the vulnerability scanner risk score *, a number of nodes affected by the vulnerability. It also gives you insights about which node you should first look after.
To go to the vulnerability detail page, click on the name of the vulnerability. It has complete information about the vulnerability, the nodes it affects, and the remediation tasks to clear those vulnerabilities. You can perform those tasks there.
🎯Dashboard Node Overview Tab
On the vulnerability dashboard, the nodes overview tab gives you information about the nodes that are affected by the vulnerability.
👉The key statistics area gives you information about the following:
👉 information about the nodes with and without vulnerabilities. It also details the nodes that are not accessible to puppet remediate.
👉The details about the nodes that are critical.
The vulnerable nodes in the OS chart show the nodes on your network that are vulnerable from the operating system view. To get the details about each node to which operating system it affects, click on the chart, and the details will be displayed.
The nodes with vulnerabilities section shows you the percentage of nodes that are vulnerable to accessibility. In the nodes table, click on the section to list the nodes by accessibility type.
The nodes table provides you with the following information:
On the network, the node resource name.
Count of vulnerabilities affecting the node.
Nodes IP address.
Its operating system name and version.
On the node puppet version.
Information on long the node has been up.
The infrastructure source type.
The time and date the last scan was performed.
Click on the export icon to export the vulnerability table in CSV format. To filter by content by node accessibility, choose the filter options menu and create a filter button. Choose the correct column and required operator, and add the values according to the specifications you want to search.
You also have the feature of sorting based on columns. You can choose which columns are displayed and hidden in the column drop-down menu by choosing the appropriate column header.
Frequently Asked Questions
What language is used in puppet?
Programming languages primarily used in puppet are C++, Ruby, and Clojure.
Is puppet an automation tool?
Yes, it is an automation tool. A puppet is a tool that helps you manage and automate your server's configuration. You define the desired state of your infrastructure that you want to manage.
How many types of puppets are there?
The puppets are broken into six major families. The six prominent families are marionettes, rod marionettes, hand puppets, rod puppets, shadow figures, and bunraku-style puppets.
Is puppet a programming language?
Yes, a puppet is a programming language. It is a declarative language that gives you information about the health of your system.
Can puppet run on windows?
Yes, the puppet has no issues running on windows. It can run perfectly on windows and even today, millions of devices are using puppet.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, we have discussed remediate vulnerability dashboard. We have seen the dashboard metrics bar, dashboard vulnerability overview tab, and dashboard node overview tab. In this, we have looked at how these dashboards give information about the vulnerabilities on your network.
To learn more about puppet, please refer to the blogs mentioned below:
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