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Medium Terraform Vulnerabilities Stat Card

Overview​

The Medium Terraform Vulnerabilities widget tracks medium-severity vulnerabilities in your Terraform configurations. These issues represent moderate security risks that should be addressed as part of regular maintenance cycles.

Value for IT and Security Engineers​

Security Perspective​

  • Baseline Security: Medium vulnerabilities often indicate deviations from security best practices.
  • Security Hardening: Addressing medium vulnerabilities helps strengthen overall security posture.
  • Risk Accumulation: Prevents the accumulation of security risks that could compound over time.

Operational Perspective​

  • Maintenance Planning: Helps plan regular maintenance windows for security improvements.
  • Best Practices: Ensures infrastructure configurations align with industry best practices.
  • Documentation Requirements: Identifies areas where security documentation may need enhancement.

Use Case Scenarios​

  • Regular Maintenance: Include medium-severity fixes in routine maintenance cycles.
  • Security Baseline: Establish and maintain security baselines across infrastructure.
  • Training Opportunities: Identify areas where team training on security practices may be beneficial.

Common Medium Vulnerabilities​

  1. Suboptimal security configurations
  2. Missing security headers
  3. Incomplete monitoring setup
  4. Non-critical misconfigurations
  5. Inadequate resource tagging

Technical Details​

  • Widget Type: StatsType
  • Data Source: SL-Terraform-Medium-Vulnerabilities-Count
  • Refresh Rate: Real-time