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CISO workflow for Northstar

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is typically responsible for:

  • Monitoring and reporting an organization's overall security posture

  • Ensuring compliance with security policies and procedures

  • Return on Investment (ROI) of security tools

CISO workflow steps for Northstar

This workflow provides an example of how a CISO could use Northstar.

Monitor security posture

Go to the Contrast Insights dashboard.

Review:

Explore details for incidents and issues in the Incidents and Issues pages.

Go to Explorer for a comprehensive view of your organization's application layer.

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Monitor security program performance

Go to the Contrast Insights dashboard

  • Review the Incidents burn-up chart

  • Review the Issues burn-up chart.

In this section:

The Contrast score represents the risk of an issue or incident at a particular point in time.  Contrast determines this score by using information from the Contrast SAST, IAST, SCA, ADR, and Observability technologies.