Situation Overview

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Security & Compliance > SecMaster.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Workspaces > Management. In the workspace list, click the name of the target workspace.
   Figure 1 Workspace management page
   

4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Security Situation > Situation Overview.
   Figure 2 Situation Overview
   

5. On the Security Overview page, you can view the security overview of your assets and perform related operations. The Situation Overview page consists of the following modules:
   • Security Score
   • Security Monitoring
   • Your Security Score over Time
   The following table describes the reference periods and update frequency of the modules.

   Table 1 Situation Overview

   Parameter	Reference Period	Update Frequency	Description
   Security Score	Real-time	Automatic update at 02:00 every day Updated every time you click Check Again	The score is calculated based on what security services are enabled, and the levels and numbers of unhandled configuration issues, vulnerabilities, and threats. For details, see Security Scores and Unscored Items.
   Threat Alarms	Last 7 days	Every 5 minutes	Total number of alerts on the Threat Operations > Alerts page in a workspace.
   Vulnerabilities	Last 7 days	Every 5 minutes	Total number of vulnerabilities on the Risk Prevention > Vulnerabilities in a workspace.
   Abnormal Baseline Settings	Real-time	Every 5 minutes	Total number of issues on the Risk Prevention > Baseline Inspection page in a workspace.
   Your Security Score over Time	Last 7 days	Every 5 minutes	Security scores in the last seven days.

Security Score

The security score shows the overall health status of your workloads on the cloud based on the SecMaster edition you are using. You can quickly understand the unprocessed risks and their threats to your assets. Figure 3 shows an example.

Figure 3 Security Score

• The security score is automatically updated at 02:00 every day. You can also click Check Again to update it immediately.
• The score ranges from 0 to 100. The higher the security score, the more secure your assets. For details, see Security Scores and Unscored Items.
• Different color blocks in the security score ring chart indicate different severity levels. For example, yellow indicates that your security is medium.
• Click Handle Now. The Risks pane is displayed on the right. You can handle risks by referring to the corresponding guidance.
  • The Risks slide-out panel lists all threats that you should handle in a timely manner. These threats are included in the Threat Alarms, Vulnerabilities, and Abnormal Baseline Settings areas.
  • The Risks pane displays the latest check results of the last scan. The Alerts, Vulnerabilities, and Abnormal Baseline Settings pages show check results of all previous scans. So, you will find the threat number on the Risks pane is less than that on those pages. You can click Handle for an alert on the Risks pane to go to the corresponding page quickly.
  • Handling detected security risks:
    1. In the Security Score area, click Handle Now.
    2. On the Risks slide-out panel displayed, click Handle.
    3. On the page displayed, handle risk alerts, vulnerabilities, or baseline inspection items.
• The security score is updated when you refresh status of the alert incident after risk handling. After you fix the risks, you can click Check Again so that SecMaster can check and score your system again.
  

  After risks are fixed, manually ignore or handle alert incidents and update the alert incident status in the alert list. The risk severity can be down to a proper level accordingly.

• The security score reflects the security situation of your system last time you let SecMaster check the system. To obtain the latest score, click Check Again.

Security Scores and Unscored Items

SecMaster assesses the overall security situation of your cloud assets in real time and scores your assets.

This section describes how your security score is calculated.

• Security Score

  SecMaster evaluates the overall security situation of your assets.

  • There are six risk severity levels, Secure, Informational, Low, Medium, High, and Critical.
  • The score ranges from 0 to 100. The higher the security score, the lower the risk severity level.
  • The security score starts from 0 and the risk severity level is escalated up from Secure to the next level every 20 points. For example, for scores ranging from 40 to 60, the risk severity is Medium.
  • The color keys listed on the right of the chart show the names of donut slices. Different color represents different risk severity levels. For example, the yellow slice indicates that your asset risk severity is Medium.
  • If you have fixed asset risks and refreshed the alert status, you can click Check Again to update the security score.
    

    After risks are fixed, manually ignore or handle alert incidents and update the alert incident status in the alert list. The risk severity can be down to a proper level accordingly.

  Table 2 Security score table

  Severity	Security Score	Description
  Secure	100	Congratulations. Your assets are secure.
  Informational	80 ≤ Security Score < 100	Your system should be hardened as several security risks have been detected.
  Low	60 ≤ Security Score < 80	Your system should be hardened in a timely manner as too many security risks have been detected.
  Medium	40 ≤ Security Score < 60	Your system should be hardened, or your assets will be vulnerable to attacks.
  High	20 ≤ Security Score < 40	Detected risks should be handled immediately, or your assets will be vulnerable to attacks.
  Critical	0≤ Security Score <20	Detected risks should be handled immediately, or your assets may be attacked.

• Unscored Check Items

  Table 3 lists the security check items and corresponding points.

  Table 3 Unscored check items

  Category	Unscored Item	Points	Suggestion	Maximum Unscored Point
  Enabling of security services	Security-related services not enabled	-	Enable security-related services.	30
  Compliance Check	Critical non-compliance items not fixed	10	Fix compliance violations by referring recommended fixes and start a scan again. The security score will be updated.	20
  	High-risk non-compliance items not fixed	5
  	Medium-risk non-compliance items not fixed	2
  	Low-risk non-compliance items not fixed	0.1
  Vulnerabilities	Critical vulnerabilities not fixed	10	Fix vulnerabilities by referring corresponding suggestions and start a scan again. The security score will be updated.	20
  	High-risk vulnerabilities not fixed	5
  	Medium-risk vulnerabilities not fixed	2
  	Low-risk vulnerabilities not fixed	0.1
  Threat Alerts	Critical alerts not fixed	10	Fix the threats by referring to the suggestions. The security score will be updated accordingly.	30
  	High-risk alerts not fixed	5
  	Medium-risk alerts not fixed	2
  	Low-risk alerts not fixed	0.1

Security Monitoring

The Security Monitoring area includes Threat Alarms, Vulnerabilities, and Abnormal Baseline Settings, which sort risks that have not been handled.

Figure 4 Security Monitoring

Your Security Score over Time

SecMaster displays your security scores over the last 7 days. The statistics are updated every 5 minutes.

Figure 9 Your Security Score over Time