Using the Patch Dashboard

This topic provides instructions to view the patch dashboard and the information each widget displays.

To view information about the Vulnerability Dashboard, see Using-the-Vulnerability-Dashboard.

Viewing the Patch Dashboard

Widgets on the Dashboard display metrics about the assets and the patches (missing or installed). You can drill down to a widget to view additional data related to the metrics. The Dashboard data refreshes after each policy scan. 

To view metrics based on any of the following options, select a filter, and click Apply: 

• Operating System
• Severity
• Patch Policy: The metrics from the latest policy scan are displayed.  

Patch Compliance

This widget shows the percentage of installed and missing patches on all assets in your environment. 

To drill down for more information, click the bar graph on the widget.

In the following image, the number of installed and missing patches and the total number of assets scanned by the policy are displayed for each policy.

Impacted Assets by SLA

This widget shows the number of assets with missing patches based on their service level agreements (SLA). Using this data, you can plan remediation steps based on your organizational standards. 

If assets are approaching an SLA level, they appear in Approaching SLA. Assets with a severity level other than Critical appear in Exceeding SLA (Other). Assets that have reached a critical severity appear in the Exceeding SLA (Critical) graph.  

To view the total number of missing patches on each asset according to the SLA level, do the following:

1. Click the bar graph on the widget. 
2. Click any SLA level to see the assets based on the SLAs. In the following figure, all assets are in the Within SLA bracket. 
   

Impacted Assets by Severity

This widget shows the total number of assets and their classification as per the patch severity levels. Assets with missing patches of different severity levels are counted as belonging to the highest level. 

For example, out of 100 assets, if 10 assets have patches with a Critical, High, and Medium severity, those 10 assets appear in the Critical bracket. If 20 assets have missing patches with a High and Low severity, those assets appear in the High bracket. 

In this figure, 6 assets contain patches with a Critical severity and appear in the Critical bracket.

To view more information, do the following:

1. Click the bar graph to see additional information such as the assets and the missing patches according to severity. 
2. Click any severity level icon to see assets as per the severity level. 
   

Unique Missing Patches by Age

This widget shows the total number of unique missing patches on the assets by their release age. 

To see more information, do the following:

1. Click the bar graph to view additional information such as the patch name, number of impacted assets, the exact patch age, and the classification, and CVE IDs. 
2. Click any age bracket icon to see the missing patches according to the bracket. 
   

Remediation trend

This widget shows a cumulative patch remediation trend for the last six weeks, which includes the number of missing and installed patches on the assets. 

This graph also shows: 

• Average Days Awaiting Attention: Average number of days since patches are identified as missing and not yet remediated. 
• Average Days Awaiting Execution: Average number of days in which a remediation operation is scheduled for the missing patches but not executed yet. 
• Average Days to Close: Average number of days it takes from identifying a patch as missing to successfully remediating it. 

To view more information, do the following:

1. Click the bar graph.
2. Click Missing Patches or Remediated Patches to view the patches in each category. 
   

Top 10 Missing Patches

This widget shows the top ten missing patches and the total number of impacted assets. This metric also shows the SLA level for the patches.

Click the Impacted Assets link to see the asset names for each missing patch.