Operational Technology Vulnerability Response vulnerable item form fields

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List of fields displayed in a vulnerable items created for OT devices.

Vulnerable item fields

Field

Description

Overview

Number

Automatically generated vulnerable item number for this record.

State

This field defaults to Open, but you can change it to Under Investigation if the vulnerability is ready for immediate remediation.

Risk rating

Quantified Risk Score separating vulnerable items into Critical, High, Medium, Low, and None. For more information on risk ratings, see Vulnerability Response calculators and vulnerability calculator rules.Note: This base Risk rating isn’t the same as the Solution record Risk rating.

Risk score

Calculated amount of risk the vulnerable item poses to your environment.

Note: This base Risk score isn’t the same as the Solution record Risk score.

For more information, see Vulnerability Response calculators and vulnerability calculator rules.

Vulnerability

ID of the vulnerability associated with this vulnerable item.

Source

Scanner that found this vulnerable item.

Configuration item

ID of the OT asset associated with this vulnerable item.

Assignment group

Group selected to work on this remediation task.

Assigned to

Individual from the selected assignment group that works on this vulnerability.

Created

Date this vulnerable item was created in your instance.

Last opened

Date the vulnerable item was most recently opened in your instance. Initially, this is the same as the creation date of the vulnerable item. However, if it was closed then reopened, the Last opened date contains the date and time reopened.

Updated

Date of the last scan.

Summary

Description of the vulnerability.

Severity

Normalized degree of severity of this vulnerability. Severity maps are provided for NVD and with ServiceNow third-party integrations. For more information on creating or adjusting severity maps, see .Create a Vulnerability Response severity map.

Vulnerability score (v3)

CVSS v3 score.

Vulnerability score (v2)

CVSS v2 score.

Exploit exists

Yes, if at least one exploit is associated with the vulnerabilities associated with this vulnerable item.

Exploit attack vector

Most vulnerable attack vector of the exploits for the vulnerabilities associated with this vulnerable item.

Exploit skill level

Lowest skill level required to exploit the vulnerabilities associated with this vulnerable item.

Date published

Date the vulnerability was published.

Last modified

Date the vulnerability was last modified.

Threat

Relevant information about the threat. Pulled from the vulnerable entry record.Note: Any changes made here update the vulnerable entry record.

Remediation notes

Relevant solution to the threat, pulled from the vulnerable entry record.

Additional comments/Work notes

Any relevant information. Select the check box to add Additional comments.Starting with Vulnerability Response v20.0, you can add work notes in the Notes section for a deferred vulnerable item.

Activity

Only appears when a work note has been created.

Related Links

Calculate Risk Score

When either the Vulnerability Severity or Risk Score calculators is enabled, the Risk Score field is updated.

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