DarkSight

Open DarkSight and begin with a quick onboarding pass: import assets from Active Directory, cloud accounts, virtualization platforms, or by syncing device collections from Microsoft SCCM. Add credentials to the secure vault and choose how you want to assess systems—credentialed agentless checks (WMI/SSH/SNMP) for speed, or a lightweight agent for laptops and off-network devices. Tag systems by function and criticality (production, finance, domain controllers) to drive priorities. Set scanning schedules, establish a baseline, and enable auto-discovery for new endpoints. As results arrive, triage by CVSS score, exploit status, and business impact. Suppress noisy findings with rules, mark legitimate exceptions with expirations, and map tasks to owners.

Turn insights into action with a repeatable patch flow. Build dynamic groups by OS and vendor so updates target the right devices at the right time. Define pilot rings (canary, test, broad) and attach approvals, change windows, and timezone-aware maintenance slots. Each job can run pre-checks (disk/CPU, network), take VM snapshots, notify users, install updates, apply reboots based on policy, and run post-install health checks for services and ports. If anything fails, DarkSight triggers automated rollback and flags the device for review. Support spans Windows, major Linux distributions, macOS, and common third‑party apps (browsers, runtimes, collaboration tools). Keep bandwidth under control with throttling and peer-to-peer options for remote users. For datacenters without internet access, route updates through offline repositories or WSUS. When SCCM is present, reuse its collections and content while orchestrating deployments from one console.

Use the live dashboard to see where risk is concentrated—by business unit, location, or application owner—and drill into a device, CVE, or specific KB. Track coverage, success rates, and mean time to remediate, then export proof for auditors: timestamps, job logs, and before/after scan evidence. Schedule weekly PDF or CSV summaries to stakeholders and a monthly executive snapshot that highlights trends, SLA breaches, and high-value wins. Role-based access control keeps duties separated; admins manage policies, operators run jobs, and auditors view reports. Service providers can segment clients with tenant isolation, custom branding, and per-tenant policies.

Automate the busywork so you can respond quickly to change. Create playbooks that detect critical advisories, kick off high-priority scans, open Jira or ServiceNow tickets with remediation details, post to Slack or Teams, and stage patches to the canary ring. Gate promotion to production on health metrics and failure thresholds. Stream events via webhooks or into your SIEM for centralized visibility. When a zero-day arrives, use out-of-band schedules, vendor holdback lists, and supersedence rules to ship safe updates fast. Tie the API into CI/CD so golden images and templates ship already compliant. DarkSight’s customer support and knowledge base guide troubleshooting, help interpret vendor release notes, and surface hotfix advisories when they matter.