The Value of a Single Pane of Glass (SPoG)
A Single Pane of Glass (SPoG) is an operational risk layer, not a dashboard. Its purpose is to unify assets, identities, misconfigurations, and findings into one consistent understanding of what is actually exploitable. A functional SPoG does not just centralize data; it applies one risk logic across the environment so teams can reason about exposure the same way attackers do.
A true SPoG reduces tool silos by enforcing a single interpretation of risk, reveals how seemingly unrelated issues combine into attacker paths, and provides shared, defensible context for technical teams and leadership.
Where Existing Tools Fail
Security teams operate in fragmented ecosystems where each tool introduces its own data model, terminology, and severity logic. SPoG-style dashboards attempt aggregation, but aggregation alone does not create understanding.
Key failure modes:
- Contradictory severity models across tools with no single risk logic
- Manual correlation required to understand how issues relate across IT, cloud, and OT
- No standardized, attacker-informed methodology for prioritization
- Findings evaluated in isolation rather than as connected attack paths
- Dashboards that display alerts without reducing analyst workload
Why it Matters to CISOs
Security teams struggle less with visibility than with interpretation. Volume, inconsistent severity models, and disconnected tooling make it difficult to answer the only question that matters: what represents the highest business risk right now?
With a SPoG, a CISO has:
- Unified visibility across assets, vulnerabilities, identities, and configurations
- Consistent risk logic instead of competing severities across tools
- Ability to answer, "what matters most right now to our business?" with defensible evidence
A SPoG in Practice
Imagine a mid-sized manufacturer with a robotic production line for industrial components. In a manufacturing environment, a SPoG correlates signals from IT, OT, and cloud systems into one coherent attack path.
Through a SPoG, analysts can quickly map:
- IT: Brute-force activity succeeds on an unpatched server controlling QA workflows
- Network: A misconfigured firewall rule enables lateral movement toward OT assets
- OT: Robotic welding units show unexplained timing delays matching the attacker's scans
- Cloud: The supplier marketplace API receives unusual low-volume calls aligned with reconnaissance activity
How Scapien Delivers SPoG
Scapien makes the SPoG concept operational by enforcing one attacker-informed risk logic across the environment. Instead of aggregating raw data, it organizes risk the way attackers exploit it—through validated attack paths rather than isolated findings.
Scapien provides:
- Standardized attacker-informed workflows with visibility into what was tested and what remains unvalidated
- Unified risk correlation linking vulnerabilities, identities, misconfigurations, and business logic
- Exploit-validated risk, where issues are elevated only after real attacker paths are confirmed
- Automated evidence collection and documentation to eliminate repetitive analyst work
- Clear, prioritized remediation paths tied directly to business impact and ownership
Most Single Pane of Glass dashboards dump alerts in one spot. Scapien gives you a Centralised Verified Risk Registry—exposure proven, prioritised, and directly tied to actionable controls and audits.