Security Manager Guide

Objective

Provide security governance visibility and ensure the organization is reducing application risk in a measurable way.

Main responsibilities

• Oversee security risk posture.
• Align AppSec outcomes to business priorities.
• Ensure controls, policies, and reporting are effective.
• Support audits and executive communication.

Follow-up routine

1. Review critical risk changes.
2. Track major incidents and escalations.
3. Validate status of high-impact remediation initiatives.
4. Confirm visibility for leadership stakeholders.
5. Review risk posture by portfolio/business unit.
6. Validate policy effectiveness and exception governance.
7. Align investment priorities with risk data.
8. Publish executive summary with decisions and actions.

Core workflows in Conviso

• Business risk lens: Risk Context Funnel
• Policy governance: Policies
• Asset exposure context: Asset Management

Defect tracker integration

Integrate Conviso Platform with your issue management tool using Defect/Bug Tracking integrations to synchronize and manage vulnerabilities in your team workflow.

Decision support with Dashboard

Use the Dashboard to monitor executive-level indicators, assess risk posture evolution, and support portfolio-level security decisions with measurable data.

Management and collaboration tool

• Governance notifications and leadership follow-up: Notifications Center

Recommended KPIs

• Risk reduction trend (critical/high).
• Portfolio-level SLA adherence.
• Exposure of internet-facing critical assets.
• Policy exception volume and aging.

Playbooks

Executive asks for current AppSec posture

1. Export latest dashboard metrics.
2. Summarize top risks and trend direction.
3. Highlight decisions needed from leadership.
4. Define next-month measurable outcomes.

Audit/compliance request

1. Gather policy and vulnerability evidence.
2. Show traceability of triage/remediation.
3. Demonstrate SLA and exception governance.
4. Record action items and owners.