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zero trust dashboard
Cylent Vision
A Zero-Trust Framework dashboard that reduces the information gathering and guides security consultants through assessments.
Problem Context
Replace portal-hopping with one assessment workspace.
Consultants were spending substantial time collecting information before the could analyze it or advise a client.
60-70
Hours for a senior consultant to complete an assessment
1
Workspace for scores, behavior, controls, and roadmaps.
The proposed product pulled Microsoft API data into a dashboard, paired behavior with security scores, and supported export to slide decks.
User Research
Learn the workflow from the team doing it.
Interviews covered senior consultants, an associate consultant, a solutions advisor, and a director.
5
Ascent stake holders interviewed
2
Clear personas emerged.
Senior consultant
Needs tedious information gathering removed so more time can go toward technical analysis and decision-making.
Associate consultant
Needs guided experience that reduces guesswork while preparing assessments, and roadmaps.
Five 30-60 minute interviews captured pain points across delivery and leadership roles.
The product needed to serve experts without leaving junior consultants alone in an open-ended process.
Information Architecture
Organize the produce around an assessment lifecycle.
The scope included the workshop list, CRUD workflows, a dashboard, and a controls table under Zero Trust and Exchange authentication constraints.
The stakeholder reviewed sitemap connected the workshop list to dashboards and related assessment views.
A drawer based creation flow keeps users in context while they configure a new assessment.
Mockups & System
Make security maturity readable, not merely available.
Explorations tested chart types, application shell treatments, and ways to express Zero Trust maturity.
The design system documented typography, color and reusable interface rules.
The dashboard combines secure scores, maturity, risk tolerance and login activity.
Component and state explorations established visual patterns before formalizing the system.