Managing cybersecurity risk requires knowing what devices you have and what vulnerabilities they carry. Cyber Reports brings your unit's security data into a single, current view. By showing asset coverage and vulnerabilities, it calculates your unit's overall risk and tracks it over time, alongside how quickly issues are resolved. This puts your unit in control of reducing its own exposure by highlighting exactly where your risk sits today and what to prioritize.
Features and Benefits
| Consolidates Vulnerability Management Solution (VMS) data and Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) asset coverage into one report, rather than tracking two separate tools. |
| Provides a Risk Exposure Index (REI) score per unit, which is normalized by asset count so unit size doesn't distort the comparison. |
| Includes quarterly trend charts for REI and Mean Time to Remediate (MTTR), a metric showing how fast vulnerabilities are fixed, so managers can easily track if their posture is improving. |
Requirements and Eligibility
Designed for IT unit managers and security leads. Access is strictly for units already onboarded to VMS and CAASM; it is not a self-serve, campus-wide service.
Price
Free of charge to onboarded units, with no additional fees or paid tiers. Funded and operated by the CSS team as part of core UBC Information Security services.
Sign-up Requirements / Technical Requirements
- Active onboarding in both VMS and CAASM.
- Standard UBC Campus Wide Login (CWL) access.
- A modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, or MS Edge) connected to the UBC network or VPN.
Getting Started
Step 1: Verify Eligibility. Your unit must be actively onboarded to both VMS and CAASM. If you are unfamiliar with these tools or your unit is not yet onboarded, please review the [Link to VMS Catalog Page] and send a ticket to security.support@ubc.ca to begin that process first.
Step 2: Prepare for Onboarding. The CSS team will need to build your custom reporting view. Be prepared to provide your unit's internal network routing details, identity codes, and technical leadership contacts when CSS responds to your request. (Note: Specific technical requirements have been abstracted here to protect internal infrastructure details from public exposure).
Step 3: Access the Report. Once granted access, navigate to the Cyber Reports portal link provided by CSS. Access is managed via your standard UBC Campus Wide Login (CWL). Viewing requires Chrome, Firefox, or MS Edge on the UBC network or VPN; no local software installation is required.
Step 4: Review Your Data. Use the Unit slicer to select your unit and review the Cyber Risk Overview, Cross-Control, CAASM, and VMS pages.
Further Information
- REI and asset criticality values reflect the most recent VMS/CAASM data pull and can shift on a later refresh as underlying asset risk scores change.
- A technical documentation package accompanies each report page for units wanting details on how individual measures are calculated.
FAQs
Get Help
Contact the Cybersecurity Systems Support (CSS) team by emailing security.support@ubc.ca to open a ticket.