Faster Remediation Starts With Removing the Automation Bottleneck. SmartFlows Does That.
by Brinqa, Security Experts//5 min read/
Every security program has a version of the same problem: the people who need automations built aren't the people who can build them. So requests pile up, workflows wait, and remediation slows down while the queue gets longer.
SmartFlows is Brinqa's no-code workflow automation builder, built so that remediation owners, program managers, and security leads can build and manage their own automations without touching a line of code or waiting on anyone else.
What Brinqa SmartFlows Delivers — and Why It Matters
Automation backlogs are a remediation risk. When only a small number of people, typically security analysts or platform admins, have the technical depth to build workflows, every other team waits. Requests stack up. Response cycles slow. Exposure windows stay open longer than they should.
SmartFlows gets there by letting any authorized user (not just admins) create automated workflows through a visual drag-and-drop interface. Once a user builds a SmartFlows automation and sets the conditions that drive it, SmartFlows handles the rest automatically: tickets get created, findings get routed, owners get notified, SLAs get assigned. The program moves without someone manually pushing it forward.
How Brinqa SmartFlows Works
SmartFlows uses a visual, node-based canvas. Users build workflows by selecting from filter lists to define the exact conditions they want to act on, then layering in actions based on those choices — designed to be intuitive for non-technical users while supporting the complexity enterprise security programs require.
Here's what that looks like in practice:
- Start with a filter. Define the conditions that trigger the workflow — for example, all critical vulnerabilities (CVSS ≥ 9.0) in the environment.
- Take an action. Automatically create remediation tickets, assign SLAs, and group findings by remediation owner — no manual triage required.
- Add conditional branches. Build on the initial action with "and then" logic. Critical findings that are also out of SLA can automatically trigger email notifications to both the remediation owner and the risk owner.
- Handle unmatched items. SmartFlows' waterfall approach routes findings that don't meet the first filter criteria into their own branches — so high-severity vulnerabilities get their own automated response without any additional manual effort.
- Navigate end to end. A flexible view lets users zoom out and view the full flow as workflows grow in complexity.
The result: a complete, automated response to a defined set of conditions — built visually, running continuously, without engineering involvement.
Who Benefits — and How
SmartFlows is built for anyone who needs to do remediation work – IT, SecOps, DevOps, CloudOps etc.— not just the people who administer it. The value is shared across the organization: reduced risks, accelerated remediations, easily assigned remediation owners, reduced need to manually create workflows… in short, less time waiting on someone else, more time making progress. This means:
- Remediation owners and program managers no longer need to wait for a technical expert; they can easily create their own workflows using drag and drop menus and picklists. Automations they build themselves mean findings reach the right people faster and remediation timelines shorten.
- Security analysts and platform admins get time back. Offloading routine workflow construction means they can focus on higher-complexity work instead of fielding requests.
- Security leadership gets the program outcomes that matter: faster response, reduced exposure windows, and more consistent remediation processes — without adding headcount or increasing technical overhead.
Why It Matters for Exposure Management
An exposure management program is only as effective as its ability to act on what it finds. Brinqa gives you risk prioritization with context, SmartFlows lets you easily and quickly create workflows to remediate what matters most – quickly.
Automated workflows accelerate the process from identifying risk to performing remediation and reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR). That's the point. Not automation for its own sake, but automation that makes the security program faster and more consistent at reducing risk.
Shorter Exposure Windows Start With Faster Remediation
Every finding that sits unactioned is a window of risk that stays open. SmartFlows closes it — by putting automation in the hands of the people responsible for remediation, so the right response happens without the wait.
Request a demo and see what your program looks like when the bottleneck is gone.
