Vulnerability Tracking Software
What Is Vulnerability Tracking Software?
Vulnerability tracking software is a tool or platform that helps organizations identify, record, monitor, and manage security vulnerabilities across their systems, applications, cloud environments, and identities. It centralizes vulnerability data from scanners and security tools, providing visibility into what weaknesses exist, where they pose risk, and how remediation is progressing.
While scanners detect vulnerabilities, vulnerability tracking software organizes, correlates, and operationalizes that data so teams can take meaningful action.
Why Vulnerability Tracking Software Matters
Organizations often struggle with thousands of findings spread across multiple scanners, cloud services, and security products. Without a tracking system, vulnerabilities:
- Fall through the cracks
- Are not assigned to the right owners
- Remain unpatched for extended periods
- Lack business context
- Cannot be measured or prioritized effectively
Vulnerability tracking software helps organizations:
- Consolidate findings into one platform
- Improve remediation workflows
- Track progress over time
- Meet compliance and audit requirements
- Reduce exposure by closing risk gaps faster
It’s a key component of modern vulnerability management and risk-based security programs.
How Vulnerability Tracking Software Works
1. Data Aggregation
Pulls vulnerability data from scanners, cloud platforms, AppSec tools, operating systems, containers, and identity systems.
2. Normalization and Correlation
Eliminates duplicates and correlates findings to assets, identities, configurations, and business context.
3. Prioritization
Uses severity scores (CVSS) and contextual insights (exploitability, asset value, exposure, identity risk) to determine what matters most.
4. Workflow and Ticketing
Creates remediation tasks, assigns ownership, integrates with ITSM systems, and tracks remediation progress.
5. Reporting and dashboards
Provides visibility into open vulnerabilities, SLA compliance, MTTR, and overall exposure trends.
Vulnerability Tracking Software vs. Vulnerability Management Platforms
Tracking software is often one component of a broader vulnerability management or cyber risk platform.
Vulnerability Tracking Software:
- Organizes and tracks vulnerabilities
- Provides workflow and reporting
- Improves visibility
Vulnerability Management Platform (like Brinqa):
- Unifies vulnerabilities with assets, identities, and threats
- Provides contextual risk scoring
- Supports remediation orchestration
- Powers exposure management and CTEM
Tracking alone does not reduce risk—context and orchestration do.
How Brinqa Helps
Brinqa elevates vulnerability tracking into a comprehensive, risk-based program by:
Unifying All Vulnerability Data
Brinqa consolidates findings from scanners, cloud tools, identity systems, and application security solutions.
Applying Explainable Risk Scoring
Each vulnerability is enriched with threat intelligence, asset criticality, identity context, exploitability, and exposure relationships.
Automating Remediation Workflows
Brinqa integrates directly with ITSM, DevOps, and collaboration tools to route issues to the right owners and accelerate closure.
Enabling Continuous Exposure Management
Vulnerability tracking becomes part of a broader CTEM and exposure intelligence strategy.