What is a Power BI Dashboard in Cybersecurity?
A Power BI cybersecurity dashboard template is a pre-built, customizable visual reporting tool created in Microsoft Power BI that helps cybersecurity teams monitor, analyze, and report on security data in real time. It centralizes key cybersecurity metrics and presents them in a user-friendly, interactive format.
What Is a Power BI Cybersecurity Dashboard Template?
A Power BI cybersecurity dashboard template is:
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Pre-designed: It comes with visualizations, KPIs, charts, and filters already set up.
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Customizable: You can connect it to your own data sources (e.g., SIEMs like Splunk, endpoint tools, vulnerability scanners, etc.).
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Interactive: Users can drill down into metrics, filter by time, geography, asset groups, and more.
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Downloadable or Shareable: It can be downloaded from marketplaces (e.g., Microsoft AppSource) or shared internally to align teams.
Typical Components in a Cybersecurity Dashboard Template
| Category | Examples of Metrics and Visuals |
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| Threat Intelligence | Number of detected threats, threat severity by type, threat source geo heatmap |
| Vulnerability Management | Number of vulnerabilities by severity, open vs. closed issues, patch status |
| Incident Response | MTTR (Mean Time to Respond), incident trends over time, escalation paths |
| Security Posture | Compliance scores (e.g., NIST 800-53, ISO 27001), control health, risk register overview |
| User Activity | Suspicious logins, privileged account usage, account lockouts, MFA success/failure rates |
| Asset Inventory | Devices by criticality, asset types, unpatched systems |
See Also: Data Governance Dashboard
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