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The Insights feature of BigFix 11 provides you with advanced analytics and visualizations that you can use to identify risks in your environment and make appropriate business decisions.
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Introduction
BigFix Insights is an application-driven extract, transform, and load (ETL) that helps you consolidate all the BigFix data into a single data warehouse.
Prerequisites and limitations
This section provides detailed information about the prerequisites and limitations for BigFix 10 Insights.
Setting up BigFix Insights
Learn how to set up BigFix 10 Insights and edit BigFix 10 Insights connection details.
Uninstall BigFix Insights
Learn how to uninstall BigFix Insights by following the steps below.
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Introduction
BigFix Insights is an application-driven extract, transform, and load (ETL) that helps you consolidate all the BigFix data into a single data warehouse.
Working with datasources and sites
This section describes in detail about adding, deleting, and editing a datasource in BigFix 10 Insights. Datasource represents an existing BigFix Enterprise (BFEnterprise) database containing Fixlets, analyses, computers, sites, and results that Insights uses to visualize important data across your organization. Multiple datasources can be added to Insights to consolidate and correlate data for endpoints spread across multiple BigFix Enterprise Servers. In each datasource, individual sites can be added or excluded for use in BigFix Insights. Matching sites across multiple datasources are represented as a Linked Item in Insights. Each deployment of bigfix has a unique identifier that we use internally to differentiate between datasources you might consume with insights. That identifier is the ActionsiteEpoch. At present, we support a single datasource per BFEnterprise installation.
Working with Linked Items
Learn more about Linked Items in BigFix 10 Insights.
Scheduling an ETL
The ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process pulls data from a datasource and stores it in the Insights' database. An ETL process may consume significant time and resources and hence it is run on a customizable schedule to minimize disruption. In BigFix Insights, you can schedule an ETL daily, weekly, or monthly and also determine the history of an ETL for a datasource and a set of ETLs for all datasources.
Working with activities history
This topic describes how to view the activities history and export the logs.
Updating WebUI
Learn how to update the BigFix Insights WebUI application.
Power BI Reports
Microsoft Power BI Desktop is a tool that helps you present the data that BigFix generates in a meaningful and comprehensible way. You can add an existing Power BI Report to your BigFix Insights implementation.
Tableau Workbooks
Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server are powerful tools that help you present the valuable data that BigFix generates in a meaningful and ingestible way. This chapter describes how to add an existing Tableau Workbook to your BigFix Insights implementation.
Adding and editing custom attributes
This topic describes how to create, edit and delete custom attributes.
Insights schema
The tables in this section provide detailed information about the BigFix 10 Insights schema.
Best practices
Learn more about the best practices in BigFix 10 Insights.
BigFix Insights Troubleshooting
This topic helps you in troubleshooting various issues encountered in BigFix 10 Insights.
BigFix Insights Change Log
This topic lists out the change log in BigFix Insights.
CyberFOCUS Analytics dashboard
From the BigFix CyberFOCUS Analytics dashboard, you can view various reports that display critical information related to vulnerabilities. The data are represented in the form of graphs and tables, so that the user can quickly become aware of the IT assets and the threats in the environment and take informed decisions to mitigate vulnerabilities.
MITRE APTs report
MITRE Advanced Persistent Threat Groups (MITRE APTs) web report obtains data published through the MITRE ATT&CK® Framework, analyses and compares it with the patch levels of the devices in your BigFix environment, and visualizes the analysis as a bar chart to help you take informed decision to mitigate the security threat.
CISA KEV report
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) webreport utilises the data provided by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) KEV Catalog and the associated CISA due dates, analyses and compares them with the patch levels of the devices in your BigFix environment, and visualizes the vulnerability intelligence as a bubble chart to assess and prioritize the vulnerabilities.
PLA report
PLA chart allows you to identify and prioritize all important patches (Fixlets) that are required to protect the device from possible vulnerability BigFix environment.
Initiative report
The Initiative Report provides an overview of CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) categorized by different computer groups found in the user's environment. Its purpose is to display the number of vulnerabilities across machines, giving insights into the distribution of vulnerabilities.
ServiceNow Data Flow
This module provides an overview and features of BigFix ServiceNow Data Flow.
ServiceNow Data Flow
This module provides an overview and features of the BigFix ServiceNow Data Flow.
Detailed system requirements
This section provides comprehensive information on the system requirements for Integration Services. Prior to service deployment, it is necessary for the user to possess the access outlined below.
Fundamental concepts
In this module you can find fundamental concepts and terminology of BigFix ServiceNow Data Flow solution.
Deployment and configuration
This module provides the steps to deploy the BigFix ServiceNow Data Flow solution.
ServiceNow Fixlets and Tasks
Learn more about available Fixlets and Tasks for ServiceNow.
Working with basic functions
This module helps you update and validate configuration.
Reference
The following topics contain information on how you can work with the configuration file and settings, the CLI that comes with the package. They also describe how to use the log files for troubleshooting purposes.
Release Notes
The release notes outline the features, updates and patches that are included in each version of BigFix ServiceNow Dataflows, including the latest application updates.
Support
For more information about this product, see the following resources:
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the Modern Client Management for BigFix software and products.
Notices
BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR)
Welcome to the BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain and use IVR service.
BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) v. 4.0.0
This module provides comprehensive guidance on the installation, maintenance, and operation of the IVR v.4.0.0 service. It includes a detailed summary of the entire end-to-end workflow for using IVR v.4.0.0.
BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR)
Welcome to the BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain and use IVR service.
Extended third-party Windows Application
With Updates for Windows Applications – extended content site, you can deploy updates to a many third-party applications.
Special notice
Edition notice
Overview
Traditional BigFix Patch content focuses on a limited set of vendors with a specialty in operating system and security patching. The Updates for Windows Applications – extended content site, provides coverage for upgrades to a growing list of third-party applications. This expansion helps you fill gap in proactive patching processes.
Frequently asked questions
Learn the answers to frequently asked questions about updates for Windows applications - extended.
Notices
Remediate Guides in PDF
Following is a link to the BigFix Remediate user guide in PDF format: