get_security_dashboard
Get security posture dashboard — open incidents by severity, vulnerability counts, mean time to resolve
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What get_security_dashboard does on ServiceNow MCP Server
AI agents call get_security_dashboard to retrieve information from ServiceNow MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_security_dashboard is rated Low
This tool retrieves and displays aggregated security metrics and dashboard data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. It is purely informational/analytical in nature, fitting the Read category with low severity since unauthorized access to this data could inform threat actors but does not directly enable harmful actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_security_dashboard' and description 'Get security posture dashboard — open incidents by severity, vulnerability counts, mean time to resolve' indicate data retrieval only. Verbs 'Get' and 'counts' (not modifications) show no side effects.
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The rule that runs get_security_dashboard safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and ServiceNow MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_security_dashboard, this is the rule to start with:
get_security_dashboard is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect ServiceNow MCP Server, apply this rule, and every get_security_dashboard call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_security_dashboard
Get security posture dashboard — open incidents by severity, vulnerability counts, mean time to resolve. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ServiceNow MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ServiceNow MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_security_dashboard: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches ServiceNow MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_security_dashboard is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_security_dashboard rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_security_dashboard. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_security_dashboard is provided by the ServiceNow MCP Server MCP server (@aartiq/servicenow-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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