Customizing Default Dashboards
Overview
Strobes includes a library of pre-built dashboard templates that visualize your security data across prioritization, risk, pentesting, attack surface, patch management, threat intelligence, and more. Each template is ready to use, open it, apply filters to focus on specific assets or findings, and export it when you're done. No configuration required.
Dashboards are accessed via the Dashboards icon in the left sidebar.
The Dashboards Page
The page is titled Manage and Visualize Your Security Insights and displays all available dashboards as a card grid. Each card shows the dashboard name, whether it's a Default Template or a custom one, and a thumbnail preview of its charts.
Strobes ships seven default templates out of the box:
Template | What it shows |
|---|---|
Prioritization Summary | Findings prioritized by score and SLA status across asset types |
Risk Summary | Risk distribution and scoring across your environment |
Pentesting | Engagement-level findings, severity breakdown, and status |
Assets Summary | Asset inventory counts, types, and exposure metrics |
Attack Surface | External exposure, discovered assets, and attack surface growth over time |
Patch & SLA Summary | Patch compliance, SLA adherence, and deadline tracking |
Threat Intel Summary | Exploit availability, threat intelligence signals, and vulnerability exposure |
Any dashboards your team has created appear in the grid alongside the defaults, showing the creation date instead of "Default Template".
Use the Search by using name field at the top to find a specific dashboard if the list grows long. The grid is paginated so use the page numbers at the bottom to navigate.
Step 1: Open a Template
Click anywhere on a template card (or hover to see the preview icon) to open that dashboard. This takes you directly into the Dashboard Overview for that template.
Step 2: Understand the Dashboard Layout
Once a dashboard is open, the layout has the following areas:
Tab bar (top left) — shows the name of the active dashboard (e.g., "Prioritization Summary") with an × to close it and a ∨ dropdown to switch between other open dashboards.
Filter dropdowns (top right) — two dropdowns to slice all charts in the dashboard simultaneously:
- Filter by Asset View — filters all data by a saved asset view
- Filter by Findings View — filters all data by a saved findings view
Action bar (top right) — Export as PDF, a ⋮ overflow menu for additional export options, and Add New Dashboard.
Chart panels — the main content area. Each panel has its own title, a table/list icon to switch to tabular view, and a ⋮ menu for panel-level actions. Charts resize to fill the available space.
Step 3: Review the Dashboard Charts
The charts displayed depend on which template you opened.
NOTE: These are all customizable Widgets that can be added and also customized based on your requirements.
The Prioritization Summary template, for example, includes:
Overall Prioritization Performance — a full-width progress bar showing the percentage of findings that have been prioritized. The bar is colour-coded by prioritization score range (0–99 through 900–999).
Findings by Prioritization Score — a horizontal bar chart grouping findings into score buckets (0–99, 100–199, … 900–999), colour-coded by severity band.
Prioritization vs SLA — a grouped bar chart comparing SLA Violated vs SLA Compliant findings across the same score buckets.
Step 4: Filter by Asset View
Use the Filter by Asset View dropdown to scope the entire dashboard to a specific group of assets. Click the dropdown to see all your saved asset views.
Available options:
- Construct Query — build a custom query on the spot (e.g.,
os ~ "win"for Windows assets) - Saved views — any asset views you've created appear as named entries (e.g., Windows assets, Web dev assets, web assets, Web app assets)
After selecting a view, a filter tag appears below the tab bar (e.g., (os ~ "win") ×).
All charts on the dashboard immediately update to reflect only that asset scope.
Click the × on the tag to clear the filter.
Step 5: Export the Dashboard
Once you're satisfied with the view, you can export it in several formats.
Export as PDF
Click Export as PDF in the top-right. A dialog opens with two settings:
- Page size — defaults to A4 (210 × 297 mm). Use the dropdown to select a different paper size.
- Orientation — choose Landscape or Portrait (Portrait is selected by default).
Click Export to generate and download the PDF.
Export as PNG or Schedule by Email
Click the ⋮ icon next to the Export as PDF button to access two additional options:
- Export as PNG — downloads the current dashboard view as a PNG image. Useful for quick screenshots to paste into presentations or Slack.
- Schedule & Email — sets up a recurring email delivery of this dashboard. Use this to automatically send a PDF of the dashboard to stakeholders on a set schedule without having to export manually each time.
Tips
Start with the Prioritization Summary. It's the most data-dense default template and gives you the fastest read on which findings need immediate attention across all asset types.
Combine filters for targeted views. Pairing an Asset View (e.g., "Windows assets") with a Findings View (e.g., "SLA Violated") instantly scopes every chart to critical Windows SLA breaches — no manual cross-referencing required.
Use Construct Query for ad-hoc analysis. Both filter dropdowns offer a Construct Query option. This lets you write a one-off filter expression without saving a permanent view — ideal when you're investigating a specific incident.
Export as PNG for quick sharing. PDF exports are best for formal reports. For a fast screenshot to drop into a Slack thread or incident ticket, the PNG export is quicker.
Schedule & Email for stakeholder reporting. If you send a weekly or monthly dashboard to leadership, set up Schedule & Email once so it goes out automatically — you won't need to remember to export and send it manually.