No security solution operates by itself. SecOps is a team sport, and at the end of the day, no solution wins alone. The exposure management part of your security stack should strive to be the single source of truth for assets and risks associated with them. The ITSM, SIEM, and SOAR action arms of your security stack depend on the quality of this layer.
But a single source of truth is only as strong as the data feeding it, which is why customized inbound integrations are critical for exposure management. You need the flexibility to pull in data and context together from any source or tool in your environment, as well as precise control over the way that imported data is brought together with your actively and passively discovered sources. But all too often, security teams must deal with broken integrations that can disrupt processes and interfere with operations.
The update, break, and patch cycle of pre-built integrations #
Legacy vendors love boasting about having hundreds of pre-built adapters for out-of-the-box integrations. Sounds great on a sales slide, right? But in practice, these adapters often fall short in depth and reliability.
Off-the-shelf adapters frequently force your unique environment into a rigid, one-size-fits-all data model. They miss the specialized attributes and critical context you actually need to drive real exposure management use cases.
Even worse, when vendors update their product and API, the integration inevitably breaks or leaves out critical data, and you are the one who has to catch it. You log a ticket, report the shortcoming, and then play a frustrating waiting game. You can often be left waiting for months while the vendor struggles to fit the fix into their release schedule.
That isn't playing as a team—that's waiting on the sidelines.
Take back control with runZero 5.1 #
At runZero, we believe you deserve a better approach: one that gives you complete control over the data you import, slashes the effort needed to build integrations, and puts you in the driver’s seat on your own timeline. Any solution receiving data from runZero will also benefit from this improved data import capability.
With the release of runZero 5.1, AI-assisted custom integrations make that setup a reality.
1. Bring your own AI (without compliance scares) #
You can now use AI your way. Connect to the AI provider of your choice, whether you prefer a self-hosted setup (for complete data privacy) or your SaaS option. This unlocks the speed and intelligence of modern AI without introducing painful data sovereignty or compliance hurdles.
2. Build, modify, and adapt at AI speed #
Once your AI provider is configured in runZero, you can use it to generate, tune, and customize integrations promptly (pun intended!). Need to ingest asset data from a niche internal tool or a source runZero doesn't support? AI speeds up the entire script-building process. Want to add or change the data from a third-party source that gets imported and merged with runZero’s discovered data? With runZero 5.1, you have total control.
3. Standardized & secure execution #
To get you moving immediately, runZero provides a library of ready-to-use integrations that you can easily modify with the AI assistant.
Under the hood, these custom integration scripts are written in Starlark (a safe, Python-like language developed by Google) and run in an isolated, secure sandbox on your runZero Explorers without affecting other production systems. You get maximum flexibility with enterprise-grade safety.
Ready to elevate your SecOps game? Explore runZero today to start integrating your security stack at AI speed! To begin a free trial today, visit: https://www.runzero.com/try/.
