CREDENTIAL-BASED SECURITY POSTURE ENGINE IN A SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing security posture management using a credential-based security posture engine in a security management system. Security posture management provides security operations-including identifying and remediating risk exposure-to securely manage resources and workloads in computing environments. Security posture management is provided using the credential-based security posture engine that is operationally integrated into the security management system. In operation, credential scan results associated with a computing device are accessed. The computing device is scanned using a credential-based security posture engine that supports generating a security posture of computing environments. Based on the scan results, an unsecured credential associated with accessing a resource in the computing environment is identified. A security posture visualization associated with the computing environment is generated. The security posture visualization comprises the unsecured credential and the resource. The security posture visualization is communicated to cause display of the security posture visualization.