Cloud teams face more findings than available hours. The gap is not detection, it is deciding what deserves action now. A decision-first approach ranks cloud risks using clear outcome levels that turn scattered alerts into a plan shared by operators and leadership. Saner Cloud Security Risk Prioritization (CSRP) applies the Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision tree to classify every finding into Act, Attend, Track*, or Track, using inputs that mirror how real attacks succeed. Those inputs include exploitability, automation potential, technical impact, and mission value of affected resources. Teams then get org and account views, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, and a direct path to remediation, so decisions lead to measurable reduction of exploitable paths rather than more dashboards to read.
CSRP brings threat-informed context to prioritization with ATT&CK tactics, techniques, and mapped mitigations, plus visuals that roll up action levels across clouds. The user guide details drilldowns that explain why a finding sits in a given category, show whether it grants partial or total control, and route owners to fixes in Saner CSRM. The result is faster time to decision, fewer detours, and better alignment with services that matter most to the business.
The problem with traditional risk prioritization tools
Traditional scoring treats severity like a universal truth, which leads teams to chase loud items rather than the ones most likely to be used in an attack. CVSS alone misses non-CVE exposures such as weak defaults, misconfigured identities, and open services. Scores also tend to be static while cloud changes by the hour. That lag creates long lists with little signal for what to do next. Many tools provide opaque math, limited evidence for the “why,” and no clear route to remediation, so operators still juggle tickets, change windows, and verification in separate places.
Saner CSRP addresses those gaps with a model that evaluates exploitability, potential for attacker automation, technical impact, and the business value of affected resources. The system classifies findings into Act, Attend, Track*, and Track, then explains the decision logic so two analysts would likely make the same call. Org and account rollups keep leaders and owners aligned. ATT&CK mapping connects each risk to tactics, techniques, and mitigations, which helps move from label to action. A one-click handoff to Saner CSRM closes the loop for patches, configuration changes, and verification in a single path.
What decision first means in practice
Decision-first prioritization evaluates every finding against four practical questions. Can it be exploited. Can the exploitation be automated at scale. What level of control would an attacker gain. Does the affected resource carry high mission value. Saner CSRP applies those inputs through the SSVC decision tree and returns one of four outcomes. Act for immediate action, Attend for timely review, Track* for watch-closely, and Track for routine monitoring. Each outcome includes evidence that explains the path taken, which builds trust and speeds sign-off.
Teams work from org and account dashboards that show the distribution of outcomes, exploitable items, automatable paths across the kill chain, partial versus total control, and Act-level impact on mission-important resources. The MITRE ATT&CK view links each risk to adversary techniques and recommended mitigations. Owners can open a decision tree for a visual trace, review a summary with recommended actions, and start remediation in Saner CSRM without tool hopping. Programs mature from counting issues to removing exploitable paths that threaten services customers rely on.
Meet Saner CSRP
Saner Cloud Security Risk Prioritization is a decision-first engine that applies the Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) model to every cloud finding, assigning one of four outcomes: Act, Attend, Track*, or Track. Inputs reflect how attacks succeed in practice, including exploitability, likelihood of attacker automation, expected technical impact such as partial or total control, and the mission value of affected resources. Outputs are a defensible, ranked plan with next steps that both leadership and operators can use to move work forward. MITRE ATT&CK mapping adds tactics, techniques, and mitigations for threat-informed action, without asking teams to parse long lists or opaque scores. Org and account views keep priorities consistent across environments and owners.
How Saner CSRP Works
Org and account rollups present one picture of Act, Attend, Track*, and Track across clouds, then allow drilldowns by exploitability, impact, and exposure to mission-important resources. Exploitable and automatable paths rise to the top so teams act on risks attackers can scale. Technical impact contrasts partial versus total control to shrink blast radius first. An Essential Resources view shows where Act-level issues touch services the business relies on. MITRE ATT&CK mapping ties each risk to tactics, techniques, and recommended mitigations, with columns for affected assets, services, and regions. A prioritized list adds the “why” behind every decision, with a decision-tree trace and recommended actions. One click hands off to remediation in Saner CSRM, where patches, configuration changes, and verification happen in one path, closing the loop without extra dashboards.
What Changes for the Business: Outcomes and Metrics
Teams spend less time triaging and more time fixing the right risks. Time-to-decision drops because outcomes are clear and the reasoning is visible. Exploitable paths decline as automatable and high-impact items move to the front of the queue. Incidents that touch tier-one services recede as Act-level issues on mission-important resources are addressed first. Leaders gain trustworthy rollups across orgs and accounts, while operators work from a ranked plan with mapped mitigations and a direct route to remediation. Progress becomes measurable through weekly changes in Act counts, verification of fixes, and audit-ready evidence that supports security reviews and board updates.
Turn cloud noise into decisions, not dashboards
If your team is buried in findings, the gap is not detection, it is deciding what to fix first. A decision-first model narrows attention to exploitable, high-impact risks on mission-important resources, shows the why behind every call, and hands work straight to remediation. The result is faster time to decision, fewer detours, and measurable reduction of attack paths that matter to the business.
See it in action. Get a walkthrough of how this approach ranks risks, maps to MITRE ATT&CK, and closes the loop with remediation, end to end. Schedule a demo now.