Bridging the Gap Between Data and Intelligence

When you can't see the full picture, you can't prioritize what matters most.

Your team is drowning in data from dozens of tools. Each one tells a different part of the story. Manual correlation wastes hours and introduces errors. The answer is not more tools—it's connecting the ones you already have.

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Data Overload Without Context

Security teams face tens of thousands of vulnerabilities flagged every scan. Finance pulls reports from billing, accounting, and forecasting systems separately. Operations checks inventory across multiple platforms manually.

The data exists, but it's fragmented. You end up treating all problems as equal when they're not. A critical vulnerability on an internet-facing server isn't the same as one on a test machine no one touches. But without context, you can't tell the difference.

The Real Cost

Without correlation, teams waste time on low-priority issues while high-risk problems go unnoticed. Every manual step adds delay and error. Speed suffers. Risk increases.

Where Manual Processes Fail

Missing Context

Each tool shows part of the picture, but no one sees how the pieces connect

Hours Wasted Weekly

Manual correlation across spreadsheets is error-prone and takes hours your team doesn't have

Poor Prioritization

Treating all issues equally means the real risks get buried in noise

Intelligence Requires Connected Data

Data becomes intelligence when you add context. A vulnerability scanner tells you what's broken. Your CMDB tells you what's critical. Active Directory tells you what's actually in use. When you connect these together, you know what to fix first.

The teams that move fastest aren't manually exporting CSVs and running pivot tables. They're automating the correlation and focusing on decisions instead of data prep.

Example: Vulnerability Prioritization

Instead of treating all critical vulnerabilities the same, correlate data from multiple systems to understand which ones actually matter.

Data Sources to Correlate

Vulnerability Scanner

  • Identified hosts within scanned subnets
  • Vulnerabilities associated to those hosts
  • CVE severity and CVSS scores

CMDB

  • Asset owners and points of contact
  • High-value asset designation
  • Services and business functions

Active Directory

  • Hostname and operating system
  • Organizational Unit information
  • Last logon and active status

VM Manager / Network Data

  • Power state and availability
  • Attached network and exposure
  • IP address and hostname mapping

The Result

When you correlate these data points, you stop trying to prioritize 50,000 critical vulnerabilities and start focusing on the ones that actually increase risk—internet-facing, high-value assets with active exploits in the wild.

How Teams Solve This Today

Vendor-Supplied Integrations

Limited to what the vendor decides to build. Can't customize the data model. Often requires daisy-chaining multiple integrations through a complex process.

Result: Rigid, incomplete, and slow to adapt when tools or requirements change.

Custom Development

Weeks in the backlog before work starts. Brittle code that's hard to maintain. What happens when the developer leaves or the API changes?

Result: Expensive, fragile, and slow to deliver. Hard to update as your environment evolves.

A Better Way to Correlate Data

Integration platforms like Clockspring let you connect systems in hours instead of weeks. No deep programming required. Fast to build, easy to update, and flexible enough to adapt as your tools change.

Hours, Not Weeks

Connect data sources and build correlation workflows without waiting for developer availability

Visual, Low-Code Design

If you can map the logic, you can build it—no specialized developers required

Easy to Update

When tools change or new data sources are added, updating flows takes minutes instead of months

From Noise to Clarity

Before Correlation

  • 50,000 critical vulnerabilities flagged
  • Manual exports and pivot tables weekly
  • No clear way to prioritize risk

After Correlation

  • Context-aware prioritization based on asset value and exposure
  • Automated correlation runs daily
  • Team focuses on the issues that actually increase risk

Stop Drowning in Data. Start Making Decisions.

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