Use Cases | AuraAI

Security Operations

SOC — Security Operations Center

Give your security team on-demand access to device data, network maps, and traffic flows through Aura's integrated visualizer. Enable SOC analysts to self-service investigations without waiting on network engineering.

On-demand access to device data and configuration state

Interactive network map with real-time traffic flow visualization

Self-service investigation tools for SOC analysts

Correlation of security events with network topology

Reduce mean time to investigate by eliminating cross-team dependencies

aura — security operations

847

Clean

12

Warnings

3

Threats

Live Traffic Flows

Threat Log

Anomalous SSH from 10.4.2.19 HIGH

Port scan detected on VLAN 40 HIGH

Unusual DNS volume — core-rtr-02 MED

aura — network operations center

Network Topology Live

Cloud Assets

48

VMs Active

312 98.7% healthy

Active Alerts

SW3 — interface Gi0/1 down CRIT

High CPU on edge-rtr-05 WARN

Certificate expiry in 7 days WARN

Network Operations

NOC — Network Operations Center

Complete visibility across all platforms in a single tool. Aura unifies network mapping, cloud assets, VM status, alerts, and threat intelligence into one operational view — eliminating the need to switch between dozens of dashboards.

Unified visibility across all network and cloud platforms

Real-time network mapping and topology discovery

Cloud asset inventory and status monitoring

VM lifecycle status and health tracking

Centralized alerting and incident management

Integrated threat intelligence feeds

Visibility & Control

Continuous Visibility & Control

Aura continuously polls all assets, tracks every change, and maintains a living map of your entire environment — topology, connections, applications, and traffic flows. Security posture and device personas are monitored in real time across every managed device.

Continuous polling of all assets across the environment

Real-time change tracking across all network elements

Full lifecycle tracking for every device from onboarding to decommission

Automated mapping and updates — topology, assets, connections, applications, and traffic

Continuous monitoring of security posture and persona across all managed devices

aura — continuous visibility

Asset Polling Status ● Polling live

2,847

Responding

12

Degraded

3

Unreachable

30s

Poll Interval

Change Tracker — Last 24h

14:22

Config changed on edge-sw-dal-017

13:55

New device discovered: ap-floor3-08

12:41

Security posture change on fw-atl-01

11:18

Topology update: new link core→dist-04

Automated Mapping

Topology

synced

Assets

synced

Connections

synced

Apps

synced

Traffic

updating

aura — site deployment

Deploy: Dallas-Metro-Site-14 VERIFIED

Load golden image v3.2.1 done

Push config to 24 devices done

Verify against standards 24/24 pass

Connectivity tests pass

Change Log

14:32:01 Site-14 deployment initiated by ops-admin

14:32:45 Golden image loaded — 24 devices targeted

14:38:12 Config push complete — 0 failures

14:39:30 Standards verification passed (24/24)

Deployment & Verification

Site Deployment & Verification

Load golden images and deploy or update sites on-demand without manual configuration. Aura verifies that every site is built to standards and maintains a complete log of all changes with metrics for reporting.

Golden image management and on-demand site deployment

Automated site verification against defined standards

Zero-touch deployment — no manual configuration required

Complete change logs with timestamps and attribution

Deployment metrics and reporting for compliance and audits

Compliance & Governance

Compliance

Live, continuously updated mapping to all major compliance frameworks including NIST, ISO, and SOC. Aura monitors your infrastructure in real time, alerts on compliance drift, and integrates with Citadel for tracking and verification.

Live mapping to NIST, ISO, SOC, and other major frameworks

Continuous compliance monitoring — not point-in-time snapshots

Real-time alerting for compliance drift and violations

Integrated threat monitoring alongside compliance status

Citadel integration for compliance tracking and verification with auto-updates from Aura

aura — compliance dashboard

NIST 800-53

94%

ISO 27001

91%

SOC 2

87%

Control Status — NIST 800-53

AC-2 Account Management PASS

AU-6 Audit Review & Analysis PASS

CM-6 Configuration Settings FAIL

IA-5 Authenticator Management PASS

SC-7 Boundary Protection REVIEW

Synced with Citadel — last update 2m ago

aura — patch management

Patch Campaign: IOS-XE 17.12.3 IN PROGRESS

142 devices targeted Window: Sat 02:00–06:00 CT

Workflow Pipeline

Schedule

Sandbox

Validate

Deploy

Verify

98

Patched

36

Deploying

8

Queued

Sandbox validation passed — 0 regressions detected

Patch Management

Monitor and report on patching status across every device in your infrastructure. Aura automates the full patch lifecycle — scheduling, sandbox testing, deployment, validation, and rollback — with visual workflow planning for complete operational control.

Monitor and report on patch status across all devices

Automated patching with scheduling and maintenance windows

Sandbox testing and validation before production deployment

Automated rollback on failure — no manual intervention required

Visual workflow visualization and planning for patch campaigns

Asset Management

Full lifecycle management for every device in your infrastructure. Aura continuously scans and updates your CMDB, manages OS upgrades and patching, and maps every asset to its network context, traffic flows, threats, and users.

Complete device lifecycle management from procurement to decommission

OS management, upgrades, and patch tracking for all infrastructure devices

Continuously updated CMDB from automated scanning and discovery

Asset mapping to network topology, traffic flows, and applications

Correlation with threats, anomalies, locations, and user access

aura — asset inventory

2,847

Total Assets

2,691

Current

118

EOL Soon

38

Patch Due

CMDB — Recent Discovery

DEVICE

TYPE

OS

LOCATION

PATCH

STATUS

core-rtr-01

Router

IOS-XE 17.9

Dallas

Current

edge-sw-042

Switch

NX-OS 10.3

Chicago

Due 14d

fw-atlanta-01

Firewall

PAN-OS 11.1

Atlanta

Current

vm-web-srv-08

VM

Ubuntu 22.04

AWS East

Overdue

aura — automation engine

Active Workflows

ANS

80%

TF

done

Auto-Generated Playbook AI GENERATED

---

- name: Patch edge switches

hosts: edge_switches_dallas

tasks:

- name: Backup running config

ios_config:

backup: yes

- name: Apply firmware update

ios_command:

commands:

- install add file ...

Self-Service Queue

VM snapshot — web-prod-03 auto-approved

Port enable — Gi0/24 SW-CHI-12 pending review

VM clone — db-staging-01 running

Infrastructure Automation

Automation

Deploy new sites and continuously verify existing ones. Auto-fix network issues. Enable self-service portals for common operations. Aura integrates natively with Ansible and Terraform — no Tower required — and can auto-generate scripts on demand.

Automated site deployment with continuous verification

Auto-remediation for detected network issues

Self-service portal for network port changes and VM operations (build, decom, clone, snapshot)

Self-service VM snapshot portal with full automation

Native Ansible and Terraform integration — no Tower or wrapper needed

AI-powered auto-generation of Ansible playbooks and Terraform configs

Flexible execution — fully automated or manual approval per operation

Assessment & Optimization

Environment Assessment

Replace expensive vendor engagements with built-in, continuous assessments across your entire environment. Aura delivers network, application, lifecycle, and security assessments that run continuously — saving hundreds of thousands in consulting costs.

Built-in complete network assessment with continuous monitoring

Application and tools assessment with continuous monitoring

Lifecycle management assessment with continuous monitoring

Security assessment with continuous monitoring

Eliminates the need for costly one-time vendor assessment engagements

Always current — not a point-in-time snapshot that goes stale

aura — environment assessment

Network HEALTHY

92

218 findings · 14 open

Applications HEALTHY

88

156 findings · 22 open

Lifecycle ATTENTION

74

118 devices nearing EOL

Security HEALTHY

90

84 findings · 8 open

Assessment Mode ● Continuous

Last full scan: 4 minutes ago · Next: continuous

$240K+ estimated annual savings vs. vendor assessment engagements

aura — agent command center

Active Agents 5 running

network-monitor watching 2,847 devices

security-sentinel scanning threats

compliance-checker validating NIST

self-healer remediating issue

env-assessor continuous scan

Agent Action Feed

self-healer 12:44:02

Detected OSPF flap on edge-rtr-05 → adjusted cost → resolved

security-sentinel 12:41:18

Anomalous SSH pattern → engaged SOC team → ticket #4821 created

network-monitor 12:38:55

Filtered 847 noise events → surfaced 3 actionable → reported

All agent actions logged with full audit trail — prompt to fix, fully transparent

Agentic AI

An agent command center for managing autonomous AI agents across your environment. Aura's agentic AI continuously monitors your network, security, and infrastructure — filtering out noise, surfacing what matters, and taking action to self-heal, engage support, and report with full transparency.

Agent command center for management of all AI agents in the environment

Continuous autonomous monitoring of environment, security, and network

Intelligent noise reduction — surfaces what matters, filters the rest

Self-service and self-healing automation for common issues

Automated response to issues — correct, engage support, and report

Transparent prompt-to-fix actions with full audit trail

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