Security Update Management Tool for Cyber Essentials Self Assessment (SUMCESA)
SUMCESA is a lightweight, automated tool for managing software updates, tracking installed software, and assessing vulnerabilities using CVE/NVD data. It provides a centralized web dashboard to visualize security posture, monitor updates, and generate automated compliance reports.
This project was developed as a hands-on learning initiative to gain practical experience in cybersecurity automation, cross-platform system administration, and full-stack development.
SUMCESA (Security Update Management CE Self-Assessment) is a centralized platform that demonstrates how small organizations can:
- Maintain software inventories
- Monitor update status
- Assess vulnerabilities using CVE/NVD data
- Generate security and compliance reports
The focus of this project is practical cybersecurity implementation, not commercial deployment.
This project was developed to gain experience in:
- Security automation workflows
- Vulnerability assessment using CVE & CVSS
- Cross-platform system administration (Windows & Linux)
- Web-based dashboards for security monitoring
- Secure and maintainable application architecture
- System-wide software inventory
- Version detection and comparison
- Update availability tracking
- Real-time CVE lookup via NVD API
- CVSS-based risk scoring
- Prioritized vulnerability listings
- Real-time system monitoring
- Interactive charts and summaries
- One-click report generation
- Windows: WMI / PowerShell automation
- Centralized control through web interface
- Security status summaries
- Compliance-style checklists
- Remediation recommendations
Screenshots are provided for demonstration purposes.
Main control panel showing system overview and vulnerability summary
Installed software with version tracking
Available updates across monitored systems
Detailed vulnerability information
CVE database lookup with severity ratings
Monitored systems and agent status
Agent installation and communication flow
Automated security report with remediation guidance
System configuration and management options
- Python 3.8+
- Flask (RESTful architecture)
- SQLAlchemy ORM
- Requests (API communication)
- WMI / PowerShell (Windows automation)
- apt / dnf (Linux automation)
- HTML5 / CSS3
- Jinja2 templating
- Bootstrap (UI components)
- Chart.js (data visualization)
- SQLite (development / lightweight)
- MySQL (production-ready option)
- NVD API (CVE & CVSS data)
- Custom REST API for agent communication
- Groq Llama API for report generation
git clone [https://github.com/yourusername/SUMCESA.git](https://github.com/GlassesMan01/SUMCESA.git)
cd SUMCESA
pip install -r requirements.txtcp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and add required API keyspython app.pyOpen your browser and navigate to: http://localhost:5000
The system includes lightweight agents for data collection:
- Windows: PowerShell / Batch scripts
- Central Management: Web dashboard for monitoring agent status
- Data Collection Agents scan installed software and system details
- Vulnerability Matching Software versions are checked against CVE/NVD data
- Risk Analysis CVSS scores are used to prioritize vulnerabilities
- Dashboard Visualization Results displayed via web interface
- Reporting Automated security and remediation reports generated
- Full-stack application development
- Security automation workflows
- Vulnerability management (CVE / CVSS)
- System integration and API usage
- Database design and ORM usage
- Project planning and architecture design
- Technical documentation
- Debugging and troubleshooting
- Version control with Git
- UX design for security data
Potential improvements include:
- Docker-based deployment
- Public REST API for integrations
- Mobile companion application
- Advanced analytics & ML-based risk prediction
- Plugin architecture for extensibility
This is primarily a learning and research project, but contributions and suggestions are welcome.
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch 3.Commit your changes
- Submit a pull request
This tool is intended for educational and defensive security purposes only. Do not use it on systems you do not own or have explicit permission to test.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Building SUMCESA was an intensive hands-on learning experience (~200+ hours) that helped me:
- Translate cybersecurity theory into real tools
- Design scalable security automation systems
- Handle real-world data accuracy and performance issues
- Build user-friendly interfaces for technical audiences
- SUMCESA represents my growth across cybersecurity, automation, and software engineering.