Technical Instance Assessment

ServiceNow
Discovery Report

Full technical scan of your ServiceNow instance — customizations, integrations, CMDB, and security posture.

dev191476.service-now.com
Zurich Patch 1 (Aug 2025)
February 20, 2026
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Critical Findings at a Glance
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Critical
19 of 20 update sets stuck "in progress" — no customizations are promotable
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Critical
100% of 2,784 CIs are stale — no CMDB updates in 6+ months
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High
16 of 18 admin accounts are demo artifacts — last login 2010–2012 or never
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High
MFA not configured — glide.ui.login.mfa.enabled property absent
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High
No IP restrictions — open instance with no allowlist
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High
No MID Servers — Discovery and many integrations non-functional
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High
3 outbound REST messages use no authentication (including u_external_approval_api in global scope)
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Medium
39 legacy workflows still active — Flow Designer migration incomplete
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Platform Health
Zurich
Current Release
~2–3
Patches Behind
455
Scheduled Jobs
0
Syslog Errors (7d)
Single-node dev instance. No cluster configuration. No MID Servers registered. Transaction log is clean — 0 errors in the last 7 days. Instance is approximately 2–3 patches behind the current Zurich stream as of Feb 2026.
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Customizations
5,580
Business Rules
663
Custom (Non-Global)
333
Flow Designer Flows
39
Legacy Workflows
Business Rules by Scope — Custom Apps Only
Scope Source Total Active Inactive
Task Runner CUSTOM 440
Asset Tracker CUSTOM 220
226 OOB rules across 62 platform scopes (Goal Framework, Key Management, CMDB Workspace, Employee Center + 58 more) — excluded from custom analysis.
⚠️ Flagged Rules on Critical Tables
Rule Name Table When Source Risk
AI - Auto High Urgency for High Impact incident before CUSTOM Task Runner HIGH
RITM Comment Notification sc_req_item after CUSTOM Asset Tracker HIGH
12 OOB rules excluded from analysis (Security Center, CAB Workbench, SOW modules) — platform baseline, no action required.
3
Integrations
8
Outbound REST Messages
3
No Authentication
220
Scripted REST APIs (Inbound)
0
MID Servers
Outbound REST Messages — Auth Assessment
Name Endpoint Auth Risk
u_external_approval_api No endpoint set None DELETE
o0_test_rest_message No endpoint set None DELETE
o0_External_API jsonplaceholder.typicode.com None MOCK API
Firebase Cloud Messaging (×2) fcm.googleapis.com OAuth (runtime) OK
DoIT ServiceBridge Integration Basic REVIEW
Yahoo Finance http://finance.yahoo.com None (public) DEPRECATED
OAuth Providers — Placeholder IDs Detected
5 IdP providers (Azure AD, Okta, Auth0, Google, ADFS) have {placeholder} client IDs — these are template records that were never completed. Slack and Teams are configured. Custom OAuth clients: OZ Nexus, WebKit HTML to PDF.
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CMDB Health
2,784
Total CIs
100%
Stale (6+ months)
238
CI Relationships
0
MID Servers for Discovery
Top Connected CIs — Infrastructure Hubs
Rank CI Name Total Relationships Role
1PS LoadBal0112PeopleSoft load balancer — hub of PS stack
2SAP LoadBal0112SAP load balancer — primary
3SAP LoadBal0212SAP load balancer — redundant pair
4ny8500-nbxs0811Network switch — PS backbone dependency
5–7PS Apache 01/02/0311 eachPeopleSoft web tier — all app traffic
8Bond Trading9Business service — depends on 7 CIs
9Storage Area Network 0028⚠️ Pure dependency sink — 8 SAP CIs write to it
Note: Current CMDB data is OOB demo content. With no MID Server running, Discovery cannot populate real CI data. CMDB should be considered unreliable for production use. With only 238 relationships across 2,784 CIs (avg <0.1 per CI), topology mapping is essentially absent.
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Security Posture
18
Active Admin Users
16
Stale / Demo Accounts
None
MFA Configured
None
IP Restrictions
Admin User Audit
User Username Last Login Status
System Administratoradmin2026-02-20ACTIVE
nexu nexusoz_nexus2025-11-20ACTIVE
Rob Phillipsrob.phillips2010-05-18REVOKE
Scott Seixasscott.seixas2012-11-17REVOKE
Fred Luddyfred.luddyNeverREVOKE
+ 11 more demo accountsNever / 2012REVOKE
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Priority Action Matrix
CRITICAL
Admins
Revoke admin role from 16 stale demo accounts — reduce from 18 admins to 2
Security
CRITICAL
REST Messages
Delete u_external_approval_api and o0_test_rest_message — no endpoint, no auth, no purpose
Hygiene
CRITICAL
CMDB
Deploy MID Server and run Discovery to populate real CI data
Data Quality
HIGH
Update Sets
Close or abandon 19 in-progress update sets — nothing is promotable until resolved
Promotability
HIGH
Security
Enable MFA (glide.ui.login.mfa.enabled) and configure IP allowlist
Security
HIGH
Business Rules
Audit Task Runner's auto-urgency escalation rule on incident — verify logic matches business intent
Accuracy
MEDIUM
Workflows
Delete test workflow on incident table; begin migrating 39 legacy workflows to Flow Designer
Modernization
MEDIUM
OAuth / IdP
Complete or remove 5 IdP provider records with placeholder client IDs
Integrations