# Security Debt Trend
URL: https://docs.autociso.io/console/ciso-reports/security-debt-trend/
Description: This report visualizes how your organization's access-related security debt has changed over time.

*This is the help text the console shows in the help panel on this page.*

This report visualizes how your organization's access-related security debt has changed over time. Security debt accumulates when [excessive permissions](https://docs.autociso.io/console/ciso-reports/access-concentration/), open findings, and [stale accounts](https://docs.autociso.io/console/ciso-reports/stale-accounts/) are not addressed — and compounds as the environment grows.

### Key Metrics
- **Current Risk Score**: The average access risk score for the most recent month.
- **MoM Change**: The change in that score compared with the previous month (positive means risk went up).
- **Peak Risk Month**: The month with the highest average risk score in the selected window.
- **Months Tracked**: How many months of data are shown.

### Trend Chart
The line chart plots three datasets — **Avg Risk Score**, **Excessive Permissions** and **Open Findings** — across the window you pick with the **3m**, **6m** or **12m** buttons in the table header (6 months by default). Crossing trend lines can indicate that one area is improving while another is degrading.

### Monthly Breakdown Table
A row for each month with **Avg Risk**, **Snapshots**, **Excessive Perms**, **Open Findings**, **Resolved**, **New Access** and **Revoked**, for quarterly business reviews or [board-level security reporting](https://docs.autociso.io/console/vciso/monthly-summary/). Export with **CSV** or **PDF**.

### Interpretation
A flat or declining risk score indicates effective hygiene practices. A rising score suggests that new access is being granted faster than old access is being [reviewed and revoked](https://docs.autociso.io/console/iso/access-reviews/).