CYMETRIS: Cybersecurity Analysis Tool.
MVP design & Design System.

About the project

A B2B SaaS tool designed to support cybersecurity managers in the automotive industry with conducting and managing TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) processes.

Project Duration

2023-2024

Project Deliverables

Digital Product design (50+screens for web and mobile (tablet), Clickable prototypes, Dev Handover documentation, Design System, ongoing support for product optimizations

01 Context

TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) is an approach used for Cybersecurity analysis in Automotive industry. Currently, it is often conducted manually using spreadsheets and disconnected documents. This makes the process time-consuming and difficult to maintain.
Target users: Cybersecurity managers

02 Problem Statement

How might we help cybersecurity managers efficiently manage the complex TARA process with clarity and compliance?

03 Collaborative Goal

Our goal was to redesign the existing TARA tool technical prototype, integrate new features, and assess UX/UI tech implementation.

04 What we did

I worked on this project together with a Senior UX/UI designer from my team. I was responsible for UX strategy, UX concepts and solutions, project and stakeholder management, implementation QA, while Olga from my design team took care of UX/ UI design and Design System.

05 Main Challenge

The main challenge was designing a tool that simplifies the complex workflows of cybersecurity managers, while effectively handling the numerous technical details and requirements of the automotive cybersecurity domain.

06 Solution to Main Challenge

We've established a clear and consistent user flow with a tree-like UX concept that is widely applicable through the product functionality and helps the smooth transition from Excel workflows. We also tried to minimize technical complexity of the interface by using unified interactive patterns and intuitive microinteractions.

Collaborative Process

01

Research & Exploration

On this first stage we had a deep dive technical workshop into the domain with understanding the core principles of the TARA process, its main actors and the target users. Afterwards I’ve run a JTBD workshop to better understand target users, their unserved needs and motivations.

Deep-dive workshop

JBTD

Desk Research

02

UX & Product Strategy

After I’ve compiled all our workshops' findings together with the founder, we've outlined a product strategy that entailed our value proposition, target market, ICPs and personas, and how our product is supposed to help them to do their job better. We came up with the list of features and I've mapped high-level user journeys. These activities served as the foundation for new high-level UX concept.

UX Strategy

User Flows

ICPs/Personas

03

UX/UI Design

On this stage we've:
- Redesigned the UX/UI of the existing prototype from scratch
- Design UX/UI for a set of multiple complex features
- made UX/UI optimizations based on usability testing

Wireframes

Hi-fi mockups

UI Visual Design

Clickable prototype

Usability testing

04

UI Design & Dev Handover

Once final mockups were approved, together with my team, we prepared a UI components library & figma tokens. Additionally, we provided an explicit Dev Handover documentation describing all the interactions and user flows.

UI Components library

Figma Tokens

Dev Handover Docs

05

Implementation QA

For me, personally, product design process never ends with handing over final mockups and UX documentation to developers. Starting from the first implementaion round, I was assessing the UX/UI design implementation with continiously providing my feedback and guidance to the technical team.

06

Design System

Once we released our MVP and completed a few rounds of UX/UI optimizations, my team started to work on a Design System. After Design System was released, it significantly streamlined both design and development processes and helped us to scale the product more efficiently.

Final MVP (Main views)

Projects overview
A general overview with the existing TARA projects
Dashboard
TARA project overview
Assets
A step in TARA process where user adds and manages TARA assets
Impact Assessment
Here user adds and manages Damage scenarios
Dashboard
On this step user has a detailed overview of assets and related damage scenarios as well as adds and manages Means of Attack
Risk Assessment
An overview of the Cybersecurity risks related to a specific project
Compliance view
Compliance documentation management

Design System, What we did

01

Defined Core Categories

We started by outlining the key categories for the design system, ensuring a logical and scalable structure for all elements moving forward.

02

Expanded the Token Library

Building on the existing style guide, we unified and expanded the design tokens—covering colors, typography, spacing, and more—to create a consistent visual language across the product.

03

Audited and Refined Base Components

We reviewed all existing UI components, identifying inconsistencies and gaps. We then streamlined, standardized, and improved these base components to align with the new token system.

04

Built Component Composites

Using the refined base components, we assembled composite components that reflect real-use scenarios, improving usability and speed for designers and developers.

05

Documented the Design System

We've created a clear and accessible documentation to support adoption—covering usage guidelines, and component behavior examples.

06

Conducted Final QA and Handoff

We ran a final quality check, ensured alignment with development, and handed off the system with a shared understanding across teams.

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