Reporting

Why Good Reporting Matters Penetration testing is not only about finding weaknesses. It is also about producing a clear record of what was tested, what was observed, what was exploited, and what the client should do next. A report is a time-bound snapshot of the target environment, so it should state when the work happened, who performed it, what source systems were used during testing, and any special conditions such as VPN access or internal jump hosts. ...

Before June, everything I knew about pentesting came from labs. Ten weeks on a client team showed me what a security assessment looks like when the target belongs to someone who is paying for it.