Importance of reporting

Vulnerability assessments and penetration tests are lengthy processes. They need a lot of time, effort, and dedication in order to complete. However, all the time and effort spent won't be of any use unless the findings of the assessment are presented in a meaningful way.

It's quite common that security, in general, is considered as an overhead. So there would be very less number of people in the organization who would be actually interested in knowing the results of the security assessment. However, it is essential to present the findings in the most crisp and clear way so that they appear to be interesting as well as actionable to a wider audience within the organization.

Reporting is also critical from the audit perspective. Most organizations undergo some kind of audit, internal or external, each year. These audits demand security assessment reports. Hence, it is worth making an effort in creating and maintaining assessment reports.