Post-scanning actions

Sadly, it is more common than it should be that companies that offer penetration testing services end up doing only a vulnerability scan and customizing and adapting their reports without a manual testing phase, and without validating that the alleged vulnerabilities found by the scanner are actual vulnerabilities. Not only does this fail to provide any value to the customers, who by themselves could download a vulnerability scanner and run it against their applications, but it also damages the perception that companies have about security services and security companies, making it harder for those who provide quality services to position those services in the marketplace at competitive prices.

After a scanner generates the scanning report, you cannot just take that report and say that you found X and Y vulnerabilities. As scanners always produce false positives (that is, report vulnerabilities that don't exist) and false negatives (such as vulnerabilities missed by...