The technical report

The technical assessment report plays a very important role in addressing the security issues raised during the penetration testing engagement. This type of report is generally developed for techies who want to understand the core security features handled by the target system. The report will detail any vulnerabilities, how they can be exploited, what business impact they could bring, and how resistant solutions can be developed to thwart any known threats. It has to communicate with all-in-one secure guidelines for protecting the network infrastructure. So far, we have already discussed the basic elements of the executive and management reports. In the technical report, we extend these elements and include some special themes that may draw substantial interest from the technical team at the target organization. Sometimes, sections such as project objectives, vulnerability risk classification, risk matrix, statistics, testing methodology, and assumptions and limitations...