Reporting and Remediation

The final and most important phase of penetration testing is communicating findings and helping the organization remediate vulnerabilities.

Report Structure

1. Executive summary
2. Scope and methodology
3. Findings with severity ratings
4. Detailed vulnerability descriptions
5. Proof of concept
6. Remediation recommendations
7. Risk ratings and priorities

Remediation Priorities

1. Critical and high-severity issues first
2. Issues that are easily exploitable
3. Issues affecting sensitive data
4. Lower severity issues
5. Hardening recommendations