pt-report-creation

name	pt-report-creation
description	Creates penetration test deliverables for executive and technical audiences, including prioritized findings and remediation plans. Use when drafting, structuring, or finalizing pen test reports from collected evidence.

Pen Test Report Creation

Objectives

1. Convert assessment evidence into clear stakeholder-ready reporting.
2. Provide technical depth for remediation teams and concise risk framing for leadership.
3. Produce actionable remediation and retest guidance.

Workflow

1. Collect and normalize evidence:
   • Consolidate outputs from all test phases
   • Deduplicate related findings and validate source evidence
2. Draft executive section:
   • Overall risk posture and top business risks
   • Key decisions and immediate actions for leadership
3. Draft technical findings:
   • One finding per issue or exploit chain
   • Include affected assets, reproduction summary, impact, and fixes
4. Build remediation roadmap:
   • Prioritize by exploitability and business impact
   • Assign owner, timeline, and verification criteria
5. Final QA pass:
   • Verify clarity, evidence traceability, and scope alignment
   • Remove ambiguity and unsupported claims

Report Template

# Penetration Test Report

## Executive Summary
- Overall security posture:
- Top business risks:
- Immediate leadership actions:

## Scope and Methodology
- In scope:
- Out of scope:
- Test windows and constraints:
- Method summary:

## Findings
### [Finding Title]
- Severity:
- Affected assets:
- Evidence:
- Reproduction summary:
- Technical impact:
- Business impact:
- Remediation:
- Retest criteria:

## Prioritized Remediation Plan
1. [Action] - Owner - Due date - Validation method
2. [Action] - Owner - Due date - Validation method

## Appendix
- Tooling and versions:
- Evidence index:

Quality Checks

• Executive content is concise and non-technical.
• Technical findings are reproducible and evidence-backed.
• Remediation steps are specific, testable, and prioritized.