Vulnerability Management Reporting
Vulnerability reporting helps ensure that an organization is aware of the risks associated with its IT infrastructure and can appropriately mitigate them.
- can be:
- simple summaries of existing vulnerabilities
- detailed reports outlining specific steps to reduce security risks
- often an output of vulnerability scans
- commonly use: plain text, CSV, XML, HTML, or PDF
Benefits of vulnerability management reporting
- Increased awareness
- vuln mgmt. program helps identity potential weaknesses in systems, software, and networks
- Improved response
- reduces the time it takes to respond to cybersecurity incidents
- Improved security posture
- provides metrics and measures designed to track the progress and effectiveness of vuln mgmt efforts
- Better compliance
- required to maintain compliance with regulations, laws, data privacy legislation, and security standards
Types of Vulnerability Management Reports
- Vulnerability management dashboard
- provide a live view of critical data
- composed of graphs, charts, status indicators, etc.
- can convey much information in a single view
- are easily accessed
- Vulnerability summary report
- provides a simple and concise description highlighting significant security concerns at a high level
- provides a quick overview and helps provide status updates
- Detailed vulnerability report
- in-depth outline of detailed security vulnerability information
- typically includes
- specific, granular details on each system or application
- recommended remediation steps for each issue