From the course: Security Testing: Vulnerability Management with Nessus
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Report scan results - Nessus Tutorial
From the course: Security Testing: Vulnerability Management with Nessus
Report scan results
- Vulnerability scans can only be useful if you communicate the results of those scans to people who actually have the ability to resolve the vulnerabilities of the scan detected. That's where reporting comes into play. The most important thing that you should consider when planning vulnerability scan communication is your target audience. It's likely that you'll want to share the results of scans with several different group of people. For example, the cyber security team is probably interested in the nitty gritty of scan results. They want details about the systems affected, the specific vulnerabilities uncovered, and remediation steps. Management, on the other hand, is probably less interested in the technical detail and more interested in tracking the highest risk vulnerabilities and monitoring trends over time. They'll want to be able to answer questions like, have we addressed our most serious issues? And how long is it taking us on average to resolve the most important…
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