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Reviewing Completed Penetration Tests

Once your Penetration Test has completed, it will show the Finished status on the main results table, similar to the following:

Screenshot showing a completed penetration test
This table will provide a quick, high-level overview of the scan results. Let's go through the information available to us:

Scan ID: A unique identifier for the scan
Scan Type: What was chosen to be scanned
Status: Shows the current progress of the scan
Started: What time the scan began
Tests Completed: The number of checks that were conducted against the subject
Vulnerabilities: How many issues were detected during the scan
Scan Report: A downloadable report generated by the platform, detailing all of the detected vulnerabilities, and associated recommendations.
Target: The URL, link, address etc. of the chosen subject

Reviewing Penetration Tests in more detail



If you would like more information about the results of a Penetration Test, you can press Review on the right hand side of a completed scan, as visible in the above image. You can see an example of this below:

Screenshot of an example penetration test being reviewed

While some on the information on this page has already been covered above, there is some extra information on here that we should cover.

End Time: The time the scan finished.
Initiated By: Which user authorised the scan.
Vulnerability Indicators: These four coloured numbers show how many vulnerabilities you have, and the impact they have on your chosen subject.
Document: A different phrase for Scan Report.
Scan Result: An brief overview of the information found by the scan.

Updated on: 19/03/2025

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