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2. Key Penetration Metrics

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1. Vulnerability Metrics

  • Total Number of Vulnerabilities Found
    Count of all discovered vulnerabilities during the test.

  • Vulnerability Severity Distribution
    Categorized as Critical, High, Medium, Low, or Informational (often using CVSS or custom risk rating).

  • Exploitability Rate
    Percentage of vulnerabilities that were successfully exploited during testing.

  • Time to Identify (TTI)
    Time taken to identify each vulnerability after the test began.


2. Risk and Impact Metrics

  • Risk Exposure Score
    Combined score reflecting the overall risk posture based on identified vulnerabilities.

  • Business Impact of Findings
    Qualitative or quantitative rating of how findings could affect business operations.


3. Test Coverage Metrics

  • Target Coverage
    Percentage of systems/applications within the defined scope that were actually tested.

  • Attack Surface Coverage
    Extent to which external and internal attack surfaces were examined.

  • Test Case Execution Rate
    Ratio of planned test scenarios vs executed ones.


4. Efficiency Metrics

  • Time to Remediate (TTR)
    Time taken by the organization to fix identified vulnerabilities post-assessment.

  • Re-test Closure Rate
    Percentage of vulnerabilities that were fixed and validated during a retest.

  • Average Time to Exploit
    Time it took testers to successfully exploit vulnerabilities after discovery.


5. Reporting Metrics

  • False Positive Rate
    Number of non-issues flagged as vulnerabilities.

  • Repeat Findings
    Number of vulnerabilities found in current test that were also identified in past assessments.


6. Tester Performance Metrics

  • Manual vs Automated Findings Ratio
    Shows effectiveness of manual testing vs tools.

  • Tools Effectiveness Rate
    Success rate of each tool in discovering valid vulnerabilities.

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