Frequently Asked Question
2. Key Penetration Metrics
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.