Security teams today face a paradox: reports need to meet global guidelines, but producing them still feels painfully manual. Whether you’re testing based on the NIST SP 800-115, following the OWASP Testing Guide methodology, or with ISO/IEC 29147, you’re expected to deliver assessment reports that are not only technically sound but also clearly understood by diverse stakeholders — from engineers to executives. These guidelines exist to ensure security reports are consistent, reliable, and actionable across teams and organizations worldwide.
We built Security Reporter to make the process more agile. Reporter is designed specifically to help teams create high-quality security assessment reports where presentation and readability are core components of delivering meaningful results. It’s not just about speeding up report writing (though we do that too). Reporter helps teams deliver globally recognized best-practices reports while streamlining workflows with clarity for faster decision-making. Here’s how.
Aligned With Security Reporting Guidelines, Out of the Box
Technical guides like NIST SP 800-115 emphasize structured approaches to security testing and reporting to improve clarity, completeness, and reproducibility (see Section 3.5 on reporting in NIST SP 800-115). The OWASP Testing Guide offers a practical framework for web application testing and encourages mapping findings to standard categories. The ISO/IEC 29147 standard focuses on clear and responsible vulnerability disclosure to foster trust and transparency.
Reporter incorporates report structures directly into its templates aligned with this philosophy, from discovery to vulnerability validation to disclosure workflows, making it easy to consistently produce reports aligned with global best practices without reinventing the wheel.
Reduce Cognitive Load With Better Readability
Security reports are often dense and inconsistent, making it difficult for readers to quickly understand risks and the path to remediation. Readability guidelines exist to address this by improving how information is presented, ensuring reports communicate clearly to varied audiences.
Reporter draws on guidance from Readability Matters to reduce cognitive load through enhanced readability. For instance, our report templates feature optimal line spacing and flexible designs that adhere to best practices, improving reading speed and reducing strain. We apply hierarchy-first principles—inspired by the PageOne Formula—to structure findings, risk summaries, and remediation steps, making them easy to scan.
We've based our information structure in Reporter on research from the Nielsen Norman Group. To achieve a readable final report, we use a table-first approach only when it enhances clarity, such as for presenting CVSS scores, asset mappings, or technical comparisons. For detailed findings, we avoid dense tables that force readers into zigzag reading patterns. By using clean text blocks for narrative and risk context, and tables only for structured data, Reporter ensures content is scannable, logically grouped, and easier to digest. That means less jumping around, fewer misinterpretations, and more effective stakeholder communication.
Accessibility and Inclusive Design by Default
Clear and accessible presentation of information is crucial for all exported documents and online portals. Reporter's themes adhere to WCAG 2.1 guidelines, ensuring visual clarity through proper contrast, logical heading structures, and readable layouts. This commitment to accessibility means your reports are easily understood across various devices and by all users, minimizing the risk of misinterpreting critical information.
Because no matter how thorough your testing is, if your reports are hard to read or inaccessible, they fail to meet their purpose.
From Manual Writing to Automated Workflows
Producing security reports often involves juggling Word docs, spreadsheets, emails, and ticketing tools—a process that's inefficient and prone to errors. Reporter automates repetitive tasks, allowing your team to focus on the analysis and recommendations that matter most.
You can autofill metadata from scan tools, reuse findings across engagements with version control, and generate disclosures and remediation plans with a single click.
Built for Teams Who Care About Doing It Right
If you are a security consultancy, internal red team, or part of a security team, you are familiar with the challenge of meeting international standards using inadequate tools. Reporter is more than a reporting tool; it’s a standards-aware, accessibility-focused, automation-powered platform designed to support modern security teams.
If you find yourself wanting to overhaul Reporter’s default structure completely, it’s worth pausing to reflect on what effective reporting is really about. Security reporting is not about standing out for the sake of being different. It’s about delivering clear, consistent, and actionable insights. The most trusted reports are not those that surprise the reader, but those that are easy to understand, verify, and act on.
Reporter has been designed to fit the way you work: built on best practices first, comprehensible, and aimed at maintaining consistency across global teams.