Use projects to manage findings and information pertaining to your penetration tests and vulnerability scans.

What does a project represent?

A project often represents a single vulnerability scan or penetration test. In some cases, a project contains findings from a set of related scans or tests. For example, you might have completed penetration testing on group of web servers on the same network. You can create a separate project for each individual web server test or you can create a single project that contains all of the web server tests.

In another example, you might have an application that undergoes testing on a regular basis. Although you could separate each test into its own project, you might want to use a single project for continuous testing.

Which tasks can I accomplish in a project?

The following list contains many common tasks performed in a project.
  • View high-level project details, such as key dates, recent project activity, and comments added by team members.
  • Assign and manage project team members.
  • Assign questionnaires to gather scoping and environment information.
  • Assign checklists to track project tasks.
  • View findings, assets, and documents associated with the project.
  • Import, manage, review, and finalize findings using a workspace.
  • Add manual findings.
  • Publish findings to Track.
  • Generate reports on project finding data.

Project tabs

Workbench projects are divided into these tabs:
  • Overview — View and manage project team members, dates, and questionnaires. This tab also displays high-level finding statistics.
  • Documents — Upload and view files containing additional information about your projects.
  • Sources — Upload and manage the raw data imported from a scanning or testing tool.
  • Assets — View the list of all assets associated with the project.
  • Findings — View the list of findings from all project sources.
  • Checklist — View and manage the list of tasks that must be followed throughout the course of the project.
  • Workspaces — Review, manage, and verify findings.

Using the Project Overview tab

The Project Overview tab is the landing area when opening a project.


CalloutItemDescription
1Project nameView the name of the project.

To modify, hover over the name to access the edit icon (  ).

2Project tabsAccess other areas of the project.
4Project Overview areaView or modify the business unit, project type, and project dates.
  • To modify the business unit or project type, click the edit icon (  ).
  • To modify dates, click the displayed date or the Date text.
  • To clear dates, click the delete icon (  ).
4Ellipse iconPerform these actions:
  • Modify the project state.
  • Assign a questionnaire.
  • Generate a report.
  • Delete the project.
5Recent Activity areaView recent project activity, such as assignments and project state changes.

Use the View All link to jump to the Project Activity tab.

6Recent Comments areaView comments recently added by team members.
  • Use the add icon (  ) to add a comment.
  • Use the View All link to jump to the Comments tab.
7Overview areaView assigned users and additional project dates.
  • Click the + icon to add a user.
  • Click a user icon to remove a user.
  • Click a date or the None text to modify a date.

CalloutItemDescription
1Recent Work tabView the status of items such as workspaces and checklists.
2Project Details tabView or modify additional details, such as the description or application information.
3Questionnaires tabAssign questionnaires or view completed questionnaires.
4Project Activity tabView all project activity.
5Custom Fields tabView or modify custom fields.
6Comments tabView or add project comments.
7Statistics tabsView finding and instance statistics for the project.
  • In the Metrics tab, use the ellipse icon (  ) to select which statistics are displayed.
  • In the Findings or Instaces tabs, use the Actions menu to export the chart.