Pentest Reporting for Financial Services & Banking
Deliver audit-ready penetration testing reports that satisfy regulators, protect customer assets, and keep your financial institution ahead of evolving threats.
Security Challenges in Financial Services & Banking
Financial services organizations are among the most targeted sectors in the world. Threat actors ranging from nation-state groups to organized cybercrime syndicates continuously probe banks, credit unions, payment processors, and investment firms for weaknesses. The attack surface is enormous: internet-facing banking portals, mobile applications, internal trading platforms, third-party payment integrations, and legacy mainframe systems all present unique risks.
- Strict regulatory frameworks including PCI DSS, SOX, GLBA, and regional requirements like DORA demand regular penetration testing with comprehensive, auditable reports.
- APIs powering open banking and real-time payment systems introduce new attack vectors such as broken object-level authorization, mass assignment, and business logic flaws that traditional scanners miss.
- Third-party vendor integrations and supply chain dependencies expand the threat surface well beyond systems the institution directly controls.
Pentest teams working with financial clients must produce reports that satisfy both technical remediation teams and compliance auditors. Findings need to map to specific regulatory controls, include clear risk ratings tied to business impact, and be delivered in formats that can be submitted directly to examiners. The volume of assessments required across card-holder data environments, trading platforms, and customer-facing applications makes efficiency and consistency critical.
How Vulnsy Helps
Vulnsy is purpose-built for the demands of financial services penetration testing. Reusable finding templates let your team document common banking vulnerabilities such as insecure session management, weak cryptographic implementations, and privilege escalation flaws without starting from scratch on every engagement. Each template includes industry-specific remediation guidance that development teams can act on immediately.
The platform's compliance-ready report generation produces documents that map findings directly to PCI DSS requirements, SOX controls, and GLBA safeguards. Auditors receive the structured evidence they need, while technical teams get actionable detail. Client portals give bank security managers real-time visibility into assessment progress and finding status, reducing back-and-forth communication overhead.
- Team collaboration features allow multiple testers to work on large-scope engagements simultaneously, with centralized finding management that prevents duplicates and ensures consistent severity ratings.
- Executive summary generation provides board-level risk overviews that financial institution leadership expects.
- Export options include PDF, HTML, and structured data formats compatible with GRC platforms widely used across the financial sector.