Penetration Test Remediation Language Collocations
Practise the standard verbs for remediating penetration test findings effectively.
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Fill in: 'We ___ every finding from the pentest report by exploitability and real impact, not by how alarming the finding's title happens to sound.'
We 'triage a finding' — the standard, simple collocation for prioritising security issues by actual risk. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'Fixing findings in whatever order they're listed in the report instead of triaging them can ___ a low-risk item patched first while a genuinely exploitable one sits open for weeks.'
We say untriaged remediation will 'leave' the riskiest issue open longest — the standard, natural collocation for the resulting exposure. The other options aren't idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ a fix for every critical finding against the same report, re-testing it directly, rather than assuming a patch worked just because it was deployed.'
We 'verify a fix' — the standard, simple collocation for confirming a remediation actually closes the reported vulnerability. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ a firm remediation deadline to every finding based on its severity, so a critical issue doesn't quietly linger as long as a cosmetic one.'
We 'assign a deadline' — the standard, simple collocation for setting a time limit tied to a finding's severity. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ the full report, findings and fixes both, with leadership once remediation completes, rather than letting it stay a document only security ever actually reads.'
We 'share a report' — the standard, simple collocation for communicating security outcomes beyond the security team. The other options aren't idiomatic here.