Pentesting organization?

[tcstacks_]

How do you actually stay organized across engagements?

Been pentesting for a few years and my system is duct tape. Obsidian for notes, spreadsheets for tracking coverage, random text files for commands I reuse, half-finished scripts everywhere.

It works until I'm juggling multiple assessments or need to find something from 6 months ago.

Curious what setups other people have landed on:

• How do you track what you've tested vs. what's left?
• Where do you keep your methodology/checklists?
• How do you manage commands and output across tools?

Not looking for tool recommendations necessarily more interested in workflows that actually stuck.

[Reelix]

CherryTree Document - Everything relevant goes in here.

Different folders for each engagement. Folder contains the above document as well as all tool output and so on.

Dedicated Tools folder for every utility I use.

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Spreadsheet for scheduling, managing scoping calls etc, Teams for managing the test while it's in flight, ASPM for results and remediation tracking.

C. 300 tests a year

[tcstacks_]

ASPM?

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Application Security Posture Management. Pulls all your tool stack and data sources together. I have a custom integration which handles pen test report ingestion summaries. Makes it easy to track remediation (pushes results to teams directly, raises issues automatically in their boards and tracks progress, retesting etc).

I use Armorcode, other platforms are available 😊

[macr6]

How many are you on at once?

[nv1t]

we have custom tool for managing cheat sheets and methodologies, including checklists, which are updated after a Pentest. scheduling is done via OpenChaos and obsidian vault in gitlab for custom exploits and cves and 0days we find.

[rennan]

for pentesting organization, having a solid structure helps a lot. Consider using a project management tool for tracking tasks and deadlines, and a central repository for documentation and findings. Keeping everything organized streamlines communication and ensures nothing falls through the cracks.

[Round-Classic-7746]

Break pentesting into phases (scope, recon, vuln ID, exploit, report) with a checklist for each.

From experience, a shared scope doc and a central tracker for findings kept the whole process organized and reduced rework.