Version 2.5 is here, and it comes with three major features that elevate your work inside PenTest.WS — from organizing findings, to building reports, to managing files during engagements.
Findings Groups
Findings Groups give you a new way to organize your findings inside an engagement. By default, findings are still just a flat list — nothing changes unless you want it to. But Pro Tier members can now create custom groups and drag findings into them.
Want to separate issues by External, Internal, and Social Engineering workstream? Easy! Create groups that match your own workflow, methodology, or reporting style. You’re in control.
These groups carry over directly into reporting, so the structure you set in your engagement automatically shows up in your exported reports. To take advantage of this capability, you’ll need to update your reporting templates with the new grouped fields. Once that’s done, your reports will reflect the same organization you defined during the engagement — resulting in cleaner structure, clearer communication, and less manual sorting later on.
For detailed documentation:
- https://docs.pentest.ws/findings/findings-groups
- https://docs.pentest.ws/clients-and-reporting/reporting-templates-admin#working-with-grouped-findings
Reporting Briefs
Reports are more than just technical data — they need a narrative. That’s where Reporting Briefs come in. Briefs give you a starting point of reusable content that can be customized for each engagement. Whether it’s a methodology section, an executive summary, or a tailored explanation for C-level readers, you can maintain a library of briefs and then fine-tune them as needed.
This means no more copy-paste from old documents. Your content lives directly inside PenTest.WS, ready to be reused, edited, and adapted whenever you need it.
For detailed documentation:
- https://docs.pentest.ws/clients-and-reporting/reporting-briefs-admin
- https://docs.pentest.ws/clients-and-reporting/reporting
File Shares (On-Premise Exclusive)
Version 2.5 also introduces File Shares, a brand new way to manage files directly inside PenTest.WS. This feature is built for pentesters who need a secure, team-friendly way to store and share files without relying on third-party services.
- Secure – Files are stored locally on your server, never uploaded to the cloud.
- No AV/EDR Scanning – Nothing interferes with your payloads, tools, or artifacts.
- Versioning Built In – Track file changes over time.
- Shared With Your Team – Files are available right inside your PenTest.WS workspace, without extra permissions or ACL headaches.
When you need to push files out to a live target during an engagement, File Shares makes it simple. You can generate a short-lived public URL that expires automatically, giving you a safe, temporary way to deploy files without setting up separate hosting. Once the link is gone, so is the exposure.
File Shares is available exclusively in the Pro Tier On-Premise edition of PenTest.WS.
For detailed documentation:
What This Means for You
Version 2.5 isn’t just about new buttons — it’s about making reporting faster, more professional, and more repeatable. With Findings Groups to structure your data, Reporting Briefs to tell the story, and File Shares to manage and deploy files, you’ll spend less time wrangling reports and infrastructure, and more time delivering results.
Ready to take your reporting to the next level? Findings Groups, Reporting Briefs, and File Shares are available now in Pro Tier. File Shares is exclusive to the On-Premise edition. If you’re on Free or Hobby Tier, upgrade today and unlock these new tools built for professional engagements: https://store.pentest.ws/
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PenTest.WS Development Team
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