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# Structuring a Report

## Introduction

Reports are a way of telling a story in a structured way, such that the information is digestible to persons of any level of understanding. Within 5 minutes, anyone should be able to tell what the report is about, what the conclusion is, and what it is trying to fix.

## Types of Reports

When writing and structuring a report, we must know what the goal of it is - is it a penetration testing report that's meant to be seen by the client, their C-Suite, and engineers? Or is it a research paper that's meant to collate data and how one can gain knowledge, or fix an issue through it?

* Informational Report
* Research Report
* Operational Report
* Penetration Testing Report
  * Red Team Report
* Incident Report
* Open Source Intelligence Report


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