Reporting Glossary
Browse 12 reporting terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
12 Reporting Terms
- Business Intelligence
- The tools and practices used to analyze company data for operational, financial, and strategic decisions, often through dashboards, reports, and ad hoc...
- Calendar Year
- A reporting or planning year that runs from January 1 through December 31, as opposed to a company-specific fiscal year. The distinction matters in budgeting,...
- Incident Report
- A formal record describing a security incident, including what happened, when it was detected, affected assets, actions taken, and current status or findings....
- KPI
- Short for key performance indicator, a metric chosen to track progress toward a critical objective. Teams often overproduce KPIs when they have not made the...
- Metrics Dashboard
- A visual interface showing important business or product metrics in one place for monitoring and decision-making. Good dashboards support action; bad ones...
- Penetration Report
- The formal document produced after a penetration test that records scope, methodology, findings, evidence, exploit paths, and remediation guidance. A useful...
- P&L
- Short for profit and loss statement, the financial report showing revenue, costs, and profit over a period. Teams also use 'owning the P&L' to mean being...
- PnL
- A common shorthand spelling of profit and loss statement, showing revenue, expenses, and profit over a period. Teams also use 'PnL ownership' to mean...
- Public Report
- A report intended for public release that summarizes a security incident, vulnerability, campaign, or assessment in a form suitable for customers, regulators,...
- Report
- A structured document or output summarizing findings, status, evidence, or risk from a security assessment, incident, audit, or monitoring activity. In...
- Top Line
- Revenue, especially as the top figure on an income statement before costs and profit are considered. Startup discussions often contrast top-line growth with...
- Vulnerability Report
- A security disclosure submitted to a project or vendor describing a flaw, its impact, reproduction details, and often mitigation suggestions. Good...
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- Finance (4 terms in common)
- Documentation (2 terms in common)
- Analytics (2 terms in common)
- Accounting (2 terms in common)
- Findings (1 terms in common)
- Revenue (1 terms in common)
- Assessments (1 terms in common)
- Operations (1 terms in common)
- Data (1 terms in common)
- Metrics (1 terms in common)
- Transparency (1 terms in common)
- Incidents (1 terms in common)
- Management (1 terms in common)
- Security (1 terms in common)
- Planning (1 terms in common)
- Penetration Testing (1 terms in common)
- Incident Response (1 terms in common)
- Disclosure (1 terms in common)