A single scan finding passes through three processes before anyone has assessed it.
The scanner reports a vulnerability on a specialist application server and rates it high. Then someone asks about reachability, about protection requirement, about ownership, and the answers come from three different directions.
1scan findingA finding comes out of the vulnerability scanner marked high.
2assessmentsThe protection requirement is in the asset register; the exposure follows from the network.
3queriesThe specialist application team, operations and the service provider each answer separately.
4working daysThat is how long the finding sits on the work list until the answers are in and the order is settled.
A single finding takes two assessments, three queries and four working days before the order is settled, and because the agent brings protection requirement and reachability together in one pass, that is 50% less time to prioritisation.
The 50% comes from the agent's data record and refers to the time from the list of findings to an agreed order. It is a figure from practical experience, not a series of measurements.