In CEH-aligned vulnerability assessment reporting, the Findings section is where the assessor documents what was discovered during scanning and validation in a clear, structured, and actionable way. This portion of the report typically contains the concrete results: identified assets, affected systems, vulnerability details, and evidence that supports each issue. The question states that Nikhil lists the IP addresses of scanned hosts, identifies which machines are affected, and includes tables categorizing vulnerabilities such as outdated software, default credentials, and open ports. These are classic “results” artifacts that belong in Findings because they communicate the observed security weaknesses and where they exist.
The Risk Assessment section generally builds on findings by assigning severity, likelihood, impact, and overall risk ratings, often mapping issues to business consequences and prioritization. While Nikhil may later rate default credentials as critical or open ports as medium depending on exposure, the act of enumerating vulnerabilities and associating them with specific hosts is the findings activity, not risk scoring.
Supporting Information usually contains appendices such as tool configurations, raw scan outputs, methodology references, assumptions, scope boundaries, and glossary items. Although IP lists and tables might appear in an appendix for completeness, the way the prompt describes them, they are being used as the primary categorized presentation of discovered vulnerabilities, which is consistent with the Findings section.
Assessment Overview is typically a high-level summary of scope, objectives, timeline, and approach, not detailed host-by-host vulnerability tables. Therefore, the correct section is Findings.
