Reports

BLACKOUT generates executive-ready reports for board, CFO, and legal consumption.

Weekly Brief

The Weekly Risk Brief is a 2-page PDF summarizing your security posture.

What's Included

Page 1 — Executive Summary:

• BTSS risk score with trend indicator (improving/stable/degrading)
• Total findings breakdown (critical, high, pending decisions)
• Week in review (new findings, resolved, unacknowledged drift)
• Critical/High findings table (top 8 vendors)
• Drift activity summary

Page 2 — Actions:

• Remediation status grid (pending, in progress, completed, overdue)
• Priority action items (auto-generated)
• Analyst recommendations (dynamic based on findings)

Generating Reports

From Console

1. Navigate to Reports in the left nav
2. Select Weekly Brief
3. Choose site or "All Sites"
4. Click Download PDF

Via API

# Current week, all sites
GET /api/reports/weekly-brief
 
# Specific site
GET /api/reports/weekly-brief?site_id=1
 
# Previous week
GET /api/reports/weekly-brief?weeks_ago=1
 
# Raw JSON data (for custom integrations)
GET /api/reports/weekly-brief?format=json

Report Period

Reports follow ISO week boundaries (Monday to Sunday):

Response Headers

The PDF response includes metadata headers:

Use X-Report-ID to uniquely identify reports for audit purposes.

Action Items

The report automatically generates priority action items based on:

Best Practices

1. Generate weekly — Schedule for Monday morning
2. Share with stakeholders — CFO, Legal, Security leadership
3. Track trends — Compare week-over-week risk scores
4. Act on action items — Use as your weekly security standup agenda
5. Archive reports — Store PDFs externally for compliance

Next Steps

• Evidence Packs — Export forensic bundles for specific findings
• Reference: API — Programmatic report generation