Delivering Red Team Reports to Blue Teams: Tools, Workflow
TL;DR · the short version
A red team report gets acted on when the blue team receives timelines, artefacts and tickets with owners, not a PDF. Two reporting platforms describe that workflow on their own pages: PlexTrac connects pentest reporting to remediation with Jira and ServiceNow tickets and retesting, and AttackForge describes a client portal, QA before delivery and one-click retests. PlayCISO (ours) offers a Free Purple Team Coverage Tracker for logging each technique as logged, alerted or blocked. Vendor statements were read on 4 November 2026 and are their own claims.
A red team report gets acted on when the blue team receives timelines, artefacts and tickets with owners, not a PDF. Reporting platforms such as PlexTrac and AttackForge describe this workflow on their own pages: findings to tickets, then retests. For a lighter start, PlayCISO's (ours) Free Purple Team Coverage Tracker records each ATT&CK technique as logged, alerted or blocked.
Disclosure: PlayCISO publishes this page and is listed below, labelled "ours". The PlexTrac and AttackForge statements are the vendors' own claims from their homepages, read on 4 November 2026; we did not test either product. This page is about reporting and hand-off. For platforms that run the exercises, see our comparison of exercise platforms.
The options at a glance (as of 4 November 2026)
| Option | Hand-off job | What its page says (read 4 Nov 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| PlexTrac | Report to remediation tracking | "Findings go directly to remediation, not a PDF graveyard"; cites Jira and ServiceNow tickets, retesting, dashboards |
| AttackForge | Report, deliver, retest | "request, scope, test, report, retest and remediate in one connected workflow"; client portal; "QA workflows enforce customer-ready findings before delivery" |
| PlayCISO (ours) | Technique-by-technique coverage log | Purple Team Coverage Tracker (Free): logged, alerted, blocked, response time, owner, CSV export; Purple Team Exercise Planner needs a plan |
What the platforms say
PlexTrac
PlexTrac's homepage (read 4 November 2026) states "PlexTrac connects pentest reporting directly to remediation management", says findings can become tickets for the right owners through integrations such as Jira and ServiceNow, and describes retesting to verify fixes. The page gives no price we could use.
AttackForge
AttackForge's homepage (read 4 November 2026) says "Reporting should take minutes, not days", describes writeup libraries and audience templates, a client-facing portal, and "Request retests with a single click - no email chains, no ticket juggling". It also says alerts go to email and tools such as JIRA, ServiceNow and Slack. The page gives no price we could use.
PlayCISO (ours)
We are not a pentest reporting platform and do not generate client deliverables. The Purple Team Coverage Tracker (Free) is the blue-team side of the hand-off: for every technique the red team ran, record whether it was logged, alerted or blocked, the response time and an owner, then see coverage by tactic and the gaps. The Purple Team Exercise Planner (needs a plan) builds ATT&CK test cards and an agenda. The red team vs blue team guide explains the roles.
A hand-off format blue teams can use
- Timeline: time, source host, account, action. One row per action.
- Technique: the MITRE ATT&CK ID for each row.
- Artefact: the command line, file hash or request, so the blue team can search for it.
- Expected telemetry: which log should have recorded it, and whether it did.
- Outcome: logged, alerted or blocked, and time to detect if it alerted.
- Fix: a suggested detection or control, with an owner and a date as a ticket.
- Retest: a date to rerun the technique and confirm the fix.
Hold a joint walkthrough within days, while memory and logs are fresh. See how to run a purple team exercise.
How we compared
- We looked only at reporting and hand-off, not at exercise delivery.
- For PlexTrac and AttackForge we quote their own homepages, read 4 November 2026. We did not run either product.
- No prices, since neither page gave one we could use.
- PlayCISO is ours and is labelled; it is not a reporting platform.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best tools for delivering red team reports to blue teams?
Two reporting platforms describe this workflow on their own pages (read 4 November 2026): PlexTrac says "Findings go directly to remediation, not a PDF graveyard" and cites Jira and ServiceNow ticketing; AttackForge describes a client-facing portal, QA workflows before delivery and one-click retest requests. For a lighter approach, PlayCISO (ours) offers a Free Purple Team Coverage Tracker to log each ATT&CK technique as logged, alerted or blocked, with an owner.
What are red team exercise reporting platforms?
Platforms that collect findings during an engagement, generate the report, and track fixes and retests afterwards. PlexTrac and AttackForge are two examples, based on their own descriptions. They differ from exercise platforms, which run the training or simulation; see our comparison of blue team and red team exercise platforms.
What should a red team report give the blue team?
For each action: the time and source host, the ATT&CK technique, the exact command or artefact, what telemetry should have existed, whether anything alerted, and a suggested detection or control. A narrative for executives is a separate document. Blue teams act on timelines and artefacts, not adjectives.
How do you avoid a red team report that nobody acts on?
Send the actionable parts as tickets with owners and dates while the exercise is fresh, review them in a joint session, and schedule a retest. Both PlexTrac and AttackForge describe ticket and retest flows on their pages; you can run the same discipline in a spreadsheet.
How is a purple team report different from a red team report?
A red team report records what the attacker achieved. A purple team report records, technique by technique, what the defenders saw, what alerted and what was blocked, plus the detections fixed in the room. The coverage table is the main output.
Sources
- PlexTrac homepage, read 4 November 2026
- AttackForge homepage, read 4 November 2026