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What is a closed risk?

A closed risk is a finding from an earlier scan that the most recent scan no longer detects. HostedScan keeps closed risks as an audit trail.

Last updated on 19 Oct, 2026

A closed risk is a vulnerability finding from a previous scan that was no longer detected in the most recent scan.

HostedScan tracks this historical information to provide a full audit trail of your vulnerability scanning and risk management, which you can use to prove compliance with remediation SLAs.

Here is an example lifecycle:

  1. You run a scan which detects a vulnerability. The status in HostedScan is Open.

  2. You fix the vulnerability

  3. You run a new scan. The vulnerability is no longer detected. The status in HostedScan is update to Closed.

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