Creating a Project
A project in PAIStrike represents a single penetration testing engagement. It serves as a container for all related assets, jobs, findings, and reports.
What Is a Project?
Projects help you organize testing work by engagement or scope. For example:
- A project for testing a client's web application
- A project for an internal network security assessment
- A project for an API security review
Each project can contain multiple assets (targets) and multiple test jobs.
Creating a New Project
- From the dashboard, click New Project (or go to Projects → New Project).
- Fill in the project details:
Project Name
A descriptive name for the engagement. This name appears on reports and in the dashboard.
- Example:
ACME Corp — Q1 2025 Web App Pentest - Required field; must be 3–128 characters
Description
An optional free-text description that provides context for the project. Useful for:
- Scope definition
- Engagement background
- Key contacts or notes
Status
Set the project's current status:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Active | Testing is ongoing |
| Completed | Engagement finished |
| Archived | Preserved for record; no active testing |
- Click Create Project.
You will be taken to the project detail page where you can add assets and start testing.
Editing a Project
To update project details after creation:
- Open the project.
- Click the Edit icon (pencil) next to the project name, or go to Project Settings.
- Modify the fields as needed.
- Click Save.
Deleting a Project
Warning: Deleting a project permanently removes all associated assets, jobs, findings, and reports. This cannot be undone.
To delete a project:
- Open the project.
- Go to Project Settings → Danger Zone.
- Click Delete Project.
- Type the project name to confirm.
- Click Confirm.
Only users with the Admin role or higher can delete projects.
Project Overview Page
Each project has an overview page showing:
- Summary stats: total assets, jobs run, open vulnerabilities by severity
- Recent jobs: the latest test executions with status indicators
- Asset list: all targets within the project
- Activity log: a chronological record of changes and events