# Write a monthly IT and security report for leadership

Turns ticket, uptime, and security metrics into a short report showing trends, risks, and decisions needed.

- Topic: Data & Analysis
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Leadership, Data & Analytics, Write, Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/write-a-monthly-it-and-security-report-for-leadership

## Prompt

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Write a monthly IT and security report for leadership.

**Reporting period:** [MONTH]
**Metrics this month and last:** [PASTE - e.g. ticket volume, first-response and resolution times, SLA met %, satisfaction score, uptime per key service, patch compliance %, critical vulnerabilities open and overdue, MFA coverage, phishing report rate, backup success and restore tests, security incidents]
**Notable events:** [outages, incidents, projects completed, audits]
**Projects in progress:** [STATUS of each]
**Risks or asks:** [budget, headcount, decisions needed]
**Audience:** [CEO / leadership team / board risk committee]

Write:
1. Headline summary: 3 bullets on what leadership needs to know, good and bad.
2. Service health: support and uptime trends, with a short reason for any big change.
3. Security posture: the 4-6 metrics that matter, each with trend arrow (up / down / flat), target, and status (on track / watch / off track).
4. Incidents and outages: one line each, business impact, and status.
5. Projects: status table (Project | Status | Next milestone | Risk).
6. Top risks and decisions needed, each with a recommendation.

Rules:
- Use only numbers I gave. Calculate changes accurately; mark missing data [ADD].
- Explain metrics in business terms (e.g. "94% of laptops patched; the rest are mostly remote staff offline").
- No jargon without explanation. Under one page plus the tables.

Also suggest one chart worth including and which metrics I should start tracking if I am not already.
```

## What to fill in

- MONTH
- outages, incidents, projects completed, audits
- STATUS of each
- budget, headcount, decisions needed
- CEO / leadership team / board risk committee
- ADD

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