Canopy 3 is the next major release in Canopy's journey from a humble docx report generation tool, to an end-to-end solution for managing security testing and security test results. With Canopy 3, we feel we have finally arrived at a product that
Redesigned user experience
Projects: single and multiple phase engagements
Security: RBAC, audit logs, code improvements and more
Opportunities and Statements of Work
Our goal with Canopy is to bring full assessment process management. The addition of working with opportunities and statements of work brings Canopy a step closer to achieving that goal.
Re-test support
Image paste
Importing images in Canopy 2 could slow down the user's reporting - especially where many images were needed. With Canopy 3, it's possible to simply drag and drop or cut and paste images directly into
Native charting
Canopy 3 adds native charting support for reports. Up until now, Canopy presented charts as images that could be inserted into reports. This was both limited in the number of charts supported, and stylistically problematic - as our images used fixed styling. With native chart support, users can design their own charts that match their styles. It's even possible to combine the native chart support with the plugin system to create more complex charts than we support out-of-the-box.
All of Word's charts are supported. However, chart templates are not currently supported. However, you're probably wondering what they are - and so were we when we started implementing support for charts. If you have a requirement for chart template support, please get in touch!
Plugin system
API server
Extending Canopy was a major feature request in version 2. For Canopy 3, we not only added an API backend, we're also using it as our primary interface for working with Canopy's data. This will mean that the API is maintained and improves over time.
Word support improvements
Beyond adding support for charting in our Word generation library, we've also added support for
More to come
A number of planned improvements are coming soon, including:
- Redesigned scheduler
- Team support
- Active directory integration
- Two-factor authentication
- Client portal
- Analytics
- And much more