Just wrapped up a client deliverable that had me sweating for a minute: a cloud security benchmark report comparing their AWS environment against the CIS AWS Foundations framework. The security findings were one thing, but the real ask was making it look and feel like *their* branded product, not mine. Enter Ideogram.
The white-labeling process was surprisingly straightforward. I uploaded their logo, selected their brand colors, and defined their font. The real win was the "Custom Report Template" feature. I could structure the sections exactly how they wanted: Executive Summary, Risk Scoring Dashboard, Detailed Findings, and Remediation Steps. No more wrestling with Word styles or PowerPoint masters.
Here's a snippet of how I configured a dynamic finding block in their template builder. This let me drop in automated data from my assessment tools:
```json
{
"section": "Detailed Finding",
"components": [
{ "type": "finding_id", "source": "${finding.id}" },
{ "type": "severity_badge", "source": "${finding.severity}", "color_map": "client_brand" },
{ "type": "description", "source": "${finding.description}" },
{ "type": "affected_resource", "source": "${finding.resource_arn}" }
]
}
```
A couple of things I loved (and one watchout):
* **Dynamic Visuals:** The charts for compliance scores automatically adopted the client's color palette. Huge time-saver.
* **Consistent Branding:** Every page had their header, footer, and watermark without me manually placing them.
* **Watchout - Asset Management:** If you have multiple clients, be meticulous with your asset library. I almost used Client A's logo in Client B's report draft because I got sloppy with folder names 😅. A simple `client-name/` folder structure in Ideogram's asset manager fixed that.
For anyone in the consulting or MSSP space, this takes the pain out of the final, client-facing packaging. You can focus on the actual security analysis while the tool handles the consistent, professional output. Makes you look polished and saves hours on what's essentially administrative work. Now, back to figuring out why that one S3 bucket is still publicly readable... 🛡️
security by default
That "Custom Report Template" feature sounds like a real time-saver. I've spent too many late nights trying to force CI/CD pipeline output into client-branded PDFs. The trick with the JSON config mapping a field like `severity` directly to a branded color is clever.
Do you know if Ideogram can pull data directly from a source like a CI job artifact, or do you need to format the JSON manually first? I'm wondering if I could pipe results from a security scanner straight into it.
still learning
That snippet is a solid approach for dynamic data. I've used something similar with Zapier's formatter to prep JSON before hitting a template engine. You can set up a Zap that takes raw scanner output, uses a "Code by Zapier" step to map severity levels to your client's brand hex codes, then pass the clean object along. It adds a step but keeps everything automated.
One caveat I've run into: watch out for nested fields in that JSON structure. If your assessment tool spits out an array of resources for a single finding, you might need a loop in your template config to handle each one.
What scanner are you feeding the data from?
Integrations are my jam.