diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tcp_scanner.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tcp_scanner.py
index a8ec9751b..62af733e7 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tcp_scanner.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/network/tcp_scanner.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import select
 import socket
-from itertools import zip_longest
-from typing import Dict, List, Set
+from typing import Iterable, Mapping
 
 from infection_monkey.i_puppet import PortScanData, PortStatus
 from infection_monkey.network.tools import BANNER_READ, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, tcp_port_to_service
@@ -11,26 +10,28 @@ from infection_monkey.utils.timer import Timer
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def scan_tcp_ports(host: str, ports: List[int], timeout: float) -> Dict[int, PortScanData]:
-    ports_scan = {}
+def scan_tcp_ports(
+    host: str, ports_to_scan: Iterable[int], timeout: float
+) -> Mapping[int, PortScanData]:
+    open_ports = _check_tcp_ports(host, ports_to_scan, timeout)
 
-    open_ports_data = _check_tcp_ports(host, ports, timeout)
-
-    open_ports = set(open_ports_data["open_ports"])
-    banners = open_ports_data["banners"]
-
-    for port, banner in zip_longest(ports, banners, fillvalue=None):
-        ports_scan[port] = _build_port_scan_data(port, open_ports, banner)
-
-    return ports_scan
+    return _build_port_scan_data(ports_to_scan, open_ports)
 
 
-def _build_port_scan_data(port: int, open_ports: Set[int], banner: str) -> PortScanData:
-    if port in open_ports:
-        service = tcp_port_to_service(port)
-        return PortScanData(port, PortStatus.OPEN, banner, service)
-    else:
-        return _get_closed_port_data(port)
+def _build_port_scan_data(
+    ports_to_scan: Iterable[int], open_ports: Mapping[int, str]
+) -> Mapping[int, PortScanData]:
+    port_scan_data = {}
+    for port in ports_to_scan:
+        if port in open_ports:
+            service = tcp_port_to_service(port)
+            banner = open_ports[port]
+
+            port_scan_data[port] = PortScanData(port, PortStatus.OPEN, banner, service)
+        else:
+            port_scan_data[port] = _get_closed_port_data(port)
+
+    return port_scan_data
 
 
 def _get_closed_port_data(port: int) -> PortScanData:
@@ -38,26 +39,29 @@ def _get_closed_port_data(port: int) -> PortScanData:
 
 
 def _check_tcp_ports(
-    ip: str, ports: List[int], timeout: float = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
-) -> Dict[str, List]:
+    ip: str, ports_to_scan: Iterable[int], timeout: float = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+) -> Mapping[int, str]:
     """
     Checks whether any of the given ports are open on a target IP.
     :param ip:  IP of host to attack
-    :param ports: List of ports to attack. Must not be empty.
+    :param ports_to_scan: An iterable of ports to scan. Must not be empty.
     :param timeout: Amount of time to wait for connection
-    :return: Dict with list of open ports and list of banners.
+    :return: Mapping where the key is an open port and the value is the banner
+    :rtype: Mapping
     """
-    open_ports_data = {"open_ports": [], "banners": []}
-
-    sockets = [socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) for _ in range(len(ports))]
+    sockets = [socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) for _ in range(len(ports_to_scan))]
     for s in sockets:
         s.setblocking(False)
 
     possible_ports = []
     connected_ports_sockets = []
+    open_ports = {}
+
     try:
-        logger.debug("Connecting to the following ports %s" % ",".join((str(x) for x in ports)))
-        for sock, port in zip(sockets, ports):
+        logger.debug(
+            "Connecting to the following ports %s" % ",".join((str(x) for x in ports_to_scan))
+        )
+        for sock, port in zip(sockets, ports_to_scan):
             err = sock.connect_ex((ip, port))
             if err == 0:  # immediate connect
                 connected_ports_sockets.append((port, sock))
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ def _check_tcp_ports(
                 % (str(ip), ",".join([str(s[0]) for s in connected_ports_sockets]))
             )
 
-            banners = []
+            open_ports = {port: "" for port, _ in connected_ports_sockets}
             if len(connected_ports_sockets) != 0:
                 readable_sockets, _, _ = select.select(
                     [s[1] for s in connected_ports_sockets], [], [], timer.time_remaining
@@ -105,20 +109,17 @@ def _check_tcp_ports(
                 # decodable byte string.
                 for port, sock in connected_ports_sockets:
                     if sock in readable_sockets:
-                        banners.append(sock.recv(BANNER_READ).decode(errors="ignore"))
+                        open_ports[port] = sock.recv(BANNER_READ).decode(errors="ignore")
                     else:
-                        banners.append("")
+                        open_ports[port] = ""
 
             # try to cleanup
             for s in possible_ports:
                 s[1].shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
                 s[1].close()
 
-            open_ports_data["open_ports"] = [port for port, _ in connected_ports_sockets]
-            open_ports_data["banners"] = banners
-
     except socket.error as exc:
         logger.warning("Exception when checking ports on host %s, Exception: %s", str(ip), exc)
 
     finally:
-        return open_ports_data
+        return open_ports