Red Teaming & Adversary Simulation
Multi-month attack simulations that test your detection and response capabilities against realistic adversary tactics. Our red team operations go beyond traditional penetration testing to assess your organisation's ability to detect, respond to, and recover from advanced threats.
Red teaming provides a realistic assessment of your security program by simulating the complete attack lifecycle - from initial reconnaissance through to data exfiltration and persistence. These exercises are designed to test not just your technical controls, but your people, processes, and incident response capabilities under realistic attack conditions.
Our red team engagements follow established frameworks including MITRE ATT&CK, providing detailed mapping of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) while testing your defensive capabilities across the entire kill chain.
Red Team Services & Methodologies
- Full-Scope Red Team Operations - Complete attack simulation over weeks/months
- Targeted Attack Scenarios - Industry-specific threat simulation
- Purple Team Exercises - Collaborative red and blue team training
- Assumed Breach Scenarios - Post-compromise activity simulation
- Ransomware Simulation - End-to-end ransomware attack testing
- Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) - Long-term covert access testing
- C2 Infrastructure Testing - Command and control detection capabilities
- Data Exfiltration Testing - Information theft scenario simulation
- Living-off-the-Land - Legitimate tool abuse testing
- Supply Chain Attack Simulation - Third-party compromise scenarios
- Insider Threat Simulation - Malicious insider activity testing
- Business Email Compromise - Executive impersonation scenarios
Attack Lifecycle Testing
Our red team operations systematically test each phase of the cyber kill chain:
1. Initial Access & Reconnaissance
OSINT gathering, social engineering, and initial compromise through realistic attack vectors.
2. Persistence & Privilege Escalation
Establishing persistent access and escalating privileges while avoiding detection.
3. Lateral Movement & Discovery
Network traversal, credential harvesting, and critical asset identification.
4. Objective Achievement & Exfiltration
Mission completion, data theft simulation, and impact demonstration.
Deliverables & Outcomes
Red team engagements provide comprehensive assessment and improvement recommendations:
- Attack Narrative - Complete timeline of compromise and activities performed
- MITRE ATT&CK Mapping - Detailed TTP analysis aligned with industry frameworks
- Detection Gap Analysis - Identification of blind spots in monitoring and alerting
- Response Effectiveness Report - Assessment of incident response capabilities
- Purple Team Recommendations - Collaborative improvement suggestions
- Tabletop Exercise Design - Custom scenarios for ongoing training
Benefits of Red Team Operations
- Realistic Threat Assessment - Understanding of actual defensive capabilities
- Detection Capability Validation - Testing of security tools and processes
- Response Time Measurement - Evaluation of incident response effectiveness
- Staff Training Opportunities - Real-world defensive experience
- Executive Risk Communication - Clear business impact demonstration
- Compliance Validation - Testing of regulatory requirements
- Strategic Security Planning - Data-driven investment priorities
- Continuous Improvement - Ongoing defensive maturity development