Advanced cyber attack simulation (Red Teaming)
Has your company outgrown conventional penetration testing, and do you want to test your real readiness for targeted attacks?
What red teaming is
Red teaming is the most advanced form of security testing: working to rules of engagement and objectives agreed in advance, we simulate the behaviour of a real adversary. Unlike conventional penetration testing, which concentrates mainly on finding vulnerabilities, red teaming tests how effectively the organization as a whole detects, contains and stops a targeted cyber attack.
In doing so we test all three pillars of information security — people, processes and technology. The goal is not simply to prove that a breach is possible, but to assess the organization's genuine readiness for sophisticated adversaries and to identify weaknesses in preventive, detective and responsive controls.
Attack scenarios are tailored to your environment and business objectives. Combining technical attacks, social engineering, physical scenarios (where appropriate) and tests of your response procedures, we simulate the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used by today's advanced threat actors.
Red teaming can include:
- targeted phishing campaigns and other social engineering techniques,
- penetration testing of external and internal infrastructure,
- exploitation of vulnerabilities to gain initial access,
- privilege escalation and lateral movement across the network,
- testing the protection of business-critical systems and data,
- an assessment of detection and response capabilities (SOC, SIEM, EDR/XDR),
- a review of incident response procedures and cooperation between security teams.
How we test your readiness
Combining technical attacks, social engineering and tests of your response procedures, we assess how effectively your organization detects, contains and stops an attack — working alongside your SOC team if you wish.
Afterwards we produce a detailed report with a timeline of the attack, the techniques used, the weaknesses identified and recommendations for improvement. We present the results to your technical team and senior management and, if required, run a purple teaming workshop analysing how the attack unfolded, so that together we can improve detection of and response to future incidents.
- Our goal in a project is not merely to run a security assessment, simulate an attack and hand over a report, but to improve the security and resilience of your ICT environment.
- On any project we can, if you wish, work together with your SOC team, measure how effectively your security controls detect activity, and prepare recommendations for improving the detection of attack techniques.
- All security assessments and penetration tests are agreed in advance in terms of both schedule and methodology, and are carried out in a controlled, previously agreed manner.