Red teaming
Red team assessments uncover the risks a penetration test would miss. Our multi-layered simulations gauge how well your employees, networks, applications and physical security controls detect, alert on and respond to a genuine attack.
A penetration test asks "what's vulnerable?" A red team asks "could a determined attacker reach what matters most to us, and would we notice?"
Plan an engagementWe test every layer an attacker would.
Real attackers don't stay in one lane. Our scenarios exercise many attack surfaces at once and expose inconsistencies in your preventive, detective and response controls.
Technology
Networks, applications, routers, switches and appliances. We look for an initial foothold, then move quietly toward the objective, the way an intruder would.
People
Staff, independent contractors, departments and business partners. We use open-source intelligence, phishing and pretexting to test the human side of your defences.
Physical
Offices, warehouses, substations, data centres and buildings. Can someone walk in, plug in a device or leave with something they shouldn't?
An engagement, step by step.
Every red team engagement is built around your objectives and runs under rules of engagement agreed in advance with a small group of trusted contacts on your side.
Objectives & rules
Together we pick the "crown jewels" to target, agree what's in and out of bounds, and set up a way to pause the exercise at any time.
Reconnaissance
We gather what a real attacker could learn about you from the outside: people, technology, suppliers and buildings.
Initial access
We try to get in through the most realistic paths, whether internet-facing systems, phishing or physical entry.
Move toward the objective
From that foothold, we escalate privileges and move through your environment while trying to stay undetected.
Measure detection
We record what your monitoring caught, what it missed and how your team responded, with timestamps.
Report & replay
We walk your team through the full attack path, step by step, so defenders can see exactly where to improve.
Businesses of every size.
"I'm too small to be a target" is exactly the thinking that puts an organization at risk. If you were an attacker, wouldn't you go after the business that never expects it? Businesses of all sizes, and individuals, are victimized every day.
And it isn't only about sensitive information. Attackers also want the technology that runs your business: a foothold to hide their activity while they go after another network somewhere else in the world, or machines to infect and add to a botnet. Your data may not matter to them. Your computers do.
A red team engagement is especially valuable once you've invested in security tools and a team or provider to watch them. It's the most realistic way to find out whether that investment works when it counts.
What a red team engagement gives you.
More than a list of vulnerabilities: an honest picture of how your organization holds up against a realistic attack, and a clear plan to get better.
- Uncovers the entry points attackers can exploit.
- Maps how an attacker can move through your systems.
- Measures your ability to prevent, detect and respond to advanced threats.
- Identifies alternative courses of action for your response plan.
- Prioritizes remediation by real-world impact.
- Builds the business case for security investment.
- Gives your defenders practice against a realistic opponent.
Red teaming vs. penetration testing
The two are related, but their objectives differ. Many organizations start with regular penetration testing to fix the known weaknesses, then add red teaming as their defences mature.
Penetration test
- A simulated attack against defined networks, systems and applications.
- Goal: find and exploit as many vulnerabilities as possible in scope.
- Shorter, focused and usually announced to IT.
- Best for: finding and fixing weaknesses in specific systems.
Red team assessment
- Involves people, process and time, and goes deeper into your defences.
- Actively tries to evade detection, as a real adversary would.
- Records how your security team responds to the red team.
- Recommends how to adapt detective controls that were bypassed.
- Best for: testing whether your detection and response actually work.
Plan a red team engagement.
Tell us about your organization and objectives. We'll design scenarios that test what matters to you.
- A reply within one business day
- Certified team (OSCP, GPEN, GWAPT, GMOB, CRTL)
- Your details stay confidential