Understanding the Difference
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Duration
2 – 8 weeks
Scope
Unlimited — people, process, tech
Goal
Achieve objectives (data exfil, DA)
Awareness
Blue Team unaware (no holds barred)
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Stealth, evasion, OPSEC, C2Blue Team unaware (no holds barred)
Output
Attack narrative + detection gaps
Framework
MITRE ATT&CK / Cyber Kill Chain
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1 – 5 days
Scope
Defined assets/applications
Goal
Find & exploit as many bugs as possible
Awareness
IT team usually informed
Technique
Methodical vulnerability testing
Output
Vulnerability list + CVSS scores
Framework
OWASP / PTES / CVSSv3
Red Team Service Offerings
Full-Scope Red Team Operation
Extended adversary simulation (2–8 weeks) targeting your entire organization — network, applications, employees, and physical premises. Uses evasion, deception, and stealth to achieve attacker objectives such as domain admin access or data exfiltration without detection.
Adversary Emulation (APT Simulation)
Simulate the exact tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of known Advanced Persistent Threat groups — APT28, APT29, Lazarus, FIN7, and others — mapped directly to MITRE ATT&CK, giving you a realistic, threat-intel-driven assessment of your defences.
Assumed Breach Scenario
Start inside your perimeter — simulating a scenario where an attacker has already gained initial access (compromised endpoint, insider threat, or supply chain compromise). Tests lateral movement, privilege escalation, and the speed of your detection and response capabilities.
Purple Team Exercise
A collaborative Red-Blue engagement where the Red Team shares TTPs in real time, allowing defenders to tune detection rules, improve SIEM alerts, and strengthen incident response playbooks. Ideal for organizations with a mature SOC seeking measurable improvement.
Physical Red Team Assessment
Test physical security controls — tailgating, lock bypass, RFID cloning, social engineering security personnel, and physical access to server rooms and critical assets. Reveals the human and physical vulnerabilities that technical controls alone cannot address.
Social Engineering Campaign
Multi-vector social engineering — spearphishing emails, vishing (voice calls), smishing (SMS), and in-person impersonation — designed to test human-layer defences, measure employee vigilance, and identify security awareness gaps across departments.
Cloud Red Team Assessment
Adversary simulation targeting cloud environments — AWS, Azure, GCP. Tests IAM privilege escalation, misconfigured storage, service account abuse, cloud-native lateral movement, and exfiltration paths unique to cloud architectures.
OT / ICS / SCADA Red Team
Threat-led assessment of Operational Technology environments — SCADA, DCS, PLCs, and HMI systems. Uses low-impact, non-destructive techniques to simulate attacker targeting of critical infrastructure with zero risk to operational continuity.
Ransomware Simulation
Simulate the full ransomware attack chain — initial compromise, lateral movement, data exfiltration, and encryption — without actual encryption. Tests backup integrity, incident response speed, and your ability to contain a live ransomware scenario.
Tabletop Exercise (Cyber Crisis Sim)
Facilitate a structured, scenario-driven tabletop exercise for your executive and crisis management team — simulating a major cyber incident to test decision-making, communication protocols, and business continuity under realistic attack pressure.
Red Team as a Service (RTaaS)
Continuous, subscription-based Red Team operations — ongoing adversary simulation, periodic attack campaigns, threat intelligence integration, and persistent testing to keep your security posture ahead of an ever-evolving threat landscape.
Insider Threat Simulation
Simulate a malicious or compromised insider — an employee with legitimate access attempting to exfiltrate data, sabotage systems, or escalate privileges. Tests DLP controls, UEBA, access governance, and your ability to detect low-and-slow internal threats.
Attack Lifecycle
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