Red team and adversary simulation

What an operation answers

A pentest measures the surface. A red team measures the whole organization: technology, process, and the people operating both.

• How long it takes us from initial access to the objective, and across how many hops.
• Which of our actions produced telemetry, which produced an alert, and which passed silently.
• At what point in the chain your detection would have stopped a real adversary — and where it would not.
• How your team actually responds once the alert finally fires.
• The real blast radius if the objective is reached.

How we operate

We work by objective, not by checklist. Scope defines the target and the boundaries; the path to it is our problem, as it would be for a real adversary.

Operations are quiet by default. We favor techniques that avoid unnecessary noise, watch our network profile, and treat EDR evasion as part of the craft rather than a trick. Every relevant action is timed and logged.

None of this happens blind: there is a direct channel to your point of contact throughout, and clear stop criteria. Stealthy toward the defense team does not mean uncontrolled toward the business.

Purple team

When it fits, the operation becomes a joint exercise: we run a technique, your team observes what showed up (or did not) in the SIEM and EDR, and detection is tuned on the spot.

It is the fastest format for raising detection coverage, because it closes the loop between attack and rule on the same day instead of waiting for the final report.

What you receive

• Full operation timeline, with a timestamp for every relevant action.
• Mapping of techniques used to MITRE ATT&CK, so you can cross-reference your detection coverage.
• Detection analysis — what produced telemetry, what produced an alert, and what went unnoticed.
• Evidence of impact at the objective reached, with the captured artifacts.
• Recommendations split by track: technical fixes, detection engineering and response process.
• Debrief with the defense team, walking the operation from the attacker point of view.

When it makes sense

• When you already fix vulnerabilities consistently and want to know whether you would spot an adversary inside the estate.
• When there is investment in a SOC, SIEM or EDR and no independent measure of the return.
• When leadership needs a concrete answer to "are we prepared?" rather than a list of findings.
• Before or after a structural change — a merger, a cloud migration, a security stack replacement.

Frequently asked

Do we need a mature SOC to engage?

No. We work with mature teams in purple team mode and with organizations still building their defense. What changes is the exercise objective and the depth of the detection analysis, not whether it can be done.

How long does an operation last?

Full-scope operations range from four weeks to a few months. The timeline depends on the objective, the size of the environment and the agreed level of stealth — the quieter the operation, the slower it moves.

Who inside our company knows about the operation?

Only the group you define, usually limited to security leadership and the project sponsor. The detection and response team is not told, because their reaction is precisely part of what is being measured.

Other services

• Application and infrastructure pentest
• Phishing simulation and social engineering
• Offensive security training
• Custom corporate CTFs