Red team engagements
A realistic adversary with a specific objective, so you learn how far an attacker gets and whether anyone notices.
What the engagement covers.
Objective-driven
You define the crown jewels: customer data, production access, a wire transfer. We define the paths a motivated attacker would take to reach them.
Social engineering
Phishing, pretext calls, and credential harvesting against agreed staff groups, with every interaction logged for the debrief.
Physical intrusion
Tailgating, badge cloning, and unattended device access at offices you name, always with a signed authorization letter in hand.
Network operations
Initial access, persistence, privilege escalation, and lateral movement using the tradecraft of current criminal and state groups, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.
Detection measurement
Every action is timestamped so your security team can see what they detected, what they missed, and how long response took.
How it runs.
Plan
Objectives, rules of engagement, off-limits systems, a trusted contact on your side, and a deconfliction process in case a real incident overlaps.
Reconnaissance
Open-source intelligence on your organization, staff, suppliers, and infrastructure, exactly as an attacker would gather it.
Operate
Weeks of quiet, staged activity working toward the objective. Your defenders are not told unless the rules say otherwise.
Debrief
A joint walkthrough with your security team comparing the attack timeline to your detection timeline, then a prioritized improvement plan.
What you receive.
- Attack narrative and timeline mapped to MITRE ATT&CK
- Detection gap analysis against your existing tooling
- Prioritized improvement plan for people, process, and technology
- Executive briefing for the board or leadership team
Who it is for.
- Organizations with a security team and tooling that has never been tested end to end
- Companies in regulated sectors facing threat-led testing requirements
- Leadership teams who want a straight answer about real-world exposure
Questions about red team.
How is a red team different from a penetration test?
A penetration test aims to find as many vulnerabilities as possible in a defined scope. A red team pursues one objective by any agreed path and measures whether your organization detects and responds. You need both, at different times.
Will our security team know?
Usually only a small trusted group knows. That is what makes the detection results meaningful. We agree the group and a deconfliction process before starting.
How long does an engagement take?
Four to eight weeks is typical, including reconnaissance and debrief. Shorter, assumed-breach variants are available when you want to test internal detection only.
Scope a red team engagement.
Tell us about the system and the deadline. You will get a fixed-price proposal after one scoping call.