Red Teaming
Simulate, Strategize, Secure: Defending Your Organization from the Most Sophisticated Attacks
In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, traditional security measures often aren’t enough to protect your organization from advanced cyber adversaries. A truly robust defense requires a proactive approach—one that identifies and remediates vulnerabilities in all areas of a business before attackers can exploit them. This is where red teaming comes into play.
At Offsecure, our red team engagements are designed to uncover hidden weaknesses by simulating the methods and strategies used by real-world attackers. By replicating the tactics of nation-state actors, criminal organizations, and insider threats, we give you a glimpse into your own vulnerabilities—arming you with the insights needed to strengthen your defenses and prepare for the inevitable. Our red teaming services are conducted in compliance with industry-leading frameworks like CBEST, TIBER-EU, and other recognized standards, ensuring that all industries can benefit from our comprehensive and compliant approach.
What is Red Teaming?
Red teaming is a full-scope, multi-layered attack simulation designed to test how your people, processes, and technologies can withstand a targeted, realistic attack. Unlike traditional penetration testing, which focuses on specific systems or vulnerabilities, red teaming takes an adversarial approach to test the entire security posture of your organization.
Red teaming is more than just identifying technical flaws—it’s about understanding how an attacker could move through your environment, bypassing defenses, and compromising critical assets. Our engagements test every aspect of your security, from technical infrastructure to employee awareness, and provide a real-world assessment of how well your organization can detect and respond to targeted attacks.
This type of simulation is particularly valuable because it provides a more realistic and comprehensive assessment of an organization’s security posture than traditional penetration testing or vulnerability scanning. Additionally, red team simulations can help organizations develop more effective incident response plans and improve their overall security culture. Overall, red team adversary simulation is a critical tool for protecting organizations against the constantly evolving threat landscape.
By adopting a proactive stance through red teaming, your organization can identify weaknesses before attackers do, improve incident response capabilities, and ultimately minimize risk. At Offsecure, we help you stay one step ahead of evolving threats.
“Red teams are established by an enterprise to challenge aspects of that very enterprise’s plans, programs, assumptions, etc. It is this aspect of deliberate challenge that distinguishes red teaming from other management tools.”
— U.S. Department of Defense
What to Expect from a Red Team Engagement
Our red teaming engagements are designed to challenge your organization’s entire security posture, simulating real-world attacks that test both your technical defenses and your team’s ability to detect and respond. We follow industry best practices to ensure the realism, safety, and effectiveness of every engagement. Here’s what you can expect:
Targeted Threat Intelligence (Reconnaissance)
The engagement begins with detailed threat intelligence gathering. This phase is tailored to identify the specific adversaries, vulnerabilities, and attack vectors most relevant to your industry. We take a deep dive into your external footprint, leveraging both open-source and proprietary intelligence sources to shape a realistic attack plan.
Adversary Simulation (Attack Planning & Execution)
Using tactics that mirror real-world adversaries, our red team develops and executes attack simulations that test your organization’s resilience against sophisticated threats. This includes methods such as social engineering, phishing, network exploitation, and privilege escalation. Throughout this phase, the simulation is controlled to ensure minimal impact on your operations.
Controlled Exploitation & Impact Analysis
Once access is gained, we simulate post-exploitation activities to explore the potential impact on your organization. This includes lateral movement, data exfiltration, and persistence mechanisms, giving you insight into how an attacker might move through your environment undetected. We provide a clear understanding of the critical assets at risk and how far an attacker could escalate.
Detection & Response Testing
One of the key objectives of red teaming is to assess how well your security operations can detect and respond to an active threat. We observe how your internal teams react to the simulated attack, identifying gaps in detection capabilities, response procedures, and areas for improvement. The goal is to highlight how prepared your organization is for a real-world incident.
Comprehensive Reporting & Executive Debrief
After the engagement, we provide a detailed report that outlines the attack paths, vulnerabilities exploited, and potential impact. Our report maps each step of the attack to common techniques used by adversaries, giving you a clear understanding of where your defenses stood strong and where they fell short. This is followed by an executive debrief, where we present findings in a way that is accessible to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Remediation Support & Post-Engagement Collaboration
We don’t just leave you with a report—we work with your team to remediate the vulnerabilities discovered during the engagement. Whether it’s improving your defenses, refining incident response plans, or strengthening employee awareness, we support you in implementing lasting improvements to your security posture.
Why Choose Our Red Teaming Service?
Adversary Emulation
We don’t just conduct a test—we simulate the specific adversaries that are most likely to target your organization. Our red teams utilize real-world tactics and the latest intelligence to create attack scenarios that reflect your unique threat landscape.
End-to-End Attack Simulation
From the initial reconnaissance to gaining access and attempting to escalate privileges, our red teaming engagements assess every layer of your security stack—physical, human, and digital.
Unmatched Expertise
Our team consists of seasoned security professionals with backgrounds in offensive security, malware development, and advanced penetration testing. We leverage years of experience to bring the most cutting-edge attack techniques to your assessment.
Actionable Recommendations
At the end of each engagement, we provide a detailed report highlighting discovered vulnerabilities, exploited weaknesses, and potential areas for improvement. More than just a technical breakdown, we offer strategic recommendations to strengthen your overall defense.
In addition to our comprehensive red teaming exercises, we offer specialized services focused on individual phases of an attack. Our portfolio includes targeted services such as phishing simulations, threat intelligence gathering, and purple teaming. Each of these services can be utilized independently to address specific aspects of your security strategy, providing focused insights and improvements.
Threat Intelligence
Our threat intelligence service is a critical resource for companies and red teams looking to effectively protect their assets and operations. We scour and explore the depths of the internet to identify the true digital footprint of your organization and its employees. By leveraging the expertise and knowledge of threat intelligence analysts, organizations can quickly identify and mitigate potential risks, and improve their overall security posture.
Phishing
Phishing can be used by organizations to test their employees’ susceptibility to scams and to develop more effective training and education programs to prevent these attacks. By conducting simulated phishing attacks, organizations can identify and address potential vulnerabilities in their systems and processes, and improve their overall security posture. This type of service can be particularly valuable for organizations that are at high risk of phishing attacks, such as those in the financial or healthcare industries.
Purple Teaming
Fast forward to the organic red team assessment and opt for a controlled, white box simulation of a cyber attack in collaboration with your blue team to identify your true security posture and the effectiveness of implemented security controls.
By working together, the red and blue teams can improve their understanding of each other’s roles and responsibilities and can develop more effective strategies and tactics to prevent and respond to real-world attacks.
“We opted for Offsecure’s red teaming service and couldn’t be happier with the results. We were overconfident about our security but Offsecure was able to help us identify numerous attacks surfaces and test our mitigating controls. Their team is very easy to work with and provide understandable findings. Thank you!”
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