Red Teaming
Test the chain, not just the wall
Goal-driven adversary simulations that test detection, response, and resilience together. For organizations whose defences are mature enough to be measured
Engagements typically run 4 to 8 weeks.
A green pentest report does not mean you'd survive a real attack
Pentests find vulnerabilities. Real attackers chain them, evade detection, and pursue business outcomes. Red teaming measures whether your full programme, people, process, and technology, can detect and respond as an adversary moves through your environment.
What we test
What's included in a red team engagement
Objective-based adversary simulation from initial access through to detection mapping and debrief.
External reconnaissance, phishing, social engineering, or assumed-breach starting positions. Whatever fits the scenario.
AV/EDR bypass research, custom payload delivery, and operational security throughout. We're invisible until we choose not to be.
Privilege escalation, Active Directory attacks, and post-exploitation across cloud and identity. We chase business-impact targets.
Every step is logged. After the engagement we map what your SOC saw, what it missed, and why.
Defined business-impact objectives, agreed in scoping. We don't free-roam.
Joint workshop with your blue team. Walk through every step, replay detection opportunities, agree improvements.
Five stages. One clear outcome
From threat modelling to workshop debrief
Scoping and threat modelling
Agree the threat actor profile, business objectives, and rules of engagement.
Initial access
External or assumed-breach starting position. Phishing, vulnerability exploitation, or insider scenario.
Operations
Multi-week engagement: reconnaissance, lateral movement, evasion, and objective pursuit.
Detection mapping
Concurrent log review with your team to map what was seen vs missed.
Report and workshop
Executive narrative, technical timeline, prioritised improvements. Joint debrief with your defenders.
Red Team vs Pentest
When is each appropriate?
Red teaming and penetration testing answer different questions. Here is how to know which one you need.
What security teams usually ask about red teaming
If you have a SOC, an EDR product, and a basic IR playbook, you're a candidate. If not, start with pentesting and detection engineering first. We'll tell you straight.
Plan a red team engagement
Discovery call to confirm fit, then a scoped proposal.