APT-Style Campaigns
Multi-stage operations mimicking nation-state TTPs with custom tooling, living-off-the-land, and advanced evasion.
Custom C2Infrastructure deployment
EDR evasionDefense bypass techniques
Persistence & exfilLong-term simulation
Elite Red Team Operators — OSCP · OSEP · CRTO · TIBER-EU Certified
Red Team Operations
Think Like an Attacker
Full-scope adversary simulation across physical, digital, and social vectors — testing whether your detection, response, and resilience hold up against a motivated, persistent attacker.
Adversary Simulation
Think Like an Attacker. Before They Do.
Traditional penetration tests find vulnerabilities. Red Team operations test your people, processes, and technology against real-world adversaries. Our elite operators use the same TTPs as nation-state actors and sophisticated groups — measuring your true detection and response capabilities.
Physical Intrusion Testing
Tailgating, lock bypass, badge cloning, and physical social engineering for facility controls.
Access controlFacility testing
Badge & tailgatingCloning scenarios
Server roomsSensitive area access
Detection & Response Validation
Measure SOC and IR coverage, alert fidelity, and MTTR against live adversarial activity.
SOC accuracyAlert measurement
IR timingResponse drills
Purple teamHandoff & transfer
Social Engineering Campaigns
Phishing, vishing, and pretexting to test awareness and reporting behaviours.
Spear-phishingTargeted campaigns
VishingVoice campaigns
PretextingIn-person scenarios
Supply Chain & Third-Party
Vendor impersonation, software supply chain attacks, and trusted-relationship compromise.
Vendor impersonationTrusted brand abuse
Update poisoningSupply chain simulation
Third-party accessRemote entry paths
OT Red Teaming
ICS and critical infrastructure adversary simulation without disrupting operations.
Purdue modelLayered testing
Passive OT reconSafe enumeration
IT-OT pathsConvergence attacks
Campaign Design
Objective-driven adversary emulation
Every engagement starts with clear crown-jewel objectives — not generic scan results. We model real threat groups, select TTPs that match your industry, and chain attacks the way skilled operators would: recon, initial access, persistence, lateral movement, and impact — all under controlled rules of engagement.
- Threat intelligence–informed scenario design
- Attack-path mapping to critical assets
- ROE, safety gates, and kill-switch procedures
- Stakeholder alignment with SOC and leadership
Physical & Social
Beyond the network perimeter
Real attackers do not stop at the firewall. We exercise physical access controls, visitor processes, and human factors alongside digital attacks — so you see how tailgating, impersonation, and facility weaknesses compound with credential theft and lateral movement.
- Badge cloning and access-control bypass testing
- Tailgating and pretext in-person scenarios
- Vishing and help-desk bypass attempts
- Data centre and sensitive-zone entry paths
Detection Engineering
Prove your detect & respond story
We document every action with timestamps and telemetry expectations so your SOC can validate coverage, tune rules, and measure mean time to detect and respond. Optional purple-team workshops turn findings into durable detection content and playbooks.
- Expected alerts vs observed alerts matrix
- MTTD / MTTR measurement against live activity
- Noise reduction and fidelity improvements
- Joint purple-team validation sessions
Methodology
How We Run Red Team Engagements
A disciplined six-phase lifecycle from planning through lessons learned — aligned with industry frameworks and safe execution practices.
Scoping
Objectives, assets, ROE, and legal alignment
Recon
OSINT, footprinting, and target prioritisation
Initial Access
Phishing, external exposure, and physical vectors
Movement
Privilege escalation and lateral spread
Impact
Objective proof without unnecessary harm
Report & Transfer
Debrief, detection gaps, and remediation support
Threat Emulation
Actor Profiles We Emulate
Campaign TTPs are tailored to your sector and threat model — from financially motivated groups to nation-state–linked behaviours described in public intelligence reporting.
| Profile | Motivation | Typical TTPs | Sector relevance |
|---|---|---|---|
| APT-style (espionage) | Intellectual property, geopolitical | Spear-phish, LOLBins, long dwell | Tech, defence, government |
| Ransomware affiliates | Financial extortion | Initial access brokers, AD abuse, exfil | Healthcare, manufacturing, retail |
| Financial crime | Fraud, BEC | Credential theft, MFA fatigue, supplier fraud | Finance, professional services |
| Insider-assisted | Collusion, negligence | Abuse of trusted access, shadow IT | All sectors |
| Supply-chain | Scale, persistence | Trusted software, vendor impersonation | Software, critical infrastructure |
| Hybrid (physical + digital) | Blended objectives | Tailgating + credential reuse | Data centres, corporate HQs |
Attack Surface
Eight Vectors We Exercise
External perimeterExposed services, VPNs, and credential stuffing against edge systems.
Email & identityPhishing, MFA bypass patterns, and OAuth consent abuse.
Endpoint & serverExecution, persistence, and defence evasion on workstations and DCs.
Active DirectoryKerberos abuse, delegation, and privilege escalation paths.
Cloud & SaaSMisconfigurations, IAM, and cross-tenant trust abuse.
Network segmentationLateral movement, pivoting, and east-west visibility gaps.
Physical & facilitiesAccess badges, visitor flows, and sensitive zones.
Humans & processSocial engineering, reporting culture, and incident handling.
What We Often See
Common Findings After Red Teaming
Silent lateral movement
Attackers traverse the estate for days with minimal or no high-fidelity alerts.
Over-privileged service accounts
Non-human identities become the fastest path to domain dominance.
Weak credential hygiene
Reuse, local admin sprawl, and missing phishing-resistant MFA.
Segmentation gaps
Flat networks or overly permissive firewall rules enable rapid spread.
IR playbooks untested
Runbooks exist on paper but break under coordinated pressure.
Physical controls bypassed
Tailgating or weak visitor checks compound digital compromise.
Cloud blind spots
Identity federation and SaaS admin roles evade traditional SOC views.
Logging & retention holes
Critical evidence missing when investigators need it most.
Pentest vs Red Team
Different Objectives, Different Outcomes
Penetration test
Breadth-first vulnerability discovery within a fixed window.
Often scoped to specific apps or networks; limited covert operations.
Less emphasis on long dwell time and stealth.
Red team
Objective-driven adversary simulation with realistic TTP chains.
Tests people, process, and technology — including physical and social layers.
Measures detection, response, and resilience under pressure.
Engagement Models
Choose Your Level of Visibility
Black box
Minimal internal knowledge — closest to a true external adversary. Ideal for testing organic detection and initial response.
- No internal creds by default
- OSINT-driven entry
- Stricter comms & safety gates
White / crystal box
Architecture and identity context shared up front — faster time-to-depth and ideal for crowded timelines or complex estates.
- Network diagrams & app inventory
- Privileged read-only access optional
- Deeper assumption testing
Purple-assisted
Embedded collaboration with your defenders — real-time tuning, detection engineering, and knowledge transfer throughout.
- Joint Slack / Teams channel
- Live hypothesis testing
- Custom detection content
Credentials
Certified Operators
Our red team is built from offensive security practitioners with recognised certifications and regulated-scheme experience where applicable.
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Why SECUROBE
Red Teaming You Can Trust
01
Safety-first execution
Formal ROE, staged payloads, and kill switches — we prioritise business continuity.
02
MITRE-aligned reporting
Findings mapped to ATT&CK so detection and leadership speak the same language.
03
True multi-disciplinary teams
Network, cloud, physical, and social specialists on a single campaign.
04
Defender enablement
Purple workshops and concrete detection recommendations — not just a PDF.
05
Regulator-ready narratives
Evidence packs suitable for boards, insurers, and supervisory follow-up.
06
Post-engagement support
Remediation validation and re-test options to prove fixes actually work.
Industries
Sectors We Protect
Financial servicesBEC, SWIFT-adjacent workflows, and strict supervisory expectations.
HealthcarePatient data, clinical systems, and ransomware resilience testing.
Energy & utilitiesOT-aware scenarios and IT–OT convergence paths.
Retail & e-commercePayment flows, supply chain, and high-volume fraud patterns.
TechnologySource code, CI/CD, and customer tenant isolation.
ManufacturingIP theft, plant systems, and third-party remote access.
Government & defenceControlled scenarios aligned with national frameworks.
Critical infrastructureResilience exercises with safety and legal oversight.
Ready to Stress-Test Your Defences?
Engage SECUROBE for a scoped red team operation that mirrors real adversaries — and leaves your SOC, leadership, and board with measurable improvements in detection and response.
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