Red Team Engagements

Hire certified ethical hackers to run a full-scope Red Team engagement — simulating a real adversary across your technical, human, and physical security to test detection and response. Every engagement is authorized in writing and carefully scoped.

✔ OSCP / OSCE Certified Team ✔ NDA on Every Project ✔ Written Authorization Required ✔ 24–48h Response Time

What Is a Red Team Engagement?

A Red Team engagement is a goal-oriented, authorized simulation of a real-world adversary, designed to test not just your technical defenses but your organization’s ability to detect, respond to, and contain an active attack. Unlike a penetration test, which focuses on finding as many vulnerabilities as possible within a defined scope, a Red Team engagement focuses on achieving specific objectives — such as reaching sensitive data or a critical system — using whatever authorized techniques a real attacker might use, including social engineering.

What’s Included

• Technical Exploitation: Network, application, and cloud attack paths chained together toward a defined objective.
• Social Engineering: Authorized phishing, pretexting, or vishing campaigns to test employee awareness (scoped and consented in advance).
• Physical Security Testing: Attempts to gain unauthorized physical access to facilities, where in scope.
• Detection & Response Evaluation: Assessment of how quickly your security team identifies and responds to the simulated attack.
• Post-Exploitation Analysis: Demonstration of what an attacker could access, exfiltrate, or disrupt once inside.

Our Process

1. Objective Setting: We define the goals of the engagement (e.g., access to a specific system or dataset) together with your leadership team.
2. Scoping & Rules of Engagement: We agree in writing on what techniques are authorized, and who on your team is aware of the exercise.
3. Reconnaissance: We gather intelligence on your organization the way a real adversary would.
4. Simulated Attack: Our team attempts to achieve the defined objectives using a combination of technical, human, and (where scoped) physical techniques.
5. Detection Tracking: We document when and how your team detected (or failed to detect) each stage of the engagement.
6. Reporting & Debrief: You receive a full attack narrative, detection gaps, and defensive recommendations, presented to your team.

Who This Service Is For

• Organizations with a mature security program that has already addressed findings from prior vulnerability assessments and penetration tests.
• Companies wanting to test their security operations team (SOC/incident response), not just their systems.
• Regulated industries required to demonstrate adversary simulation as part of compliance (e.g., financial services frameworks).
• Enterprises preparing for board-level or investor security reviews.

What You’ll Receive

A detailed attack narrative documenting each stage of the engagement, the detection gaps identified, and prioritized defensive recommendations — plus a debrief session with your security team. If your organization hasn’t yet completed foundational testing, we recommend starting with a Network Penetration Testing or Web Application Penetration Testing engagement first.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Red Teaming different from penetration testing?

Penetration testing aims to find as many vulnerabilities as possible within a defined scope. Red Teaming aims to achieve a specific objective, the way a real adversary would, and tests your detection and response capabilities along the way — not just your technical defenses.

Does everyone at our company know the test is happening?

Typically, only a small group of leadership is aware in advance (this is agreed upon during scoping). This is what allows us to realistically test whether your security team detects and responds to the activity.

Is social engineering always included?

Only if it’s explicitly scoped and authorized in writing. We never conduct social engineering, physical access attempts, or any technique outside the agreed Rules of Engagement.

How long does a Red Team engagement take?

Most engagements run 3–6 weeks depending on the objectives and scope, followed by a detailed report and debrief session.