Adversary simulation
Red team, purple team, and social engineering.
Real-world testing across people, process, and technology to see how attackers would actually operate against you. Evidence-led, governed, and focused on defender uplift.
Best for: organisations validating detection, decision-making, and resilience under realistic pressure.
What we emulate
Threat-led scenarios without theatrics.
- Red team objectives: realistic intrusion paths from initial access to impact, aligned to agreed business targets.
- Purple teaming: co-designed runs with your defenders to validate and tune detections in real time.
- Ransomware-style simulation: safe-mode execution to validate containment, backups, and decision points.
- Social engineering and process abuse: authorised pretexts, helpdesk and workflow testing, with HR-aligned guardrails.
- Phishing campaigns: credential theft and payload delivery resistance with measured uplift over waves.
- Identity and lateral movement: identity abuse, privilege escalation, and movement mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.
Who it’s for
Teams wanting validation without surprises.
- Security leaders needing proof of detection and response readiness tied to real threats.
- Engineering and platform teams wanting actionable fixes instead of dramatics.
- People/HR partners requiring respectful, governed social testing.
- Boards and executives seeking evidence that controls and playbooks work under pressure.
What you get
Evidence-led outputs built to uplift.
- Adversary narrative with detections, misses, and response decisions observed.
- Prioritised remediation with owners, change-safe guidance, and rollback notes.
- Detection tuning backlog and playbook updates from purple teaming sessions.
- Executive read-out plus defender debrief; targeted verification on high/critical findings included.
- Confidential handling of artefacts, recordings, and staff interactions.
Example outcomes
Anonymised results we deliver.
Evidence, not theatrics.
- Detected and contained simulated ransomware spread; backup, isolation, and comms playbooks improved.
- Identity abuse path closed (MFA gaps and token replay) with tuned detections and rollback-safe fixes.
- Helpdesk process hardened after respectful social engineering; escalation and verification improved.
- Phishing resilience uplifted over three waves with measurable reporting-rate improvement.
- Purple teaming resulted in new detections and alert quality uplift across SIEM and EDR.
Safety and governance
Authorised, documented, and respectful.
- Signed approvals, clear Rules of Engagement, and predefined stop conditions.
- Non-destructive methods by default; destructive elements only if explicitly approved and risk-managed.
- HR-aligned guardrails for people-layer work; no shaming or surprises.
- Evidence minimisation with confidential handling and retention limits.
- Agreed escalation paths during all live operations.
Ready to validate detection and response?
Share your objectives, operating constraints, and guardrails. We will shape scenarios to match real threats to your organisation.