Penetration Testing: A Road Map for Improving Outcomes
As cybersecurity incidents gain sophistication, to ensure we are assessing security postures effectively, it is critical to copy real-world adversaries tools, tactics, and procedures during testing activities.
Red teaming (or offensive) cybersecurity exercises take traditional penetration (pen) testing a step further by simulating real-world attacks that replicate real-world adversaries techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs). For one thing, a red-team engagement takes a zero-knowledge approach: The wider organization isn t notified about the testing ahead of time and the red team isn t supplied with any prerequisite information about the organization.
By acting as an adversary trying to bypass an organization s security controls while avoiding detection, the red team identifies ways an organization can be compromised through real-world TTPs. It also assesses how well the organization can identify, manage, and resolve a