Adversary Simulation

Test your defences against real-world adversaries.

Our CREST-certified red team conducts sophisticated, covert adversary simulation campaigns, testing your organisation's detection, response, and resilience capabilities against real threat actor TTPs using bespoke scenarios tailored to your threat landscape.

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What we deliver

Adversary simulation, tailored to you.

Bespoke Scenarios

We work with you to define specific objectives and attack scenarios that reflect your real threat landscape, ensuring every exercise is relevant and actionable for your organisation.

Covert Operations

Engagements are conducted covertly against your blue team. We simulate real threat actors, using the same tools, techniques, and procedures as nation-state and criminal groups.

Detection & Response Focus

Where required, we can focus on measuring your team's ability to detect, contain, and respond, giving you a true picture of your security operations maturity.

Scope

Areas we can simulate.

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

In-depth reconnaissance of your organisation using publicly available information, social media, job postings, supplier relationships, and industry events to build a detailed target profile.

Targeted Social Engineering

Highly crafted phishing campaigns built from reconnaissance findings, designed to be indistinguishable from legitimate communications your staff would expect to receive.

Physical Security Testing

In-person campaigns such as supplier impersonation, delivery driver pretexts, and tailgating to test physical access controls, staff awareness, and the ability to plant devices on-site.

Initial Access & Command & Control

Establishing a foothold through the most viable attack path, whether digital or physical, and maintaining covert command and control access using commonly permitted protocols.

Privilege Escalation & Lateral Movement

Escalating from initial access to identify paths toward your critical assets, using legitimate credentials and living-off-the-land techniques to avoid detection.

Crown Jewels Access

Targeting your most critical assets, whether domain controllers, financial systems, customer data, or intellectual property, to demonstrate the real business impact of a successful attack.

How we work

Our red team methodology.

Step 01

Reconnaissance & Planning

Extensive OSINT gathering and scenario planning, building a detailed picture of your organisation, its people, processes, and physical locations to inform the attack approach.

Step 02

Initial Compromise

Executing the agreed scenario, whether through targeted phishing, physical access, or technical exploitation, to establish an initial foothold.

Step 03

Campaign Execution

Covert operations to escalate privileges, move laterally, and work toward the agreed objectives, testing both technical controls and human processes along the way.

Step 04

Debrief & Reporting

Comprehensive debrief with all relevant stakeholders to explain what was detected, what was missed, and practical recommendations to strengthen both technical and procedural defences.

What you receive

Engagement deliverables.

Attack Narrative Report

Chronological account of the full campaign, from reconnaissance and initial compromise through to objective completion, detailing the techniques used at each stage.

Vulnerability Findings

Individual write-ups for each vulnerability identified, including technical and procedural weaknesses, with severity ratings and practical remediation guidance.

Physical & Process Assessment

Where physical or social engineering activities are included, a dedicated assessment of physical controls, staff awareness, and procedural gaps identified during the campaign.

Stakeholder Debrief

A comprehensive debrief with all relevant stakeholders to walk through the campaign, explain findings, and discuss practical steps to strengthen both technical and procedural defences.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

What is the difference between a red team exercise and a penetration test?

A penetration test identifies as many vulnerabilities as possible within a defined scope and timeframe. A red team exercise simulates a realistic adversary campaign with specific objectives, testing not just your technical defences but your detection, response, and resilience capabilities. Red team exercises are covert, meaning your security team is not forewarned, and they run over a longer period to simulate how a real attacker would operate.

How are red team scenarios designed?

We work collaboratively with your senior stakeholders to define specific objectives and attack scenarios that reflect your actual threat landscape. This begins with extensive OSINT and reconnaissance to understand your organisation, its people, and its processes. Scenarios can include technical, social engineering, and physical security elements depending on your objectives.

Who in our organisation needs to know about the exercise?

Red team exercises are typically conducted with only a small number of senior stakeholders aware. Your SOC, IT team, and wider security staff are not informed in advance, as the purpose is to test their real-world detection and response capabilities. We agree exactly who is briefed during the scoping phase.

What happens at the end of a red team exercise?

The exercise concludes with a comprehensive debrief with all relevant stakeholders. We walk through the full campaign narrative, explain what worked and what was identified, and discuss practical recommendations to strengthen both technical controls and operational processes. You receive a detailed attack narrative report and individual vulnerability findings.