Overview of Red Team Attack Simulation
Red Team Attack Simulation (referred to as ‘Red Team’) exercises are designed to evaluate an organisation’s susceptibility to cyber-attack. A Red Team exercise spans the entirety of an end-to-end attack from the perspective of an external cyber attacker. It holistically assesses all areas of the organisation, across people, process and technology, to determine how these factors can be abused and exploited by a malicious actor to achieve a set of relevant attack objectives.
A Red Team exercise replicates the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used by advanced threat actors, performing a covert simulation exercise designed to assess the target organisation’s susceptibility to an authentic and realistic targeted attack. A Red Team exercise is:
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JUMPSEC aims to access systems and data that real-world attackers are likely to target, with realistic attacker goals relative to the organisation’s threat profile. JUMPSEC utilise TTPs relevant to the organisation’s threat profile and business context, simulating the attack scenarios which would be most damaging to the organisation if performed by a real-world attacker.
Organisations are likely to be targeted by different threat actors with a host of motivations depending on the nature of the business. Therefore, JUMPSEC can simulate end-to-end attacks with a range of goals including:
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Undertaking a Red Team exercise enables an organisation to understand its cyber risk exposure by attempting to simulate chains of attacker actions which, if executed in a real-world setting, would have a critical impact upon the business.
Red Team exercises allow you to evaluate your susceptibility to cyber-attack. They provide organisations with the answer to the following questions:
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Organisations with a solid security baseline who have implemented robust security controls and are confident in the efficacy of their detection capability (in terms of both tooling and personnel capability) are able to maximise the opportunity provided by Red Teaming, using it as an opportunity to stress-test and exercise their security team.
Red Teaming typically takes the path of least resistance; the shortest route from the point of breach to the end-goal. Red Team exercises are designed to answer the question of “can the attacker cause harm”, as opposed to “how can I stop an attacker from causing harm”. This means that without Red Teaming an organisation’s broader defensive controls and capabilities are unlikely to be tested, resulting in limited learning and improvement opportunities. For this reason, Red Team exercises are especially well-suited to organisations who have already invested in developing their cyber security controls and capabilities. Organisations who lack an established security baseline should consider alternative approaches which are less focused on realism, and more attuned to identifying and driving capability improvements, before engaging in a hyper-realistic simulation such as a Red Team. |
A JUMPSEC Red Team Attack Simulation will allow you to:
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After the test is concluded, a written report will be produced, detailing the scenarios simulated, the attacker goals which JUMPSEC was able to achieve, and the effectiveness of security controls encountered at each stage of the assessment. JUMPSEC will also provide sufficient information to enable TTPs to be replicated by the Blue Team as part of any internal wash-up activities.
JUMPSEC can facilitate a replay workshop with the Blue Team to walk through the attack activities performed during the test and investigate the root cause of any detection failures uncovered. If required, JUMPSEC can also deliver a presentation to senior stakeholders communicating the findings and associated risks in clear business terms. |
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