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Red Teaming

Overview

Red teaming is a comprehensive, multi-faceted simulated attack assessing an organization's risk and vulnerabilities across personnel, processes, and technology. Ethical hackers identify and test weaknesses using social engineering and stealth, making it ideal for organizations with strong security programs seeking more than a standard penetration test. To maximize value, define at least five goals for testers, such as obtaining domain admin access, unauthorized payroll data access, compromising critical network components, deploying ransomware on test data, or accessing credit card or sensitive PHI information.

Red Teaming Approaches:
  • A timed approach where our team tries to get access to a specific objective or goal from the outside.

  • A split approach where our team sets a specific number of days to attempt to penetrate the network from the outside, followed by another specific number of days in an assumed breach scenario to see what damage can be done if someone obtains access.

Why Conduct Red Teaming?

Realistic simulated attack from the outside in with the option for an assumed breach scenario
  • Begins with a black box assessment to simulate various external threat actors

  • Evaluates the likelihood of a remote compromise via phishing or external perimeter

Identify weaknesses in alerting capability as the ethical hacker navigates your environment covertly
  • A stealthy approach tests your blue team’s capability to quickly identify and respond to active threats and gaps

  • Blue team will be in the dark about when and how the simulated attack will occur

Find paths to your most critical assets
  • Identify users that would be most vulnerable, or most targeted by attackers and see how they react to active attacks

  • See how exposed your most valuable data is if it were targeted

Find paths to your most critical assets while also testing your response capabilities.

Test your organization's security posture

Ethical hackers simulate realistic attack scenarios using OSINT and threat intelligence

Specific objectives tailored to your organization

Test objectives that would cause significant damage to your organization’s assets, reputation or regulatory compliance

Put your blue team to the test

Blue team will be in the dark about when and how the simulated attack will occur

Analyze and debrief

Conduct a red team and blue team replay session to determine areas of strength and improvements

What People Say About Us

Adam B.

During the test the engineer assigned to our case would notify us of any high-priority findings with detailed explanations of the risks right away. They were also quickly responsive to our emails during the test.

- Adam B.
  V.P. Engineering

Anonymous

PacketLabs gives the partner peace of mind and reassurance that their cybersecurity needs taken care of. Their team is full of experts who go above and beyond the scope of the engagement.

- Anonymous
  Director of IT

Charlene

The result report was easy to follow and insightful, with recommendations on risk exposure and remediation. We would definitely recommend working with PacketLabs.

- Charlene
  Small Business Owner

Anonymous

Our experience with Packetlabs was very positive. They offer excellent service, communicated clearly with us throughout the process, and were very accomodating regarding our timelines. We highly recommend Packetlabs.

- Anonymous
  Human Resources

Ian W.

Since engaging Packetlabs, we've been confident in our ability to bid for Pentest engagements no matter the scenario, environment or requirement - they've made the whole process of scoping, quoting, and delivering (on time and on budget) seamless.

- Ian W.
  Security Sales Specialist

Anonymous

They shared the results with us in a management report. We discussed all the findings and how we could fix them in meetings, and they also provided us with optional solutions. They did everything remotely.

- Anonymous
  IT Infrastructure Manager

Anonymous

The team worked quickly to identify any issues, write up reports, and offer recommendations. Their friendliness set them apart and made them more of a partner than merely a service provider.

- Anonymous
  IT Director

Anonymous

Thanks to Packetlabs Ltd.'s excellent cybersecurity efforts, the company was able to resolve its vulnerabilities and establish its secure VPN tunnel. Their responsiveness and diligence were hallmarks of their work.

- Anonymous
  Manager

Anonymous

After performing extensive tests, Packetlabs Ltd. produced a thorough report that explained any potential security flaws. Accommodating schedule changes, the team supported effective collaboration.

- Anonymous
  Project Manager, ECEBC

Anonymous

Packetlabs Ltd. successfully identified new and preexisting issues, making it easy for the client to resolve them. The team often went above and beyond to explore issues further and provide valuable information for the client.

- Anonymous
  Sr Director Technology

Anonymous

From the first phone call to the tech interview and progress updates, they have demonstrated a complete understanding of our needs, are very proactive and responsive, and have clear communication.

- Anonymous
  Small Business Owner

Anonymous

Packetlabs Ltd. delivered exactly as requested, meeting the objectives of the project. Not only was the team able to complete the analysis quickly, but they were also open and honest throughout the entire process.

- Anonymous
  VP Engineering & Founder

Red Teaming Service Highlights

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Spear-Phishing

Targeted phishing campaigns against users depending on role

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External Perimeter Assessment

Evaluate password strength as external login portals are tested for weaknesses

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Assumed Breach

Test internal controls to simulate a compromised end-point stealthily

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Open Source Intelligence Gathering

Conduct search engine discovery and reconnaissance for information leakage

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Test Response Capabilities

Assess response times to social engineering and network attacks

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Proven Impact

Exploit identified vulnerabilities and misconfigurations

Red Teaming vs Objective-Based Penetration Testing

Red Teaming

Objective-Based Penetration Testing

Ability to Set Custom # of Days

Yes

No

Advanced, Tactical, and Specialized Attacks

Yes

No

Stealthy Attack

Yes

No

Network Security

Yes

Yes

Email Phishing

Yes

Yes

Antivirus Bypass

Yes

Yes

Adversary Simulation

Yes

Yes

Physical Security Attacks

Yes

Yes

Social Engineering (Phone / In-Person)

Yes

Yes

Authentication Attacks

No

Yes

Cryptography Attacks

No

Yes

Ransomware Assessment

No

Yes

Active Directory Bloodhound Assessment

No

Yes

Active Directory Password Audit

No

Yes

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Red Teaming Methodology

Packetlabs' security testing methodology is based on industry standards and is primarily aligned with the MITRE ATT@CK for Enterprise framework to ensure that real-world tactics, techniques, and procedures are conducted against an organization in order to test the organization’s security posture.

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Penetration Testing Buyer's Guide

Download our buyer’s guide to learn everything you need to know to successfully plan, scope and execute your penetration testing projects.

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