How effective are your detection capabilities during a real cyberattack? A Purple Teaming exercise provides insights into your implemented detection capabilities and potential improvement areas. Through a structured and controlled exercise, we test detection and mitigation strategies in real-time.
A Purple Teaming exercise does not focus solely on offensive tactics; instead, it provides a unique learning experience where both our Red and Blue Teams work together with your Blue Team to enhance your organization’s overall resilience. This makes Purple Teaming an excellent choice for organizations that want to fine-tune their security operations and threat detection capabilities.
Would your organization like to know:
- How well does our Blue Team detect and respond to cyber threats?
- Are there blind spots in our security monitoring that adversaries could exploit?
- Can our security tools and processes effectively detect and prevent real-world attacks?
- How can we improve collaboration between offensive and defensive security teams?
- Are our employees and security analysts equipped to handle advanced threats in real-time?
Purple Teaming by Computest provides answers to these questions.
What is Purple Teaming?
Purple Teaming is a cooperative security exercise where our Red Team actively shares insights with your Blue Team to strengthen detection, response, and mitigation capabilities. Unlike traditional Red Teaming, where stealth is the goal, Purple Teaming encourages an open discussion of attack techniques and defensive strategies.
Before the exercise starts, we define the scope, objectives, and specific threat scenarios that align with your organization’s risks and current security capabilities. These could include, for example, testing advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques, improving SIEM and SOC effectiveness, or enhancing automated threat detection and response mechanisms.
During execution, the Red Team simulates real-world attacks while working alongside the Blue Team, which attempts to detect and mitigate them. This continuous feedback loop allows for real-time adjustments and immediate security improvements.
Afterward, our specialists provide a detailed report, highlighting key lessons learned and actionable recommendations. This ensures that your security team gains both technical insights and strategic improvements to strengthen your cybersecurity defenses.
What do we do in Purple Teaming?
Computest Security offers two different types of Purple Teaming. The Threat Intelligence based Purple Teaming service provides you a scenario based approach formed by Threat Intelligence from public and private sources. This service is performed on a project basis. The Continuously Purple Teaming service gives you a service that continously improves your detection capabilities. This partnership provides monthly insights into your cyber resilience.
Some common approaches during a Purple Teaming excercise include:
- Simulating cyberattacks (e.g., malware deployment, lateral movement, privilege escalation).
- Testing endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions against advanced threats.
- Evaluating security monitoring and alerting mechanisms (e.g. SIEM and SOC testing).
- Improving security automation.
- Strengthening security awareness and training for analysts.
Our dedicated Research & Development team ensures that our attack scenarios reflect the latest cyber threats. By leveraging real-world threat intelligence, we craft realistic exercises that provide maximum value to your security team.
What do you receive after a Purple Teaming engagement?
A comprehensive and pragmatic report detailing the exercise, including key findings and recommended improvements for your security posture. The report includes:
- A breakdown of detected and undetected attack techniques.
- An analysis of Blue Team response times and efficiency.
- Suggested improvements for security monitoring, tools, and processes.
Additionally, we offer a debrief where we present the findings in clear, business-friendly language to stakeholders. This ensures that both technical and non-technical teams understand the outcomes and can take necessary actions.
By conducting a Purple Teaming engagement, your organization gains deeper visibility into security strengths and weaknesses, leading to improved detection, response, and overall cybersecurity maturity.
Why choose Computest Security for Purple Teaming?
Organizations choose Computest Security for Purple Teaming because:
- We combine offense and defense: Our security experts have deep expertise in both Red and Blue Teaming, ensuring a balanced and effective collaboration.
- We provide tailored detection engineering: Our Purple Team consists of members of our Blue Team and have deep technical knowledge of detection rules and systems.
- We offer tailored engagements: Every Purple Teaming exercise is customized to address your specific security challenges and objectives.
- We integrate cutting-edge research: Our in-house R&D team continuously develops new attack techniques and detection strategies.
- We provide actionable insights: Our reports go beyond technical details, offering practical recommendations to enhance your security posture.
Interested in Purple Teaming for your organization? Contact us via info@computest.nl, call +31 (0)88 733 13 37, or leave your details in our contact form, and we will call you back as soon as possible.