Pre Assessment
Collaborate with the client to understand their objectives, organizational structure, critical assets, and specific concerns regarding cybersecurity. Clarify the goals of the Purple Team Simulation, whether it's to enhance collaboration between red and blue teams, validate security controls, or improve incident response capabilities.
Scope Definition
Conduct threat intelligence analysis to identify relevant threat actors, their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and potential attack scenarios targeting the organization. Develop realistic attack scenarios and defensive strategies tailored to the organization's environment, threat landscape, and security objectives.
Coordination
Obtain necessary permissions and approvals from relevant stakeholders, including IT, security, and business leaders, to conduct the Purple Team Simulation within legal and ethical boundaries. Facilitate collaboration between red and blue teams to jointly plan and coordinate the Purple Team Simulation, aligning offensive and defensive strategies to achieve common objectives.
Testing & Exploitation
Execute the planned attack scenarios to simulate real-world cyber threats, utilizing red team tactics and techniques to test the effectiveness of defensive controls and incident response procedures. Monitor defensive controls, including intrusion detection systems (IDS), security information and event management (SIEM) platforms, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions, to detect and respond to simulated cyber attacks in real-time
Remediation & Report
Generate a detailed technical report outlining the methodology, findings, exploitation techniques, and proof-of-concept demonstrations for each identified. Provide an executive summary highlighting key findings, risk assessment, and actionable recommendations for improving security posture.
Lessons Learned & Retest
Identify key lessons learned from the simulation exercise, including strengths and weaknesses in people, processes, and technology, and provide actionable recommendations for improvement. Once the remediation has been completed, the tester may conduct a retest to verify that the vulnerabilities have been successfully addressed and that the network is now secure.
