Red Team Operations
Full-scope red team engagement simulating Advanced Persistent Threats (APT). We test your organization's resilience against determined adversaries using real-world tactics, techniques, and procedures.
What's Included
Full-scope adversary simulation across all attack vectors
Multi-vector attacks across organizational boundaries including network, application, physical, and human vectors
Spear phishing, vishing, smishing, pretexting, and business email compromise simulations
Tailgating, badge cloning, lock bypass, and rogue device deployment testing
Advanced evasion techniques, EDR bypass, living-off-the-land attacks, and C2 deployment
Real-time evaluation of EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and SOC detection capabilities
Validate IR procedures, containment effectiveness, and team coordination under realistic conditions
Complete MITRE ATT&CK Coverage
We cover all 14 tactics and over 200 techniques from the ATT&CK Enterprise framework
Reconnaissance
10 techniquesResource Development
8 techniquesInitial Access
9 techniquesExecution
14 techniquesPersistence
19 techniquesPrivilege Escalation
13 techniquesDefense Evasion
42 techniquesCredential Access
17 techniquesDiscovery
31 techniquesLateral Movement
9 techniquesCollection
17 techniquesCommand & Control
16 techniquesExfiltration
9 techniquesImpact
13 techniquesEngagement Process
Our structured approach to professional red team operations
- Define objectives and success criteria
- Set boundaries and off-limit systems
- Establish communication protocols
- Define safe words and abort procedures
- Analyze your industry threat landscape
- Identify relevant APT groups
- Develop TI-based attack scenarios
- Map TTPs to MITRE ATT&CK
- External attack surface mapping
- High-value target enumeration
- Social media analysis
- Supply chain and third-party identification
- Spear phishing campaigns
- External exploitation
- Physical intrusion (if in scope)
- Supply chain scenarios
- Establish persistence with advanced techniques
- Privilege escalation to Domain Admin
- Stealthy lateral movement
- Achieve defined objectives
- Attack narrative with timeline
- Complete MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- Detection gap analysis
- Executive and technical debrief
Example Objectives
Common objectives organizations select for red team engagements
Data Exfiltration
Access and exfiltrate customer PII, intellectual property, or financial data
Domain Dominance
Achieve Domain Admin or Enterprise Admin privileges across Active Directory
Executive Access
Compromise C-level email accounts or access board communications
Ransomware Simulation
Simulate ransomware deployment (without encryption) to test detection and response
Critical System Access
Gain access to SCADA/ICS, financial systems, or production databases
Physical Access
Gain unauthorized physical access to secure areas (data centers, executive floors)
Tools & Capabilities
Our advanced toolkit for realistic APT simulation
Deliverables
Comprehensive reports for technical and executive teams
Board-ready presentation with attack story, business impact, and strategic recommendations
Detailed timeline, TTPs used, vulnerabilities exploited, and artifacts collected
Complete mapping of all techniques used to the ATT&CK framework for actionable insights
What was detected vs. missed, with specific recommendations to improve detection coverage
Evaluation of SOC response times, containment effectiveness, and team coordination
Prioritized action items with quick wins and strategic improvements
Why HafezSecure
Offensive security specialists with hands-on red team experience, who plan each operation around your objectives
We focus on achieving defined business objectives, not just finding vulnerabilities—proving real organizational risk
Custom tooling, EDR bypass techniques, and living-off-the-land tactics to simulate sophisticated adversaries
All activities mapped to ATT&CK for standardized reporting and integration with threat intelligence
Close coordination with your team, optional purple team exercises, and knowledge transfer throughout engagement
Following TIBER-EU, CBEST, and PTES frameworks aligned with international best practices
Frequently Asked Questions
Penetration testing focuses on finding all vulnerabilities in defined systems within a limited timeframe, with IT/security teams typically aware. Red team operations simulate real adversaries with specific objectives over extended periods (weeks to months), testing people, processes, and technology together—often without security team knowledge. The goal is to validate detection and response capabilities, not just find vulnerabilities.
Common objectives include: achieving Domain Admin access, exfiltrating sensitive data (customer PII, IP), compromising executive email accounts, simulating ransomware deployment, accessing critical business systems (ERP, financial), physical intrusion to secure areas, and demonstrating supply chain attack paths. We work with you to define objectives that align with your risk concerns.
We establish clear rules of engagement (ROE) including: defined boundaries and off-limit systems, safe words for immediate abort, dedicated out-of-band communication channels, detailed activity logging, and escalation procedures. We prioritize business continuity and safety while maintaining realistic attack simulation. All activities are coordinated with designated stakeholders.
We use a combination of commercial C2 frameworks (Cobalt Strike, Brute Ratel, Nighthawk), open-source tools (Sliver, Mythic, Havoc), custom malware development, and living-off-the-land binaries (LOLBins). Our approach mimics real APT groups using the same TTPs documented in threat intelligence. We continuously update our toolkit to evade modern security controls.
Red team engagements typically run 4-12 weeks depending on scope and objectives. This includes: planning and threat intelligence (1-2 weeks), active operations (2-8 weeks), and reporting/debrief (1-2 weeks). Longer durations allow for more realistic attack simulation with proper operational security. Some organizations conduct continuous red team programs throughout the year.
Organizations should have: a mature security program with established controls, detection capabilities (EDR, SIEM), incident response procedures, and completed baseline security assessments. Red team is an advanced validation exercise—it's most valuable when you have defenses to test. We recommend organizations without these foundations start with penetration testing first.
Yes, if included in scope. Physical intrusion testing (tailgating, badge cloning, lock bypass, rogue device deployment) and social engineering (phishing, vishing, pretexting, impersonation) are often critical initial access vectors for real adversaries. We customize the level of physical and social engineering based on your objectives and risk appetite.
You receive: Executive attack narrative for board presentation, detailed technical report with complete attack timeline, MITRE ATT&CK mapping of all techniques used, detection gap analysis, blue team performance assessment, prioritized remediation roadmap, and post-engagement debrief sessions with both technical and executive teams.
Pricing depends on: engagement duration, scope (attack vectors included), complexity of objectives, number of operators required, whether physical/social engineering is included, and your organization's size and complexity. Red team is a premium service requiring specialized expertise and significant time investment. Contact us for a detailed scoping discussion.
Yes, we offer purple team exercises where our red team works collaboratively with your blue team in real-time. Red team executes techniques while blue team attempts to detect them, with immediate feedback and iterative improvement. This accelerates defensive capability building rather than waiting for a final report. Purple team can be standalone or combined with red team engagement.
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