A red team engagement is a multi-layered, stealthy simulation of a real-world attack. We use tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) from real threat actors to test your entire security program. This includes physical, social, and technical layers.
Unlike traditional penetration testing, red teaming isn’t just about finding vulnerabilities—it’s about evading detection, gaining access, and achieving specific goals while avoiding your security team.
Traditional tests are useful, but they don’t always show how your defenses hold up when facing skilled attackers. Red team engagements push your blue team to respond in real time and help you identify true gaps—not just theoretical ones.
This test helps you:
Evaluate detection and response capabilities
Simulate insider threats and phishing attacks
Test physical security and badge access
Assess endpoint and network visibility
Validate escalation and containment procedures
Strengthen coordination between teams
Red teaming gives you a full picture of your readiness—not just on paper, but in practice.
We start by defining the mission. Whether it's accessing sensitive data, simulating ransomware, or evading detection, we tailor the goal to match your environment and risk profile.
Next, we collect intelligence—open-source info, employee names, emails, network structure, and more. This step mirrors how real attackers plan their moves.
We attempt to breach your environment using tactics like phishing, password spraying, or physical entry. Once in, we establish a foothold just like a real intruder.
We move through your network quietly, aiming to reach the target. We test privilege escalation, domain access, and how long we can stay undetected.
After the engagement, you get a full report with attack paths, detection gaps, and recommended improvements. We also debrief your team so everyone learns from the test.
A red team engagement is a security test where experts simulate a real cyberattack. It targets people, systems, and processes to show how attackers might break in and stay hidden.
Penetration testing looks for vulnerabilities and reports them. Red teaming goes further—it tests how your security team detects, reacts to, and contains a live, stealthy threat.
Usually, only a few people are informed beforehand. This keeps the test realistic and allows your blue team to respond naturally, just like they would during a real attack.
Yes. With approval, we simulate phishing, vishing, tailgating, badge cloning, and even planting rogue devices to test human and physical security.
No. We follow strict rules of engagement to make sure testing is safe. We don’t delete files, corrupt data, or cause outages.
That depends on your goals. We may try to steal sensitive data, reach domain controllers, or stay hidden in your environment for a set time—all without getting caught.
Most last between 2 to 6 weeks. That includes planning, testing, and reporting. However, the timeline depends on the scope and objectives.
We use tools like Cobalt Strike, Mythic, Havoc, and custom scripts. But it’s not just about tools—we rely on stealth, strategy, and real attacker behavior.
You get a detailed report, including attack paths, gaps in detection, and actionable recommendations. We also walk your team through everything to help improve your defenses.
Not always, but it supports many frameworks like NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, CMMC, and SOC 2. It also helps show auditors and stakeholders that your defenses work in real scenarios.
Red team engagements don’t just improve your defenses—they also support key compliance requirements. Simulating real-world attacks helps prove that your systems, people, and response plans are ready. Our red team methodology aligns with the following frameworks:
Our red team testing aligns with NIST SP 800-115’s guidance for technical assessments. It validates your organization’s ability to detect, contain, and respond to actual threats using realistic attacker tactics.
Financial institutions must demonstrate that they can protect customer data. Red team engagements test your readiness against advanced threats, helping you meet GLBA’s requirements for security program effectiveness.
HIPAA requires healthcare organizations to safeguard protected health information (PHI). Red teaming evaluates how attackers could access PHI and tests your incident detection and response procedures.
Red team testing supports PCI DSS by validating the effectiveness of your incident response and threat detection capabilities. It helps demonstrate proactive risk management and real-world security readiness.
Casinos must protect sensitive patron and operational data. Red team engagements simulate realistic threats to test how well your gaming operation can detect and respond to intrusions in line with NGCB expectations.
Though not prescriptive, IGRA encourages strong security practices in tribal gaming operations. Red team simulations show a proactive approach to cybersecurity and support regulatory compliance through real-world validation.
We simulate real-world cyberattacks against your public-facing systems to uncover vulnerabilities before attackers do. This helps identify exploitable weaknesses in firewalls, VPNs, email servers, and other internet-accessible assets.
This test mimics an attacker who has gained internal access, helping uncover insecure configurations, legacy systems, and lateral movement paths. It reveals how deep an intruder could go inside your network and what data might be compromised.
We assess the security of your Wi-Fi networks, identifying risks such as rogue access points, weak encryption, and insecure configurations. The goal is to prevent unauthorized access and protect sensitive data traveling over your wireless infrastructure.
We perform in-depth testing of your web applications using both automated tools and manual techniques to uncover flaws like injection, authentication bypass, and insecure direct object references. This ensures your apps are secure against OWASP Top 10 threats.
We conduct phishing, pretexting, and baiting campaigns to measure your employees’ resistance to real-world social engineering tactics. This service helps you identify human vulnerabilities and improve security awareness training.
We evaluate your cloud-hosted infrastructure and configurations for misconfigurations, privilege escalation paths, and insecure APIs. This ensures your AWS, Azure, or GCP environments align with cloud security best practices.
e attempt to breach your physical security controls by tailgating, badge cloning, or bypassing locks to test your facility’s resilience against intruders. This reveals gaps in physical access controls, alarm systems, and visitor management.
Our red team mimics real-world adversaries using stealth, persistence, and custom tooling to test your entire security ecosystem across digital, human, and physical layers. This provides a true test of your detection, response, and resilience capabilities.
Casinos handle cash, player data, and critical systems—making them high-value targets. Red team engagements help test physical security, loyalty systems, and surveillance infrastructure against real-world threats.
Hospitals and clinics are prime targets for ransomware and phishing. Red teaming shows how attackers could access PHI or disrupt critical systems—and tests your team’s response under pressure.
Banks and fintech platforms face daily attacks from sophisticated adversaries. Red team testing helps validate incident response, test fraud detection, and uncover gaps in user account security.
Hotels and resorts rely on tech across every guest touchpoint. Red teaming shows how attackers might exploit front desk systems, Wi-Fi networks, or back-office tools to access sensitive data.
Law firms manage high-value, confidential data. Red team engagements test how well your team can detect and respond to silent intrusions targeting client files and communications.
Tech companies need more than code scans—they need full-spectrum testing. Red teaming validates whether attackers could breach cloud environments or bypass controls in CI/CD pipelines.
Schools and educational platforms handle student records and financial data. Red team tests reveal how attackers might exploit shared devices, remote access, or phishing tactics.
From online stores to supply chains, red team simulations show how attackers could compromise payment systems, steal customer data, or cause costly outages.
Adversim’s red team operators have backgrounds in offensive security, government, and Fortune 100 incident response. We’ve successfully infiltrated some of the world’s most hardened networks—without being noticed.
We test the way real attackers operate and help your team learn how to detect, contain, and respond. Whether it’s a full red team engagement or a guided purple team exercise, we help turn detection gaps into strengths.
