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SharkStriker Red Teaming

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OVERVIEW

Red Teaming Service 

Red teaming involves testing cyber defenses with a simulation of real-world attacks. It helps understand the
impact of cyber attacks on status quo defenses with real-world techniques deployed by modern-day
hackers to maintain persistence and remain undetected. 

It is a deeper assessment of security capabilities to help organizations achieve their targeted state of
readiness against cyber threats. Our Red Teaming service goes beyond the traditional approach, testing the capabilities of teams, technological detection, and response mechanisms to detect, identify, and
respond to highly persistent and sophisticated attacks. 

It assists organizations in identifying gaps in procedures, policies, and measures, helping them
prepare against the evolving tactics, techniques, and procedures deployed by attackers. 

Through this service, organizations can step up defenses through recommendations based on industry
best practices and bridge awareness gaps across different levels exploitable by hackers. 

BENEFITS

Benefits of Red Teaming

Identifies and categorizes risks as per the severity

As opposed to pen-testing which is also a good way to identify and categorize risks in a short period, red teaming focuses on long-term and in-depth assessments. 

Assists in discovering hidden vulnerabilities  

Attackers often look for undiscovered vulnerabilities that they can exploit to gain access to the targeted organization’s systems and information. Red teaming uncovers those vulnerabilities

Mitigates risks from real-life attacks  

Through end-to-end support to address vulnerabilities and mitigate risks with expert-led recommendations for cyber risk management.  

Analyzes the effectiveness of response mechanisms against attacks 

It helps discover the level of preparedness of an organization in terms of people, processes, and technology against a cyber attack through an offensive simulation of the attack. 

Helps businesses address gaps in current measures 

Assists organizations in identifying gaps in status quo measures of security against the global best practices in security.  

Enhances security awareness and culture

It helps organizations boost the awareness and preparedness of their employees against cyber threats.

WHAT YOU GET

Unique values delivered 

Expert-led risk analysis 

Our team of certified offensive security experts performs an in-depth analysis of the risks across the posture based on a real-world threat simulation. They categorize risks as per the severity that could be exploitable from novice-level attackers to sophisticated attackers.  

Impact assessment 

We assess the impact of real-world attacking methods on operations, information assets, and people across different levels. It includes tactics, techniques, and procedures that can be leveraged by an attacker to maintain undetectable persistence in the network moving laterally through exploitation of multiple security weaknesses. 

Technical recommendations for the posture 

Based on a detailed analysis of the risks and security weaknesses, our cybersecurity experts prepare a detailed report with technical recommendations tailored specifically to the organization assisting them to mitigate risks at each level. They also make recommendations to augment posture as per globally benchmarked practices.

A multi-dimensional approach to testing 

We take multiple attack scenarios into account while red teaming allowing us to predict and preemptively prepare your defenses for the worst from the world of constantly evolving threats.  For example, our experts assess scenarios like – how an attacker can get hold of sensitive data, access server rooms, exploit weaknesses in IoT environments, etc.

Intelligence-based attack methods 

We integrate the latest threat intelligence-based attacking techniques from the use of sophisticated stealth, deception & social engineering methods to gain access to sensitive data to weaponizing Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning to cause massive disruption of operations.

Comprehensive reporting 

We prepare a detailed report for key technical and non-technical personnel with meaningful insights on cybersecurity posture along with recommendations to address all the risks as per their severity and impact.  

APPROACH

Our approach 

01

In the first step, we create a detailed plan of the red teaming operation, understanding the infrastructure to be covered, the critical areas affected, and the attack resources, tools, processes, technology, & expertise to deploy. Based on the plan, we map the objectives of our Red Teaming Operations.

02

Our team of cyber threat experts and ethical hackers leverages intelligence sources, tools, and techniques. It includes OSINT to collect as much information as possible about the IT infrastructure, employees, and status quo defense measures for an effective compromise of the target. 

03

We assess and identify vulnerabilities, security loopholes, and awareness gaps that can be weaponized to launch an attack and prepare attack infrastructure that is undetectable and allows persistence. It includes activities like setting up servers and planning out social engineering tactics and Command & Control (C2). 

04

We deliver a full-blown attack by exploiting defense weaknesses and gaining a foothold in the network. We exploit identified vulnerabilities and weak passwords to deliver malicious payloads using phishing emails, utilize password attack techniques to gain access to employee accounts, and exploit misconfigurations. 

05

Upon establishment of a foothold on our targeted network, we seek to maintain persistence and move laterally across the network, exploiting vulnerable accounts and leveraging privileges to extract data. It includes exploiting weaknesses in security and possible backdoors that could be utilized by attackers to exit or regain entry. 

06

We prepare a detailed report post-completion of the operation that comprises a summary of findings, including identified & categorized vulnerabilities, exploitable attack vectors, and awareness gaps along with recommendations on treating the existing vulnerabilities and risks.  It is a report that comprises both, non-technical and technical recommendations for different levels across the organization. 

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Proven to deliver  

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Red teaming is an in-depth assessment of an organization’s existing cybersecurity posture using offensive real-world techniques deployed by cybercriminals. It involves a group of ethical hackers offensively challenging an organization’s existing security measures, policies, procedures, resources, technologies, and expertise to identify security gaps.

Some of the common examples of red teaming include: Sending phishing emails to employees, accessing the server rooms, brute force hacking of weak passwords, engaging in data exfiltration, evasion of detection mechanisms, and escalation of privileges to maintain a foothold in the target organization.

The primary goal of red teaming is to pretend to be an adversary and use offensive real-world techniques an adversary would use. Where the red team offensively tries to bypass defenses and leverage security weaknesses, the blue team defends against them, hence the term red teaming.

Red teams act as real-world attackers who leverage security vulnerabilities and gaps to bypass an organization’s defenses and try to get hold of sensitive information assets using offensive techniques. Blue teams on the other hand defend against the red teams with the status quo measures, policies, procedures, controls, and mechanisms for detection and response. Both play a critical role in identifying gaps in an organization’s cybersecurity and measuring the effectiveness of defense against cyber threats.

While pen testing and red teaming are offensive security assessments to identify and address security gaps in posture, pen-testing focuses on specific aspects of an organization’s security, as opposed to red teaming which has a broader scope covering all aspects of an organization’s cybersecurity. For example, network pen-testing focuses on assessing the network defenses for internal and external threats and vulnerabilities using real-world attack techniques to exploit existing measures, controls, procedures, and policies for securing the network. Pen-testing is also quicker and less complex than red teaming. Red teaming provides a detailed and more comprehensive analysis and reporting of an organization’s overall security posture, unlike pen-testing which can only be limited to specific aspects like web applications, networks, IoT environments, etc.

Depending on the objectives, red teaming can take weeks and even months to complete.

Red teaming if not executed properly, can disrupt an organization’s operations. However,  SharkStriker’s red teaming service is a systematically planned process. Therefore, it is highly unlikely to cause little to no disruption in operations.

Get your preparedness assessed with red teaming

SharkStriker’s team of threat experts, security analysts, and cybersecurity advisors can help you discover underlying weaknesses in your defenses with red teaming. With their recommendations, you can proactively step up your resilience. Get a callback from our team. 

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