Purple Teaming
A red team tells you whether the attack succeeded. Purple teaming asks why the blue team didn't catch it - in real time, with both sides at the table. Detection rules get tuned during the exercise, not weeks after the report lands.
What we test
Red team and blue team in the same room.
Joint goal-setting and success metrics, controlled attack scenarios mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, real-time defensive feedback, and the gap analysis (tooling, visibility, process) that drives measurable maturity gains.
Why it matters
The pressure this service answers.
The fastest way to mature SOC detection isn't more tooling. It's running the actual attack, watching the actual response, and fixing the gap in the same hour.
Testing activities
Manual, reproducible, peer-reviewed.
Every engagement is scoped through a formal Rules of Engagement, delivered by an in-house Pentiq consultant, peer-reviewed by a senior tester, and risk-rated using CVSS 4.0 where applicable.
- Joint goal-setting and success-metric definition
- Execution of controlled attack scenarios mapped to MITRE ATT&CK
- Real-time feedback to defenders, adjusting detection rules on the fly
- Gap analysis of tooling, visibility, and processes
- Knowledge-transfer workshops and playbook refinement
- Maturity-roadmap delivery with measurable next steps
Methodologies & frameworks
The standards behind every report.
Every report aligns to the methodologies and frameworks your assessors, customers, and insurers already recognise, so findings are defensible, reproducible, and easy to validate.
- CREST Simulated-Attack methodology
- MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND
- NIST SP 800-61 r2 and NIST SP 800-115 purple-team guidance
Outcomes
What you walk away with.
- Accelerates SOC detection-rule maturity and threat-hunting capability
- Builds collaboration between offensive and defensive teams
- Measurable improvements in Mean-Time-to-Detect and Mean-Time-to-Respond
- Maturity roadmap with clear, prioritised next steps
Often paired with
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Talk to Pentiq about purple teaming.
Most enquiries get a same working day response from a Pentiq consultant. We'll scope honestly and tell you when an alternative service is the right answer.