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Service 07

RED TEAM
ASSESSMENT

Not a pen test. Not a compliance exercise. A real adversarial simulation - our operators pursue an objective using the same techniques a sophisticated attacker would use, and they don't stop until they've proven whether your defences actually hold.

What It Is
THINK LIKE AN ATTACKER

A penetration test tells you whether specific vulnerabilities exist. A red team engagement tells you whether your organisation can detect, contain, and respond to a real threat actor who is actively trying to achieve an objective - whether that's data exfiltration, persistent access, operational disruption, or physical breach.

CyberKartel's red team operators don't follow a script. They follow an objective. Using the full toolkit of a modern threat actor - OSINT, phishing, social engineering, physical access attempts, credential attacks, and multi-stage network pivoting - they test your people, your processes, and your technology simultaneously. The result is an unfiltered picture of your real security posture.

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OSINT & Reconnaissance
Deep passive and active reconnaissance - employee profiling, exposed credentials in data breaches, technology stack fingerprinting, and attack surface enumeration from an external attacker's perspective.
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Phishing & Credential Attacks
Targeted spear-phishing campaigns designed to capture credentials or deliver payloads. Pretexting scenarios developed based on OSINT findings. Credential stuffing and password spraying against exposed services.
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Social Engineering
Voice phishing (vishing) and in-person pretexting to test whether your staff can identify and resist manipulation - one of the most reliable and underestimated attack vectors against any organisation.
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Physical Intrusion Testing
Attempted physical access to restricted areas - testing tailgating controls, badge cloning feasibility, reception security awareness, and the physical attack surface that digital defences can't protect.
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Network & System Exploitation
Post-initial-access exploitation - lateral movement, privilege escalation, credential harvesting, persistence establishment, and data exfiltration simulation toward the defined objective.
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Detection & Response Assessment
Evaluation of your blue team's ability to detect, alert on, and respond to each stage of the engagement - with specific findings on detection gaps and response time benchmarks.
Why It Matters
WHAT A CHECKLIST CAN'T TEST

Most security programmes are built to pass audits, not to stop attackers. Compliance frameworks, annual pen tests, and security awareness training all have their place - but none of them answer the question that actually matters: if a determined adversary targeted your organisation today, how far would they get?

A red team engagement answers that question with evidence. It exposes the gaps between your documented security posture and your actual security posture - the untested assumptions, the misconfigured controls, the staff who don't recognise a phishing attempt, and the detection gaps that would let an attacker live in your network for weeks unnoticed.

Our Approach
HOW WE OPERATE
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Objective Definition & Rules of Engagement
We work with senior stakeholders to define the engagement objective, establish rules of engagement, define out-of-scope systems, and agree on the command authority structure. Only the engagement sponsor knows the red team is active.
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OSINT & Attack Planning
Comprehensive open-source intelligence gathering to build a picture of your attack surface, key personnel, technology stack, and most promising initial access vectors before any active engagement begins.
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Initial Access Attempts
Multi-vector initial access attempts - phishing, vishing, physical intrusion, and technical exploitation - pursued in parallel until access is achieved or all vectors are exhausted.
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Exploitation & Objective Pursuit
Post-access exploitation - lateral movement, privilege escalation, and persistent foothold establishment - all directed toward the defined objective while documenting detection opportunities throughout.
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Reporting & Debrief
Full engagement report covering attack timeline, TTPs used, detection events (and the far more numerous gaps), and a prioritised set of recommendations to close each identified weakness.
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Cleanup & Closure
All persistence mechanisms, implants, created accounts, and modified configurations are removed and documented. The environment is confirmed fully restored to pre-engagement state. A closure confirmation is provided to the engagement sponsor before the final report is delivered.
What You Receive
DELIVERABLES & OUTCOMES
Full Engagement Report
Chronological attack narrative with every action taken, evidence of access achieved, and an honest assessment of where your defences held and where they didn't.
MITRE ATT&CK Mapping
All TTPs used mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework - giving your blue team a structured reference for detection rule development and coverage gap analysis.
Detection Gap Analysis
Specific assessment of each stage where your detection capability failed - what should have been alerted, what tooling missed it, and how to close the gap.
Prioritised Remediation Roadmap
Actionable recommendations ordered by risk impact - addressing technical controls, process failures, and human factors identified during the engagement.
Executive & Technical Debriefs
Separate debrief sessions for leadership (focused on risk posture and investment priorities) and technical teams (focused on specific findings and remediation actions).
Purple Team Session
A facilitated workshop where red team operators walk your blue team through every attack step, TTP by TTP - enabling defenders to build detection rules, tune alerting thresholds, and close coverage gaps directly from the engagement findings rather than from a written report alone.

Find out how far an attacker would get.

Start with a free 30-minute call. We'll discuss your environment, your security posture, and design a red team engagement that gives you the answers that matter - not just a passing grade.

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