Adversary Simulations

Put your incident response programs to the test

Even organizations with robust security controls and processes may struggle to detect and contain breaches promptly.

Adversary simulations at Brigient encompass various testing methodologies, such as red teaming, purple teaming, social engineering, vulnerability scanning, third-party testing, and more. These simulations critically evaluate an organization's ability to identify and respond to risks by simulating real-world attack scenarios, thereby mitigating sophisticated cyber threats.

Types of Adversary Simulations

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Red Teaming

Red teaming involves mimicking the tactics, techniques, and procedures of real-world adversaries to comprehensively test your organization’s defenses. This simulation assesses your ability to detect and respond to sophisticated cyber threats through realistic attack scenarios. It helps uncover weaknesses in your security posture that might not be evident in traditional testing methods.

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Purple Teaming

Purple teaming fosters collaboration between offensive (red team) and defensive (blue team) strategies. This approach ensures a holistic assessment of your security controls by aligning the efforts of both teams. By working together, red and blue teams simulate attacks and responses in a controlled environment, enhancing overall security resilience and effectiveness.

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Social Engineering and Phishing Awareness

Social engineering and phishing awareness simulations test your organization’s susceptibility to manipulation and deception tactics used by cyber attackers. They evaluate employee responses to various forms of social engineering attacks, including phishing emails, pretexting calls, and physical intrusion attempts.

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Vulnerability Scanning

Vulnerability scanning identifies and assesses security weaknesses within your systems, applications, and network infrastructure. Automated tools are typically used to scan for known vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, providing a baseline assessment of your security posture.

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Vulnerability and Penetration Testing

Vulnerability and penetration testing involve identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in your systems and applications. This simulation goes beyond vulnerability scanning by actively attempting to exploit weaknesses to assess the potential impact of a real-world attack. It provides insights into how well your systems can withstand targeted attacks.

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Third-Party Assurance and Testing

Third-party assurance and testing evaluate the security posture of external vendors, partners, and suppliers who have access to your organization’s systems or data. This simulation ensures that third parties adhere to security standards and practices, mitigating risks associated with external dependencies and supply chain vulnerabilities.

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Breach Simulation

Simulated breach exercises to prepare your team for real-world scenarios. These exercises help identify weaknesses in your incident response plan and train your staff to respond quickly and effectively to potential breaches.

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Importance and Benefits of Adversary Simulations

  • Evaluate detection and response processes by simulating advanced attacks.
  • Assess the effectiveness of security controls in your environment.
  • Align simulations with business-specific goals to demonstrate how attackers can access data with minimal privileges.
  • Simulate stealthy, low-and-slow attack techniques that are difficult to detect.
  • Test detection and response tools for gaps.
  • Enhance team effectiveness through exercises.
  • Validate actual control performance.
  • Identify and prioritize vulnerable attack vectors.
  • Optimize cybersecurity investments.
  • Increase threat awareness.
  • Refine crisis management protocols.
  • Reduce costs associated with incident response and fines.
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Our Approach

At Brigient, we tailor adversary simulations to your unique needs, designing scenarios based on your risk profile and business objectives. Our red and blue teams collaborate in purple teaming exercises, enhancing your security posture through combined offensive and defensive strategies. Using the latest threat intelligence, our realistic simulations reveal potential vulnerabilities.

After each simulation, we provide detailed reports and expert guidance on improvements and investment roadmaps for continuous enhancement. Our certified professionals support you throughout the process, ensuring your organization is prepared for real-world threats.

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Threat Intelligence Integration

Threat Intelligence is a separate tool that adds a layer of actionable intelligence signals to our testing exercises. Brigients team of technical intelligence, analytical research, and investigative expertise leverages their frontline incident response engagements and filters out the noise to curate emerging threat intelligence reports with actionable steps.

Key Features of
Brigient Adversary Simulations

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Critical Findings Focus

Help prioritize the most critical findings for immediate attention.

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Incident Response Enhancement

Improve incident response processes to reduce breach impact.

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Actionable Intelligence

Provide recommendations to enhance controls, identification, and response capabilities.

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Guidance on Improvements

Advice on specific improvements and larger investment roadmaps.

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Enhanced Response Capabilities

Utilize threat intelligence to boost response and recovery efforts.

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Brand and Reputation Protection

Safeguard your brand, executives, and overall reputation.

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Get Started with Brigient's Adversary Simulations Services

Choose Brigient for tailored adversary simulation and threat intelligence services. Our expertise ensures your organization is well-equipped to handle real-world threats, instilling confidence in the quality and effectiveness of our services.

Frequently Asked Question

Adversary simulation assesses cyber risk and vulnerabilities by mimicking various attacker tools, techniques, and procedures in different scenarios. It integrates with the organization’s security technology to analyze successful versus blocked attacks, enhancing visibility into the effectiveness of defensive controls and security monitoring. This approach helps in data-driven risk prioritization and remediation strategies.

Adversary simulation is crucial for holistically testing an organization’s cyber resilience. It evaluates the ability to prevent, detect, and respond to real-world threats in a simulated breach scenario. The results provide valuable data for security leaders to make informed decisions on risk management, cyber resiliency, and budget prioritization based on validated evidence from the effectiveness of security controls.

Your organization is likely ready for an adversary simulation if you have effectively implemented the technology to address known security vulnerabilities, can detect attempts to circumvent these defenses, and have established the necessary personnel and processes to support these security functions.

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