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Red & Purple Team Exercises
Canary Trap’s Red Team exercise entails a simulated targeted attack against your cybersecurity defenses, whereas a Purple Team exercise is a collaborative information security assessment where our elite team of security experts work together with members of your security operations team to attack, detect, and respond to targeted security attacks. A Purple Team exercise combines both Red Team (offensive) and Blue Team (defensive) capabilities and expertise.
The goal of these exercises is to simulate a targeted, real-life cyberattack to locate weaknesses, improve information security, and maximize the effectiveness of your defenses. Red and Purple Team exercises will help to improve your organization’s security posture while promoting cooperation and raising awareness among staff.
Canary Trap incorporates the relevant MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques when undertaking red and purple team exercises. At the end of the engagement, we will deliver a comprehensive Report of Findings that will highlight identified vulnerabilities along with any associated opportunities to improve security and mitigate cyber risk.
Committing to undertake regular offensive security testing will help to ensure that your organization can remain vigilant and resilient to new and emerging cyber threats. Undertaking red and purple team exercises can assist with improved planning when it comes to business continuity and disaster recovery.
Canary Trap combines human expertise with sophisticated tools, proven methodologies, and, where appropriate, threat intelligence to ensure a thorough, in-depth approach to security testing and assessments.
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FAQs
What are Red & Purple Team Exercises?
Red Team Exercises simulate sophisticated, targeted attacks against your organization’s systems, processes, and people to test real-world resilience. Purple Team Exercises combine offensive (Red) and defensive (Blue) teams in a collaborative engagement to improve detection, response, and overall security posture.
Why are Red & Purple Team Exercises important for my organization?
Traditional penetration tests identify vulnerabilities, but Red & Purple Team Exercises go further by testing your entire security ecosystem — including people, processes, and technology. They help uncover blind spots, validate incident response capabilities, and strengthen collaboration between offensive and defensive teams.
What types of scenarios are typically simulated?
Our exercises may include:
- Advanced persistent threat (APT)-style attacks
- Spear phishing and social engineering campaigns
- Lateral movement within networks
- Data exfiltration attempts
- Evasion of monitoring and detection systems
How often should Red & Purple Team Exercises be conducted?
We recommend conducting Red Team Exercises annually or after major organizational changes. Purple Team Exercises can be performed more frequently (e.g., quarterly) to continuously improve detection and response capabilities.
What deliverables will Canary Trap provide after the exercises?
You’ll receive a comprehensive Findings Report that includes:
- Executive summary for leadership teams
- Detailed attack paths and findings
- Assessment of detection and response effectiveness
- Actionable recommendations for both offensive and defensive improvements
- Findings review meeting with our security experts
