Red Team

A covert, goal-driven attack simulation that tests your entire security posture — people, processes and technology — the way a real adversary would.

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Challenges we solve

Red Team Assessments reveal the gaps that conventional testing misses by simulating real-world, multi-stage attacks against your organisation.

Untested against realistic adversaries

Standard penetration tests check individual systems, but they rarely simulate how a determined attacker chains techniques together across your entire environment to reach critical assets.

Unknown detection blind spots

Your SOC and security tooling may not detect sophisticated, low-and-slow attacks that blend in with normal network traffic — you need a real test to find out.

Social engineering exposure

Phishing, vishing and physical intrusion remain the most common initial attack vectors, yet many organisations have never tested how their people respond under realistic conditions.

Crown jewels at risk

You need confidence that your most sensitive data, systems and intellectual property are truly protected — not just that individual controls pass a checklist audit.

What is a Red Team Assessment?

A Red Team Assessment is an all-out covert exercise designed to achieve defined objectives, such as accessing sensitive data, compromising domain admin, or exfiltrating information, using any non-disruptive methods available, over a prolonged period. Unlike a penetration test, the defending side is unaware the exercise is taking place and is expected to respond as it would during a genuine attack.

The engagement is scoped collaboratively around your crown jewels and learning objectives. Claranet's consultants use the MITRE ATT&CK framework to design customised attack scenarios that may include social engineering (phishing, vishing), exploitation of external and internal assets, wireless network compromise, and physical security testing.

The result is a comprehensive attack narrative that shows exactly how far a determined attacker could get, what was detected and what was missed, along with strategic and tactical recommendations to improve your overall security posture. Optional lessons-learnt workshops and retesting are available to close the loop.

Key Benefits

Black-box testing - no prior knowledge given to the Red Team
Goal-driven around your crown jewels and learning objectives
Full attack lifecycle from reconnaissance to exfiltration
MITRE ATT&CK aligned methodology
Detailed attack narrative with detection analysis
Optional lessons-learnt workshops and retesting

Why Claranet Cyber Security?

Proven expertise, at scale.

25+ Years of penetration testing pedigree

10,000+ Days of security testing delivered each year

CHECK NCSC CHECK approved

CREST CREST accredited

Attack lifecycle stages

Our methodology maps to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Reconnaissance

OSINT and attack surface appraisal of your external footprint.

Initial Access

Phishing, credential spraying and exploiting exposed services

Defence Evasion

Bypassing security controls to remain undetected

Privilege Escalation

Gaining admin access via AD attacks and misconfigurations

Collection & Exfiltration

Accessing crown jewels and covertly extracting data

Reporting & Lessons

Full attack narrative, findings and optional training workshops.

Technical capabilities

Comprehensive adversary simulation delivered by experienced offensive security consultants.

Multi-vector attack simulation

Assessments span network infrastructure, web and mobile applications, wireless networks, physical boundaries and social engineering - testing every angle a real attacker would use.

MITRE ATT&CK methodology

Attack scenarios are mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework with customised Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) designed to mimic threat actors relevant to your industry.

Assumed breach model

If the external perimeter cannot be breached, the engagement shifts to an assumed-breach model with a trusted insider, ensuring the internal assessment always delivers actionable results.

Comprehensive reporting

Reports include an executive summary, graphical risk overview, full chronological attack narrative, detailed findings with business impact, and strategic and tactical recommendations.

Covert command & control

Infrastructure is deployed using the same cloud providers and technologies as your organisation to blend in. Persistent access is established across multiple accounts and devices.

Training & retesting

Optional lessons-learnt workshops teach your internal teams attacker tradecraft and detection techniques. Retesting validates that remediation has successfully closed the gaps found.