CYBER RISK MANAGEMENT

Purple Team Exercises

Up-level your organization’s ability to effectively detect and prevent cyberthreats by collaborating with Unit 42’s offensive security engineers to strategically orchestrate security testing in parallel with network monitoring and incident response processes.

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Service Features
Methodology
Why Unit 42

BENEFITS

Improve organizational awareness and readiness to respond

Prepare for real-world cybersecurity incidents through simulations where your key stakeholders team up to respond to cybersecurity incidents based on actual cases handled by Unit 42^®. Using Unit 42 threat intelligence specific to your industry and region, you will participate in simulations with customized scenarios that are the most likely to impact your organization.

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Combine the power of red and blue teaming

Your organization’s security personnel (Blue Team) will collaborate with Unit 42’s elite team of offensive security engineers (Red Team) to strategically orchestrate drills that test your network monitoring and incident response processes.

Tune defenses and get real-time feedback

Immediately understand the impact of changes to alerting or detection mechanisms. Strategically adjust capabilities to best serve your organization’s unique goals and objectives.

Identify gaps in security control coverage

Stress-test your systems and foster strong collaboration between Red and Blue Teams, enabling your organization to identify and address security control deficiencies.

SERVICE FEATURES

Here’s what we deliver

Up-level your detection and response capabilities by collaborating with Unit42 to identify alerting gaps, tune defenses and enhance security operations practices.

PHISHING SIMULATION EXERCISES

PENETRATION TESTING

DEFENSE & ALERTING RECOMMENDATIONS

CUSTOM PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

DETAILED TECHNICAL REPORTING

RECOMMENDATIONS & REMEDIATION STEPS

METHODOLOGY

Test your defenses against real-world threats

PREPARE

Establish rules of engagement

Unit 42 will issue a pre-engagement survey to ensure alignment on scope, timeline, restrictions, limitations and objectives.

GO PHISHING

Conduct phishing campaigns

Our team will conduct a series of phishing campaigns to test the email security capabilities and employee security awareness in an attempt to gain initial access.

EXPLOIT

Exploit targets

After gaining initial access, our experts will attempt to bypass security controls using a variety of tools and techniques.

ESCALATE

Move laterally or escalate privileges

Unit 42 will test whether we can gain access to likely attacker objectives, including gathering credentials and accessing sensitive data.

RESTORE

Remove any testing artifacts

Upon completion, Unit 42 will ensure that any custom or non-native code, programs, software and false user accounts are removed.

IMPROVE

Provide findings and recommendations

We will deliver a detailed report with findings and assessments that measure the business impact. Next steps and recommendations will be included.

WHY UNIT 42

World-renowned security experts, always in your corner

As an industry-leading threat intelligence, cyber risk management and incident response organization, it's our job to help you prepare and respond to some of the most challenging threats so that your team can get back to business faster. As threats escalate, we act as your trusted partner to advise and strengthen your security strategies.

WORLD-CLASS THREAT INTELLIGENCE

Unit 42 provides access to one of the world’s largest and most experienced threat intelligence teams. Our team of more than 200 cyberthreat researchers includes threat hunters, malware reverse engineers and threat modeling experts who enable you to apply a threat-informed approach to prepare for and respond to the latest cyberthreats.

TRUSTED EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE

Unit 42 has assembled an experienced team of security consultants with backgrounds in public and private sectors who have handled some of the largest cyberattacks in history. We manage complex cyber risks and respond to advanced threats, including nation-state attacks, APTs and complex ransomware investigations.

INDUSTRY-LEADING TOOLS

Unit 42 security consultants leverage industry-leading Palo Alto Networks tools to jumpstart your investigation by gaining necessary visibility across your endpoint, network, cloud and third-party data. This enables you to develop and execute a plan to get back to business as quickly as possible following an incident.

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CASE STUDY

Multinational Organization Enhances Defenses by Stress Testing Its Cybersecurity Program

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Go from reactive to proactive

Our consultants serve as your trusted advisors to assess and test your security controls against the right threats, transform your security strategy with an intelligence-informed approach, and respond to incidents in record time.