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Attack and defend in the same room.

Purple teaming puts our crew and your defenders side by side. We run real attack techniques mapped to MITRE ATT&CK while your team watches what their tools catch, and the gaps get fixed during the engagement, not in a report afterwards.

Why detection goes untested.

Rules nobody has tried

Detection rules are rarely tested against real techniques until an incident does it for you.

Reports that land too late

A red team report the defenders read long after the fact.

No clear answer

Most businesses can’t say which attacks their SOC or MDR would actually catch.

How the job runs.

  1. Pick the techniques

    Mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and to the threats your sector faces.

  2. Run them in the open

    Your defenders watch each one land.

  3. Fix as we go

    Missing alerts are written and tested again while we’re there.

  4. Leave with proof

    Detection coverage you’ve seen work, across your own tools.

When to call us.

  • When you’ve invested in a SOC or MDR and want to know it works
  • After deploying new detection tooling
  • Before renewing a managed detection contract
  • Before renewing cyber insurance

On its own or all year?

Scoped as a job on its own, or added to a year-round plan. We agree it with you at the start.

Partners: Purple teaming proves the value of a client’s existing security spend, and positions you as the partner who can. Sell it under your brand.

Questions.

Do we need a SOC to do this?

You need someone watching: an internal team, an MDR provider or an MSP. We work with whoever that is.

How is this different from a red team?

A red team works in secret to see if you notice. A purple team works in the open so your defenders learn and improve during the exercise.

Find out what your defenders would miss.

A technical account manager will agree the techniques and who joins from your side.