Overview#
Offensive security group that emulates adversaries to test defenses. Works with blue teams to improve detection, response, and resilience.
Core objectives#
- Establish shared definitions of Red Team for security, engineering, and leadership teams.
- Connect Red Team activities to measurable risk reduction and resilience goals.
- Provide onboarding notes so new team members can quickly understand how Red Team works here.
Implementation notes#
- Identify the primary owner for Red Team, the data sources involved, and the systems affected.
- Document the minimum viable process, tooling, and runbooks that keep Red Team healthy.
- Map Red Team practices to standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, or CIS Controls.
Operational signals#
- Leading indicators: early warnings that Red Team might degrade (e.g., backlog growth, noisy alerts, or missed SLAs).
- Lagging indicators: realized impact that shows Red Team failed or needs investment (e.g., incidents, audit findings).
- Feedback loops: retrospectives and metrics reviews that tune Red Team continuously.
Related practices#
- Align Red Team with defense-in-depth planning, threat modeling, and disaster recovery tests.
- Communicate updates to stakeholders through concise briefs, dashboards, and internal FAQs.
- Pair Red Team improvements with tabletop exercises to validate expectations.