Find out whether your organisation could withstand a genuine attack, not just whether it looks secure on paper. CloudGuard’s service simulates an advanced adversary from initial access through to objective, testing how well your people, processes and controls detect, respond to and contain realistic attack activity.
Most organisations already know they carry cyber risk. What’s harder to answer is how far an attacker could get, and how quickly you’d know about it.
Dashboards, policies and tooling can all look healthy without ever being tested against a real attack. Confidence built this way often doesn’t hold up under pressure.
Without a realistic attempt to reach a genuine objective, it’s difficult to know whether your team would detect and contain an intrusion before it causes real damage.
A list of vulnerabilities doesn’t show how they connect. Isolated weaknesses can be chained together by a determined attacker to reach far more sensitive systems or data.
Our service is objective-led. Rather than listing every technical weakness we find, we focus on whether an adversary could realistically use them to reach a meaningful outcome, and whether your organisation would detect and stop them in time.
We assess whether existing controls would detect or block attempts to avoid detection, maintain access and operate within your environment over time.
We test how an attacker could gain a foothold using current and emerging Tactics, Techniques and Procedures, matched to a realistic attack narrative relevant to your organisation.
We test whether sensitive data or critical systems could genuinely be reached, giving you evidence of impact rather than theoretical exposure.
We examine how far an attacker could move through your systems, escalating privileges and gathering intelligence as they progress towards the agreed objective.
CloudGuard delivers red teaming as a controlled, non-destructive exercise shaped around agreed objectives, scope and constraints, so the exercise stays realistic without disrupting your operations.
We agree the outcome a realistic adversary would pursue against your organisation, focusing the engagement on the systems and assets that matter most.
We develop a narrative based on the techniques and routes an adversary is likely to use to reach that objective, grounded in current threat intelligence.
We test access, evasion, privilege escalation, lateral movement and data access in a controlled way, mirroring how a genuine attacker would operate.
Throughout the exercise, we capture how your controls, visibility and response processes perform, building a clear picture of where resilience holds and where it doesn't.
You receive a full attack narrative, attack path mapping and prioritised recommendations, linking technical findings to detection engineering and governance priorities.
We focus on realistic attacker behaviour, clear objectives and practical reporting that moves your organisation from uncertainty to evidence, not disconnected findings or technical noise.
This service also suits organisations with mature security controls that want independent validation, and businesses preparing for board reporting, assurance activity or future security investment.
Looking for a clearer, evidence-based view of operational resilience to support strategy and investment decisions.
Responsible for reducing business risk and maintaining continuity, who need to know where detection and response would hold up under pressure.
Who want to test whether detection, escalation and response work as expected against realistic, current attacker behaviour.
CloudGuard is embedded in the cybersecurity industry – recognised, accredited, and trusted to protect real organisations every day.
CloudGuard’s purple teaming service tests meaningful attack scenarios collaboratively, validating how your controls perform in practice and turning findings into clear, prioritised actions.
Simulated scenario workshops to test the effectiveness of your current Incident Response Plans and identify areas for improvement.
Penetration testing is usually focused on identifying vulnerabilities that could be exploited. Red teaming goes further, simulating how a real attacker would use those weaknesses, avoid detection and work towards a meaningful objective such as reaching sensitive data or a critical system. It tests resilience across the full attack path, rather than producing a list of technical findings, giving you a clearer picture of whether your organisation would detect and stop a genuine attack in time.
No. It is designed to be controlled and non-destructive. Scope, objectives and constraints are agreed with your team in advance, so the exercise stays realistic and useful without creating unnecessary risk to business-as-usual operations. Any sensitive systems or activities you want excluded are agreed upfront, and our team works within those boundaries throughout the engagement.
This depends on the objective, but it is commonly relevant for CISOs, security leaders, IT leaders and the teams responsible for monitoring and response. Senior stakeholders are often involved too, particularly where the results will support board reporting, assurance activity or future investment decisions. We agree the right level of internal awareness with you before the engagement begins.
You’ll receive structured outputs including an executive summary, defined scope and objectives, a full attack narrative, attack path mapping, detection and evasion observations, and prioritised recommendations. These are designed to support both technical review and leadership reporting, and are linked to detection engineering priorities, governance improvements and future maturity planning.
Yes. The service often highlights areas for improvement across detection, response, governance and process, and works well alongside other services such as Purple Teaming, Security Posture Assessment and incident response readiness work. Many organisations use it as part of an ongoing programme of testing rather than a single, standalone exercise.
Red teaming engagements from CloudGuard start from £10,999. Every engagement, regardless of size, includes a full attack narrative, an ATT&CK-aligned maturity score, an executive summary for the board, and a technical remediation roadmap.
Red teaming simulates an advanced adversary from initial access through to objective, testing how well your people, processes and controls detect, respond to and contain realistic attack activity. Purple teaming is a collaborative exercise which helps organisations actively improve detection and response by immediately sharing what techniques were used and checking whether they triggered alerts, logs, or defences.
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Complete the form to talk to CloudGuard about a red team engagement that gives your team and your leadership a more honest view of exposure, readiness and next steps. Not sure if it is the right fit? Our cybersecurity consultants can help you decide what’s most appropriate for your organisation.
