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Purple Team Exercises

Turn attack simulations into better detections, in real time, with your own defenders in the room.

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Overview

Purple teaming brings offensive specialists and your defensive team together. We run selected attacker techniques transparently, your analysts check what was logged, alerted and investigated, and together we tune detections and response procedures on the spot.

Business objectives

Validate which attacker techniques you can detect today
Improve telemetry, detection rules and alert quality
Build defender skills through hands-on collaboration
Track measurable improvement in detection coverage

Why it matters

Many organizations invest in SIEM and EDR without confirming that relevant techniques generate useful alerts. Purple teaming closes that gap quickly and transfers knowledge to your team rather than leaving it in a report.

Common challenges we address

Unknown detection coverage against common attacker techniques
Noisy or untested detection rules
Missing or misconfigured log sources
Analysts with limited exposure to real attack behavior

Scope and key activities

Selection of techniques based on relevant threats and MITRE ATT&CK
Controlled execution of techniques in your environment
Joint review of logs, alerts and investigation steps
Detection rule creation and tuning
Telemetry and log-source gap identification
Response procedure walk-throughs

Methodology

Our approach

Work starts with an assessment of your needs and a written scope. Pricing follows that scoping and sizing.

PrepareChoose threat scenarios and techniques, confirm log sources and agree a test plan.
Execute & observeRun each technique, then check visibility, alerting and analyst response together.
TuneCreate or improve detections and playbooks during the session where possible.
Re-testRepeat techniques to confirm improvements work.
ReportRecord coverage before and after, plus remaining gaps.

Deliverables and outcomes

Technique-by-technique coverage matrix (before and after)
New and tuned detection logic
Telemetry and logging gap list
Updated response procedure notes
Prioritized improvement backlog

Typical use cases

After deploying a new SIEM or EDR
Preparing for a red team assessment
Following up on red team findings
Upskilling a new or growing SOC

Who it is for

SOC managers and analysts
Detection engineers
Security architects
CISO

Engagement options

Focused workshop on a specific threat scenario
Multi-day exercise across several tactics
Recurring purple team program

Prerequisites

Access to SIEM/EDR consoles for your analysts during sessions
Test systems or approved production hosts for technique execution
Availability of your SOC and detection staff

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between red and purple teaming?

Red teaming is covert and measures how your organization performs against an unannounced attack. Purple teaming is open and collaborative, focused on improving detections during the exercise.

Do we need a mature SOC first?

No. Purple teaming works well for developing teams, because it builds skills and detections at the same time. You do need some logging and a security monitoring tool in place.

Will you write detection rules for our SIEM?

Yes, within the exercise we help create and tune detection logic for the security platforms you use.

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