Simulate the Adversary You Actually Face.
Threat-informed campaigns modeled on the actors most likely to target your sector. Tests the SOC, the IR runbook, and the people behind both.
Definition Adversary simulation is a threat-informed offensive engagement that emulates the tactics, techniques, and procedures of a named or sector-relevant threat actor end to end, from initial access through objective, to measure detection and response under realistic conditions.
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File 01 · Definition
What It Is
Adversary simulation goes beyond a standard red team. We pick a named actor (or a synthesized actor profile relevant to your sector), reconstruct their TTPs from open intelligence, and run the engagement under that playbook end to end.
The output is not a list of findings. It is a narrative of how a specific class of adversary would land, persist, escalate, and exfiltrate inside your environment, with detection and response measured at every step.
A generic red team only proves you can be breached. Adversary simulation narrows the question to the one that matters: can the specific actor in your threat model breach you, and would your SOC see it happen before they reach the objective? It is the only honest measurement of whether your controls fire on the techniques that actor actually uses, not the ones a generic playbook happens to trip.
File 02 · Threat Model
Why Companies Need This
- 01 You have a named threat actor in your model. Test against them, not a generic checklist.
- 02 You have invested heavily in detection. Find out what fires and what does not under realistic TTPs.
- 03 Finding counts no longer tell you anything. Attack paths and measured dwell time are the metrics that show whether your program actually holds.
- 04 You have a mature IR runbook. Exercise it under a real campaign, not a tabletop.
File 03 · Deliverables
What You Get
Detailed technical report
CVSS scoring, attack narratives, and proof-of-concept evidence
Executive summary
Findings translated into business risk, not CVSS noise.
Remediation guidance
Prioritized, actionable fixes, not just a list of CVEs
Real-time comms
Dedicated Slack channel for the engagement.
Compliance documentation
Mapped to SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and CMMC
File 04 · Methodology
Our Process
Threat Modeling
Select the actor or synthesize a sector-relevant profile from public intelligence and your own risk register.
TTP Reconstruction
Map the actor's tradecraft to MITRE ATT&CK and your environment. Build the playbook the operators will execute.
Campaign Execution
Initial access, persistence, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and objective, run under the playbook.
Detection Measurement
Every technique is logged with timestamp and indicator so the SOC can replay the kill chain after the fact.
Executive Debrief
Live readout to security leadership with the operator who ran the engagement. Attack-path narrative, dwell time, and prioritized remediation.
File 05 · Intel Brief
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1 How is this different from a red team?
A red team tests whether you can be breached. Adversary simulation tests whether you can be breached by a specific class of actor, end to end, with their actual TTPs.
Q2 Do you coordinate with our SOC?
Yes, when scoped. Most engagements run dark to the SOC for the initial phase, then transition to coordinated purple-team exercises once the kill chain is established.
Q3 Is unlimited remediation validation included?
Yes. Every adversary simulation engagement includes unlimited retesting of remediated findings, with no time cap and no per-finding charge.
Talk to an Operator
Name the Actor Your Threat Model Already Fears. We Run Their Playbook.
The scoping call is with the operator who will run the campaign, not an account manager reading a deck.
Related
Where adversary simulation connects
The vectors a full-scope campaign coordinates, and the components it draws on.
Red teaming services
The full-scope program adversary simulation sits inside.
Physical red team engagements
The on-site vector coordinated with the digital campaign.
Social engineering testing
APT-grade phishing and vishing as the human entry vector.
Internal network penetration testing
The post-compromise lateral movement an operator runs to reach objectives.
Our methodology
How we plan, execute, and report every engagement.