Red Teaming
Adversary Simulation & Red Team Assessments
Red teaming goes beyond penetration testing: a goal-driven adversary simulation across your people, processes and technology - phishing, network intrusion, privilege escalation and lateral movement - measuring not just whether you can be breached, but whether you detect and respond.
At a Glance
Approach
Goal-driven
Scope
People+Tech+Process
Framework
MITRE ATT&CK
Output
Detection gaps
Red Team
Red Teaming
Adversary Simulation & Red Team Assessments
The Problem
Your controls have never been tested the way a real adversary works: quietly, over weeks, chaining small gaps into full compromise. A clean VAPT report doesn't mean you'd detect an actual intrusion.
What We Do
- Objectives & RoE
- Reconnaissance
- Initial Access
- Escalate & Move
- Report & Replay
What You Get
- Tests detection and response, not just prevention
- MITRE ATT&CK-mapped attack chains
- Realistic phishing and social engineering
- Validates SOC/NOC alerting end to end
- Safe rules of engagement, no production damage
- Purple-team knowledge transfer to defenders
- Board-ready narrative of the attack path
- Complements annual VAPT and CERT-In audits
Why weeks, not months
AI-assisted evidence review, one client portal
Every Red Team engagement runs on the Praxis-Q compliance platform. You upload evidence per control, AI scores it against the requirement, and your auditor reviews in the same workflow — from scoping through to the issued, publicly verifiable certificate.
AI evidence scoring
Every upload is scored against the control before an auditor sees it — gaps surface in minutes, not at the review meeting.
One client portal
Scoping, evidence, auditor queries and status live in one place. No email chains, no spreadsheet trackers.
Auditor sign-off
Praxis-Q auditors review inside the same workflow, so review rounds shrink and the certificate issues sooner.
What is Red Teaming?
Red teaming is objective-driven adversary simulation. Unlike penetration testing—which finds as many vulnerabilities as possible—red teams pursue specific crown-jewel goals covertly to measure your detection and incident-response capability. Our approach spans reconnaissance, initial access via phishing or exposed services, privilege escalation, and lateral movement, with every step logged. The outcome isn't a checklist of bugs; it's a validated understanding of whether your SOC, processes, and people would catch a real intrusion in progress. Mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, our engagements provide purple-team replay sessions to upskill your defenders and board-ready narratives of the full attack chain.
Red Team vs. Penetration Testing
Penetration testing finds vulnerabilities within a defined scope. Red teaming answers a different question: can your organization detect and respond to a goal-driven adversary? A clean VAPT report doesn't guarantee you'd catch lateral movement or data exfiltration. Red teams operate with realistic timelines (weeks, not days), use chained attack techniques, and test your detection and incident-response workflows end-to-end. Both are essential: VAPT closes technical gaps; red teaming validates that your defenses, alerting, and people actually work under adversarial conditions. Praxis-Q delivers both, combining them for comprehensive risk visibility.
Our Red Teaming Methodology
Praxis-Q follows a five-phase adversary simulation: (1) objectives and rules of engagement—aligned with your crown-jewel assets and risk appetite; (2) reconnaissance using real OSINT and attack-surface mapping; (3) initial access via phishing, exposed services, or credential attacks; (4) escalation and lateral movement toward objectives; (5) comprehensive reporting, detection-gap analysis, and purple-team replay with your defenders. Every engagement runs under strict rules of engagement with pre-agreed exclusions and instant-stop protocols. Our global delivery teams, based in India with worldwide reach, complete engagements in 15–20 business days, delivering actionable insights without production disruption.
Why Red Teaming Matters for Compliance & Resilience
Regulatory frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2) require evidence of effective controls. Red teaming validates compliance claims by demonstrating real-world detection capability. It identifies gaps between your control design and operational effectiveness—gaps that audits alone miss. For financial services, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, red teaming is a board-level risk assurance tool. It complements your annual VAPT cycle, CERT-In audits, and SOC maturity assessments, proving that people, processes, and technology work together under adversarial stress. Praxis-Q integrates red team findings with your compliance roadmap, turning attack chains into control improvements.
Safe, Professional Rules of Engagement
Red teaming requires trust and precision. Praxis-Q operates under pre-agreed rules of engagement (RoE) with clearly defined scope, exclusions, and target criteria. We use safe exploitation practices—no destructive payloads, no production-system compromise, no data exfiltration. An instant-stop channel ensures your team can halt activities if needed. Our India and global teams hold deep technical expertise in MITRE ATT&CK, evasion techniques, and defensive workflows, allowing us to simulate realistic threats while maintaining complete operational safety and transparency.