How far would an attacker get inside your company? We will show you.
Red Team is a controlled simulation of a targeted attack. We walk the whole path: from the first entry point to your key systems and data.
What does a Red Team test?
A Red Team does not simply ask "do we have a vulnerability?". It asks a broader question: "how far could a real attacker get if they targeted our company?"
Depending on the agreed scenario, testing may involve
- External systems and services reachable from the internet
- Web applications and APIs — the interfaces through which your product exchanges data with other systems
- Employee accounts and access permissions
And separately — the company's ability to respond
- Moving from one compromised system to another
- The human factor: how employees respond when an attacker approaches them
- How quickly the team detects and stops the attack
What "the whole path" means, as opposed to a single vulnerability
Each step looks insignificant on its own. The value of the test is in seeing them together and understanding where the chain should have broken.
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01Point of entry from outside A public service, an email to an employee, or access left open too wide.
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02An account or an application The attacker gains a first working foothold inside.
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03Expanding access Permissions grow and access to neighbouring systems appears.
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04An internal barrier The place where the defences are supposed to work and stop the advance.
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05A business-critical objective Data, money or control of a key system.
Who is it for?
You need a Red Team if several of the points below describe your company.
Several products or a complex environment
The attack surface does not fit into one application: environments, contractors, cloud.
Penetration tests are already run regularly
Individual systems get tested, and the question has moved up to the level of the company as a whole.
There is an internal security team
There is someone to respond — and you need to check how that response works in practice.
You need the whole attack path, not one system
It matters to see how small separate details add up to real access.
You need to know whether the team would notice an attack
The question is not the number of vulnerabilities, but the time to detection and the quality of the response.
Business-critical systems need a realistic test
Where the consequences of downtime or a leak are most expensive, a formal check is not enough.
For most small and mid-sized companies, a Red Team is not the first step
If your company has not yet established regular independent security testing, a Pentest, a Vulnerability Assessment or the combined Veiltrack Security Program will usually give you more.
A Red Team becomes most valuable once the basic security controls are already in place and you want to test them against a realistic attack scenario.
Help me choose the right assessmentHow a Red Team engagement runs
Objective
Together we define the real scenario we want to test.
Boundaries and rules
We agree the systems, the permitted methods, the limitations and the written authorisation.
Attack simulation
Veiltrack works within the approved scenario and looks for a realistic path to the agreed objective.
Controlled proof
We document the result without creating unnecessary business risk.
Walkthrough
We walk through the full attack path: where the intrusion started, which barriers were passed and what needs strengthening.
Improvement plan
Your team receives practical, prioritised recommendations.
Red Team and Pentest solve different problems
Pentest
Tests a defined system, application or API in depth.
- Main question: "what vulnerabilities exist in this system, and can they be exploited?"
- Boundaries of the test — one system or product
- Result — a prioritised list of confirmed findings
Red Team
Tests a broader attack scenario against the organisation.
- Main question: "could an attacker get through our layers of defence and reach a business-critical objective?"
- Boundaries of the test — the company, within the agreed scenario
- Result — a map of the actual attack path and an assessment of the response
What the client gets
Depending on the agreed boundaries.
- A map of the actual attack path
- Confirmed weak spots that made it possible to get further
- An assessment of which barriers worked and which did not
- Technical recommendations for the team
- Priorities for the fixes
- A clear summary for management
- A final walkthrough of the results together with your team
Frequently asked questions
A pentest tests a defined system in depth and answers the question "what vulnerabilities exist here, and can they be exploited?". A Red Team tests a broader attack scenario against the organisation: "could an attacker get through our layers of defence and reach a business-critical objective?". These are different problems, and a Red Team does not replace a pentest.
Most often — not yet. If regular independent testing has not been established, a Pentest, a Vulnerability Assessment or the Veiltrack Security Program will give you more. A Red Team is most valuable once the basic security controls are already in place. We will tell you so directly on the first call.
Yes. A Red Team means active work inside your systems, so it begins only after an agreed scenario, agreed rules of engagement and written authorisation from the owner of the systems. We separately record a contact for stopping the work immediately.
A small circle of people agreed with you knows about the engagement — otherwise the response cannot be tested. The moment and the form of disclosure are agreed in advance, and the walkthrough is always done openly: the goal is processes and training, not finding someone to blame.
Destructive techniques are excluded when the rules are agreed, or moved to a test environment. If needed, we work in a narrow window. We document the result in a controlled way, without creating unnecessary business risk, and we report critical findings immediately.
Not sure whether you need a Red Team?
We will review your situation briefly and tell you whether a Red Team makes sense right now — or whether another type of assessment would give you more.