Red Team and Penetration Testing for Mission-Critical Systems

Structured adversarial testing that simulates real-world attack techniques against mission systems — identifying exploitable vulnerabilities, validating defensive controls, and providing prioritized remediation guidance.

PRACTICE

Cyber Resilience & Zero Trust

CLIENT PROFILE

Federal agency or DoD program office requiring adversarial security testing to validate defensive controls before operational deployment or annual assessment

Challenge

Uncertainty about whether defensive controls can withstand sophisticated attacks
Compliance requirements for periodic adversarial testing and vulnerability assessment
Need to validate security posture before deploying new systems to production

Approach

Define rules of engagement, scope boundaries, and success criteria with stakeholders
Execute phased testing: reconnaissance, exploitation, lateral movement, and objective achievement
Document findings with attack chains, evidence, and risk-rated remediation recommendations
Conduct purple team debrief with defenders to improve detection and response capabilities

Typical Outcomes

Validated understanding of exploitable attack paths and defensive blind spots
Risk-prioritized remediation roadmap with specific technical recommendations
Improved SOC detection capabilities through purple team knowledge transfer

Procurement Paths

GSA MAS for penetration testing and red team services
CIO-CS (NITAAC) for cybersecurity assessment services

Partner Technology Examples

Palo Alto Networks
CrowdStrike
Tenable
Elastic Security

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