Collaborative Threat Simulation

Service Overview

Purple Teaming bridges the gap between offensive and defensive security by creating a collaborative environment where red and blue teams work together to detect, respond to, and mitigate advanced threats in real-time.

SilentGrid’s Purple Teaming engagements focus on adversary emulation, where we simulate sophisticated attack techniques while actively engaging with your defensive teams and SOC analysts. The goal is to identify detection gaps, refine response processes, and ensure your security infrastructure is continuously evolving to counter emerging threats.

Purple Teaming is not a one-sided attack simulation – it is a transparent, iterative process designed to uplift your people, processes, and technology, ensuring your defences mature with each engagement.

Why Choose SilentGrid for Purple Teaming?

Collaborative and Transparent Approach

Unlike traditional Red Teaming, SilentGrid’s Purple Teaming is fully collaborative. We work side by side with your defensive teams, guiding them through attack chains and providing real-time feedback on detection and containment strategies.

• Continuous Communication – Real-time insights shared during each phase of the engagement.
• Attack Replay – Techniques are replayed and iterated to fine-tune detection rules and refine defensive posture.
• Controlled Environment – The scope and intensity are tailored to align with your organisation’s defensive maturity, ensuring measurable improvements without overwhelming your teams.

Real Adversary Techniques – Safe Execution

SilentGrid emulates advanced persistent threats (APTs), ransomware actors, and insider threat scenarios using real-world tactics and tooling. These scenarios are executed in controlled, transparent environments, allowing defensive teams to observe, detect, and mitigate in real time.

• Attack Simulations – We perform custom adversary emulation based on your threat landscape and industry-specific risks.
• Detection and Logging Validation – We ensure logging pipelines, EDR solutions, and SIEM rules are properly tuned for early detection of adversary behaviour.
• Bypass Techniques – SilentGrid leverages custom-developed payloads to test evasion strategies, providing insights into EDR bypasses, persistence techniques, and command and control (C2) channels.

Purple Teaming Process – How We Enhance Defences

SilentGrid’s methodology mirrors real-world attack chains while ensuring full collaboration across all phases of the engagement.

1. Engagement Planning and Threat Modelling

• Jointly define objectives, adversaries, and target environments.
• Select specific tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) based on industry threats and past incidents.

2. Adversary Emulation and Initial Testing

• Simulate targeted attacks aligned with the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Baseline existing detection capabilities to identify immediate gaps.

3. Attack Execution and Collaboration

• Execute attacks in phases, providing live feedback to the blue team.
• Facilitate detection tuning and alert pipeline improvements.

4. Iteration and Replay

• Replay and modify attack techniques based on defensive outcomes.
• Validate the success of mitigations, patches, and logging improvements.

5. Post-Engagement Debrief and Tactical Uplift

• Conduct comprehensive debriefs and joint workshops with defensive teams.
• Provide actionable insights for long-term detection, response, and continuous security uplift.

Key Objectives and Outcomes

• Uplift Defensive Capabilities
  Real-time collaboration enhances SOC visibility, threat hunting, and incident response effectiveness.

• Identify Logging and Detection Gaps
  SilentGrid uncovers misconfigurations, insufficient telemetry, and areas lacking visibility across networks, hosts, and cloud environments.

• Accelerate Security Maturity
  Purple Teaming provides immediate improvements, helping defensive teams detect and respond faster to future incidents.

• Build Custom Detection Rules
  Engagements result in custom rules, detections, and alerting enhancements tailored to your environment.

Deliverables and Reporting

SilentGrid’s Purple Teaming engagements are designed to leave your organisation with practical, usable intelligence that strengthens security from day one.

• Technical Engagement Report
  A detailed breakdown of executed attacks, detection failures, and areas for improvement.

• MITRE ATT&CK Alignment
  All techniques are mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, providing a clear view of defensive gaps in the context of real-world adversaries.

• Custom Detection and Response Recommendations
  SilentGrid provides tailored detection and logging guidance based on observed attack activity.

• Live Tactical Feedback
  Direct feedback to SOC analysts, threat hunters, and blue teams during the engagement, ensuring immediate improvements.

• Executive Summary
  A non-technical overview for leadership, summarising gaps, improvements, and the overall maturity uplift of defensive capabilities.

Continuous Purple Teaming Engagements

Threats evolve constantly – so should your defences. SilentGrid offers continuous Purple Teaming programs that provide iterative assessments, ensuring your security evolves alongside the adversaries targeting you.

• Quarterly or Bi-Annual Purple Team Exercises
• Continuous Adversary Simulation for evolving threats
• Proactive Tuning and Retesting after major incidents or changes to detection pipelines

Is Purple Teaming Right for You?

Purple Teaming is ideal for organisations that:

• Want to enhance collaboration between red and blue teams.
• Aim to fine-tune detections in real-time and improve threat-hunting capabilities.
• Operate mature SOCs or security teams and are looking to identify logging gaps and increase resilience.
• Need continuous improvement to stay ahead of new and evolving attack techniques.

Get Started Today

Ready to uplift your defensive capabilities through collaborative adversary emulation?
Contact Us to schedule a Purple Teaming Engagement and strengthen your organisation’s security posture.