Introduction
Introduction in brief to Red Teaming process and its difference with Penetration Testing.
What is Red Teaming?
Red Teaming is the process of Identify and Exploit vulnerabilities and Get Access to specific Systems emulating a Real-World scenario.
Difference between Penetration Testing and Red Teaming
Objective
Penetration testing: Identify exploitable vulnerabilities and gain access to a system.
Red teaming: Access specific systems or data by emulating a real-world adversary.
Timeframe
Penetration testing: Short: One day to a few weeks.
Red teaming: Longer: Several weeks to more than a month.
Toolset
Penetration testing: Commercially available pen-testing tools.
Red teaming: Wide variety of tools, tactics and techniques, including custom tools and previously unknown exploits.
Awareness
Penetration testing: Defenders know a pen test is taking place.
Red teaming: Defenders are unaware a red team exercise is underway.
Vulnerabilities
Penetration testing: Known vulnerabilities.
Red teaming: Known and unknown vulnerabilities.
Scope
Penetration testing: Test targets are narrow and pre-defined, such as whether a firewall configuration is effective or not.
Red teaming: Test targets can cross multiple domains, such as exfiltrating sensitive data.
Testing
Penetration testing: Security system is tested independently in a pen test.
Red teaming: Systems targeted simultaneously in a red team exercise.
Post-breach activity
Penetration testing: Pen testers don’t engage in post-breach activity.
Red teaming: Red teamers engage in post-breach activity.
Goal
Penetration testing: Compromise an organization’s environment.
Red teaming: Act like real attackers and exfiltrate data to launch further attacks.
Results
Penetration testing: Identify exploitable vulnerabilities and provide technical recommendations.
Red teaming: Evaluate overall cybersecurity posture and provide recommendations for improvement.
Source: https://www.ibm.com/blog/red-teaming-101-what-is-red-teaming
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