Often times it is difficult to understand the depth to which a cyber-attack can cripple an organization and result in tremendous loss. Red Team Operations is an evaluation method that was developed to simulate a carefully crafted cyber-attack on the organization in order to help them understand the scope and their level of preparedness. It is an in-depth assessment conducted over a long period of time to test an enterprise’s detection and response competence.

The course structure comprises of various types of attacker simulators and industry attack frameworks such as Cyber Kill Chain, Attack Tree and MITRE ATT&CK Framework. Candidates get the opportunity to behave like an adversary and creatively use local, built-in tools to reach business goals while preventing detection.

Furthermore, the course focuses on making use of open-source resources such as tools and scripts and then tweaking them to complement an organization’s specific needs. On performing nefarious cyber-attack exercises that simulate real-world threat vectors, students will gain hands-on experience.

Prior experience of conducting penetration tests and security assessments of web applications using the OWASP top 10, IT administration. Understanding of the Windows operating system, registry and use of the Windows command line. Experience with Active Directory, common network protocols, Linux operating systems and file systems.