ADVERSARIAL EMULATION

CONTAIN INCIDENTS PROACTIVELY ESTABLISH CYBERSECURITY BASELINE ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE PRIORITIZE REMEDIATION

PROACTIVELY STRENGTHEN

DEFENSES & SECURITY POSTURE

Corporations today operate in a constantly evolving technology landscape, one that enables efficiency, innovation, and growth but also introduces heightened exposure to cyber risks. As organizations adopt new and emerging technologies, the complexity of securing sensitive business data increases significantly.

For CTOs, CROs, and CISOs, maintaining a strong and adaptive cybersecurity posture requires balancing limited resources, evolving compliance obligations, and the demands of strategic business priorities, all while defending against an ever-expanding threat landscape.

PROACTIVE

RISK IDENTIFICATION & THREAT MITIGATION

Uncover security gaps, apply proven best practices, optimize operational processes, and fortify defenses to anticipate and respond effectively to evolving threat landscapes.

REAL-WORLD ATTACK

SIMULATION & RESPONSE VALIDATION

Validate detection and response capabilities through controlled, real-world simulations that test the effectiveness of defenses and readiness against sophisticated adversarial techniques.

STRATEGIC SECURITY

ALIGNMENT & COMPLIANCE READINESS

Empower executive decisions with data-driven insights, align with regulatory standards, and embed cybersecurity as a strategic enabler of business success.

What Is Adversarial Emulation / RedOps?

Adversarial Emulation – RedOps is a threat-informed offensive security exercise that replicates the behaviors of sophisticated threat actors targeting your sector.

It goes beyond traditional penetration testing by executing multi-stage attack scenarios across people, process, and technology to evaluate detection, response, decision-making, and containment in real time.

RedOps delivers measurable insight into operational resilience, control effectiveness, and executive-level cyber risk exposure under realistic adversary conditions.

When Should You Conduct Adversarial Emulation?

Adversarial emulation is essential for organizations that must demonstrate defensible security effectiveness in high-risk or regulated environments.

It validates detection and response effectiveness against regulatory frameworks including PCI DSS, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GLBA, SOX, DORA, and sector supervisory requirements.

It is also critical following major technology changes or cloud migrations, and when preparing for regulatory reviews, cyber insurance assessments, board reporting, or external audits.

Intelligence-Led, Outcome-Driven Red Operations

Adversarial Emulation services are delivered through a structured, phased methodology that balances operational realism with disciplined execution controls. Engagements are tailored to organizational risk tolerance and may be conducted as overt, covert, or blended exercises aligned to defined objectives.

Scenarios are informed by current threat intelligence and mapped to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, and relevant industry guidance.

CERTIFIED EXPERTISE

100%

Minimum OSCP+ Certified Resources

98%

Manual Driven Pentesting

0%

Outsourced Resourcing

Framework

Technical audit focuses on global data breaches and threat groups most active within your targeted industry vertical. By emulating the same tools, tactics and procedures leveraged by threat groups, our certified consultants simulate the same techniques against your environment and test security team’s ability to detect and respond to industry-relevant threats in realistic scenarios.

Initial Reconnaissance	Initial Compromise	Secure Foothold	Escalate Privilege	Internal Reconnaissance	Progress Laterally	Preserve Presence	Mission Accomplishment
Environment Systems Knowledge	Initial Access Execution Defense Evasion	Execution Persistence Defense Evasion	Privilege Escalation Credential Access	Discovery Collection Defense Evasion	Persistence Command / Control Defense Evasion	Credential Access Lateral Movement Defense Evasion	Target Data Exfiltration Compromise

Deliverables

Forecight will provide a detailed report outlining external and internal threats that could bypass controls and the remediation phases plan required to better prepare your organizations ahead of increasingly dynamic threats vectors.

Identify weaknesses that traditional control-based testing methodologies miss
Prepare team to handle crisis at ease and scale
Identify points of failure that result in a breach
Document and remediate vulnerabilities
Identify lateral and vertical exploitation vulnerabilities
Identify privilege escalation and sensitive data loss gaps
Develop recommendations to address risks in a consumable approach
Develop recommendations to address risks in a consumable approach
Meet compliance & regulatory obligations
Secure software one line at a time

Services

Custom RedOps services are available and can be tailored to each client’s specific risk profile, regulatory environment, and security objectives. Engagements incorporate adversary emulation aligned to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK to evaluate the effectiveness of people, processes, and technical controls. Scope, execution approach, and reporting are customized to defined assurance requirements, with detailed findings and risk-based remediation guidance to support compliance alignment and continuous security enhancement.

RED TEAM

Simulated Adversary Operations

• Intelligence-led emulation of real-world threat actors
• Full attack lifecycle simulation from initial access to execution
• Covert or overt engagements aligned to defined objectives
• Evaluation of detection, response, and escalation effectiveness
• Executive reporting with risk-based remediation roadmap

BLUE TEAM

Defensive Capability Validation

• Assessment of monitoring, alerting, and SOC effectiveness
• Incident response readiness and playbook evaluation
• Log source coverage and telemetry gap analysis
• Threat detection engineering and tuning recommendations
• Maturity benchmarking against industry frameworks

PURPLE TEAM

Collaborative Offensive-Defensive Optimization

• Real-time collaboration between Red and Blue Teams
• MITRE ATT&CK–aligned attack and detection mapping
• Immediate validation and tuning of detection controls
• Knowledge transfer to internal security teams
• Accelerated improvement of defensive resilience

WEB & MOBILE PENETRATION TESTING

Application Security Assessment

• Manual and automated testing of web and mobile applications
• Authentication, authorization, and session management review
• API and business logic vulnerability assessment
• OWASP Top 10 and mobile security risk evaluation
• Actionable remediation guidance with technical proof of concept

NETWORK PENETRATION TESTING

Infrastructure Security Validation

• Internal and external network security assessments
• Exploitation of misconfigurations and exposed services
• Privilege escalation and lateral movement testing
• Active Directory and identity infrastructure review
• Risk-ranked findings with mitigation recommendations

SECURE CODE ANALYSIS

Proactive Software Risk Identification

• Static and dynamic code analysis across supported languages
• Identification of insecure coding patterns and logic flaws
• Third-party library and dependency risk review
• Alignment to secure development best practices
• Developer-focused remediation guidance

CLOUD PENETRATION TESTING

Cloud Environment Security Assessment

• Configuration review of cloud-native services and workloads
• Identity and access management misconfiguration testing
• Container and serverless security validation
• Cross-tenant exposure and privilege escalation assessment
• Remediation guidance aligned to cloud security frameworks

SOCIAL ENGINEERING

Human Risk Simulation

• Phishing, vishing, and pretexting attack simulations
• Credential harvesting and access validation testing
• Physical security and onsite access scenarios where applicable
• User awareness and reporting behavior assessment
• Targeted training recommendations to reduce human risk

WIRELESS PENETRATION TESTING

Wireless Infrastructure Security Assessment

• Evaluation of corporate and guest wireless networks
• Encryption and authentication control testing
• Rogue access point and evil twin simulation
• Signal leakage and perimeter exposure assessment
• Risk-based remediation to strengthen wireless defenses