Breach and Attack Simulation

Cybersecurity

The practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks, unauthorised access, and data breaches.

Threat Intelligence

Evidence-based knowledge about existing or emerging threats to an organisation's digital assets and infrastructure.

Vulnerability Assessment

The process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritising security vulnerabilities in systems and applications.

Penetration Testing

A simulated cyberattack against a system to evaluate the security of its defences and identify exploitable vulnerabilities.

Red Team

A group of security professionals who simulate real-world attacks to test an organisation's defensive capabilities.

Blue Team

A group of security professionals who defend against both real attackers and simulated attacks from red teams.

Purple Team

A collaborative security approach combining red team attack knowledge with blue team defensive capabilities.

Intrusion Prevention System

A network security technology that examines network traffic to detect and prevent vulnerability exploits.

Ransomware

Malicious software that encrypts a victim's files and demands payment for the decryption key.

Malware

Malicious software designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to computer systems.

Phishing

A social engineering attack that uses fraudulent communications to trick recipients into revealing sensitive information.

Spear Phishing

A targeted phishing attack directed at specific individuals or organisations using personalised deceptive content.

A structured set of guidelines and best practices for meeting regulatory requirements and industry standards.

An authentication method requiring two or more verification factors to gain access to a resource.

The proactive search for cyber threats within an organisation's environment that have evaded automated detection, using hypotheses, threat intelligence, and advanced analytics.

A network security device that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on security rules.

A systematic evaluation of an organisation's information system security by measuring compliance with established criteria.

A programme where organisations pay individuals for discovering and reporting software vulnerabilities.

A centralised facility where security professionals monitor, detect, analyse, and respond to cybersecurity incidents.

Advanced red team exercises that replicate the tactics, techniques, and procedures of specific threat actors to evaluate an organisation's detection and response capabilities.