Attack Resilience
Evaluate your organisation's ability to detect, contain, and mitigate real-world threats that bypass traditional perimeter defences.
Overview
Perimeter defences are not infallible. Sophisticated adversaries consistently bypass external protections, whether through supply chain attacks, phishing campaigns, or zero-day exploits. The question is not if an attacker will gain initial access, but how far they can go once inside.
CortexTrace's Attack Resilience Assessment starts from the premise that your perimeter has already been compromised. This controlled exercise simulates post breach scenarios to evaluate your organisation's ability to detect, respond to, and contain adversarial movement within the internal network. By replicating the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of advanced threat actors, we test your ability to mitigate lateral movement, privilege escalation, and data exfiltration, exposing blind spots and operational gaps that often go unnoticed until a real incident occurs.
Assumed Breach Methodology
Establishing Initial Foothold
- Simulate scenarios such as compromised endpoints or stolen user credentials
- Emulate insider threats from compromised accounts or rogue employees
Privilege Escalation & Lateral Movement
- Exploit misconfigurations, weak passwords, and insecure protocols
- Move laterally using legitimate administrative tools to avoid detection
Persistence & Command and Control
- Establish persistent backdoors using sophisticated techniques
- Deploy custom C2 infrastructure to simulate APT communication patterns
Data Discovery & Staging
- Identify and access sensitive data repositories
- Test data classification and access control effectiveness
Exfiltration & Impact
- Test data loss prevention (DLP) controls and monitoring capabilities
- Simulate various exfiltration methods including encrypted channels
Detection & Response Analysis
- Comprehensive evaluation of detection capabilities at each stage
- Detailed timeline of detection opportunities and misses
Establishing Initial Foothold
- Simulate scenarios such as compromised endpoints or stolen user credentials
- Emulate insider threats from compromised accounts or rogue employees
Privilege Escalation & Lateral Movement
- Exploit misconfigurations, weak passwords, and insecure protocols
- Move laterally using legitimate administrative tools to avoid detection
Persistence & Command and Control
- Establish persistent backdoors using sophisticated techniques
- Deploy custom C2 infrastructure to simulate APT communication patterns
Data Discovery & Staging
- Identify and access sensitive data repositories
- Test data classification and access control effectiveness
Exfiltration & Impact
- Test data loss prevention (DLP) controls and monitoring capabilities
- Simulate various exfiltration methods including encrypted channels
Detection & Response Analysis
- Comprehensive evaluation of detection capabilities at each stage
- Detailed timeline of detection opportunities and misses
Key Outcomes
Internal Exposure
Identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations within your internal network
Lateral Movement Paths
Map the routes an attacker could take to reach critical assets
Privilege Escalation
Discover vectors that allow attackers to gain elevated access
Detection Blind Spots
Reveal gaps in your monitoring and alerting capabilities
Internal Exposure
Identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations within your internal network
Lateral Movement Paths
Map the routes an attacker could take to reach critical assets
Privilege Escalation
Discover vectors that allow attackers to gain elevated access
Detection Blind Spots
Reveal gaps in your monitoring and alerting capabilities
Deliverables
Attack Path Documentation with full narrative
Detection Opportunity Timeline showing what was and wasn't detected
Risk-Prioritised Findings with business impact assessment
Tactical Recommendations for immediate remediation
Strategic Security Roadmap for long-term improvement
Executive Risk Assessment for leadership reporting
Ready to Get Started?
Test your organisation's resilience from the inside. Our experts simulate post-breach scenarios to reveal how far an attacker could go once past your perimeter.