This practical introduction to collaborative security testing, or purple teaming, is a hands-on, lab-based guide to key methodologies for cybersecurity practitioners in any field.
Many organizations have chosen to forgo traditional security tests in favor of collaborative assessments or purple team tests, for the way they combine offensive (red team) and defensive (blue team) elements in which offensive and defensive teams work together to measure and improve the organizations resilience to attacks.
Practical Purple Teaming outlines common purple team methodologies, offensive and defensive frameworks, and real-world threat research to craft realistic test cases. Readers will use a dedicated lab environment to execute attacks common to the modern threat landscape, then consider ways of tuning defenses to detect and prevent the activity.
Along the way, theyll be introduced to a number of open-source tools for emulating enterprise environments, automating attacks, crafting intelligent alerts, and more. Covers numerous free tools readers could use in their own purple team exercises, offensive frameworks, and defensive technologies.
