WorkNest Secure
Purple Team Engagement
Combines real‑world Attack Simulation with live defender collaboration to improve your detection, response, and security operations.
Our Purple Team engagements bring together our offensive (Red Team) specialists with your defensive (Blue Team) experts
Our Purple Team engagements bring together our offensive (Red Team) specialists with your defensive (Blue Team) experts
Our Purple Team engagements bring together our offensive (Red Team) specialists with your defensive (Blue Team) experts
Together, they evaluate and strengthen your organisation’s threat detection and response capabilities.
GuardNest, our interactive portal tracks actions and outcomes, allowing both teams to document results and analyse detection and response performance across the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
Together, they evaluate and strengthen your organisation’s threat detection and response capabilities.
GuardNest, our interactive portal tracks actions and outcomes, allowing both teams to document results and analyse detection and response performance across the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
What is Purple Teaming?
What is Purple Teaming?
What is Purple Teaming?
Purple Teaming is a collaborative security testing approach where offensive (Red Team) and defensive (Blue Team) teams work together in real time to test, detect, and improve an organisation’s ability to identify and respond to simulated cyber threats.
Unlike Red Teaming, which is often covert, Purple Team engagements are fully transparent and designed for knowledge sharing and control validation. Scenarios involves live feedback and collaboration to maximise detection improvements and defensive learning.
Why WorkNest for Purple Team Engagements?
Our Purple Team engagements go beyond traditional Attack Simulation by embedding real-time collaboration between attackers and defenders.
CREST accredited
Proven high-quality testing methodologies and ethical standards.
Collaborative approach
Our Red Teams ensure immediate feedback and complete visibility with your Blue Teams for faster improvements.
Detection-focused approach
Engagements are designed to strengthen detection logic, alerting, and response workflows, not just uncover vulnerabilities.
Regulated experience
Experience delivering TIBER-EU and DORA-aligned assessments across financial, retail, media and CNI sectors.
Continuous improvements
Detection rules, configurations, and processes are refined in real time, with scenarios re-run to validate measurable progress.
Measurable outcomes
Get full visibility of attack activity, detection performance, and response effectiveness with clear metrics and coverage mapping.
Why should you conduct Purple Teaming?
Why should you conduct Purple Teaming?
Why should you conduct Purple Teaming?
Bridge the gap between attack and defence and turn adversarial simulation into a shared learning experience.
Immediate feedback allows defenders to adjust, improve and retest detection logic and response procedures instantly.
Direct collaboration accelerates Blue Team development by creating an opportunity for active learning during the engagement.
Scenarios and attack plans are mapped to the MITRE framework, enabling repeatable testing and continuous improvement of detection over time.
Bridge the gap between attack and defence and turn adversarial simulation into a shared learning experience.
Immediate feedback allows defenders to adjust, improve and retest detection logic and response procedures instantly.
Direct collaboration accelerates Blue Team development by creating an opportunity for active learning during the engagement.
Scenarios and attack plans are mapped to the MITRE framework, enabling repeatable testing and continuous improvement of detection over time.
What to expect
We prioritise visibility, real-time knowledge sharing, and continuous feedback to maximise learning and improve defences.
Key features
Interactive testing portal
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
Collaborative engagement model
Structured test cases
Real-time feedback loop
Outcomes
Comprehensive detection coverage map
Response capability evaluation
Tool configuration recommendations
Process improvement insights
Enhanced Blue Team skills
How we work
Purple Team engagements are very tailored, so each process is unique. That said, a typical engagement generally follows this structure:
We work with your security team to select TTPs or create custom attack scenarios based on your threat profile, tooling, and detection maturity, aligned with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
We run each scenario in a controlled, transparent manner. Your Blue Team observes, investigates, and responds in real time, while our Red Team executes the simulated attack. Every action, alert, and response is logged in our interactive portal, creating a shared, real‑time view of events.
We review how scenarios were handled, noting which events triggered alerts, detection speed, escalation accuracy, and gaps in telemetry, visibility, or logic.
We address quick wins immediately. Detection logic, configurations, and workflows are adjusted during the engagement, then scenarios are re‑run to validate fixes and confirm measurable improvement before reporting.
We deliver an analysis outlining immediate improvements and long-term recommendations. Unresolved items are prioritised and documented for ongoing development and future testing.
Collaborate with us in a structured engagement for measurable improvements.
FAQs
Yes. Purple Teaming is ideal for organisations looking to develop or refine their detection and response processes. It helps security teams gain hands-on experience in identifying and responding to realistic attack activity.
Purple Teaming engagements are typically delivered over 1 to 2 weeks, depending on the number and complexity of scenarios. The format is highly adaptable based on the maturity and availability of your internal teams.
The MITRE ATT&CK framework is a globally recognised knowledge base of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) based on real-world cyber attack observations.
It provides organisations and security teams with a common language and structured reference to understand, detect, and respond to threats across the full attack lifecycle.
Absolutely. We can tailor the Purple Team engagement to focus on specific TTPs, attack chains, or MITRE ATT&CK techniques relevant to your threat model, tooling, or compliance objectives.
Yes. Purple Teaming is ideal for organisations looking to develop or refine their detection and response processes. It helps security teams gain hands-on experience in identifying and responding to realistic attack activity.
The MITRE ATT&CK framework is a globally recognised knowledge base of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) based on real-world cyber attack observations.
It provides organisations and security teams with a common language and structured reference to understand, detect, and respond to threats across the full attack lifecycle.
Purple Teaming engagements are typically delivered over 1 to 2 weeks, depending on the number and complexity of scenarios. The format is highly adaptable based on the maturity and availability of your internal teams.
Absolutely. We can tailor the Purple Team engagement to focus on specific TTPs, attack chains, or MITRE ATT&CK techniques relevant to your threat model, tooling, or compliance objectives.
What our clients say
We’ve always been very impressed with the cyber security services WorkNest provide us. Their professional approach, knowledge and flexibility have ensured they have become a key trusted partner in our supply chain.
Paymentsense
Founder
WorkNest Secure delivered a highly professional and thorough incident response service. Their team’s technical knowledge, attention to detail, and clear communication throughout the process made a complex area easy to navigate. The quality of the analysis and final reporting gave us real assurance and added value to our internal security efforts, minimising the impact to the business.
Shoezone
Head of IT
We provide a broader suite of services designed to strengthen your security posture, support compliance, and build long-term organisational confidence.
Simulate a real-world breach to prove your organisation’s detection and response capabilities under pressure.
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Test your organisation’s defences against the adversary tactics most likely to target you.
Engage in an ongoing engagement designed to monitor and assess your organisation's external attack surface in real-time.
