Would anyone notice a real attack?
CREST-accredited Armada team members emulate real adversaries against objectives you set, chaining weaknesses across people, process and technology to test whether you'd stop them.
Continuous testing shows what's exposed. A red team shows whether you can stop it.
AI agents are good at breadth and repetition. Experienced team members are still better at creativity, stealth and judgment. A red team answers a different question: if a skilled, patient adversary went after a critical asset, would anyone notice?
- Detections are tuned, but have never faced a patient adversary evading them on purpose.
- Help-desk and MFA-reset processes have never been tested under pressure.
- Nobody knows the real time to detect and contain.
Adversary emulation against agreed objectives, delivered by Armada.
Objectives tied to your business
Reach domain admin or a named critical asset without being detected, set from your business context and top attack paths.
Real-world attack simulation
Social engineering, physical access and technical attack chained the way a real adversary would.
Detection and response measurement
Time to detect and contain, measured with your detection team unaware of the timing.
Detection engineering
We replay the attack with your team afterward and turn each gap into a new detection or automated test.
Communication before, during and after
A small trusted group knows the engagement is happening, with deconfliction throughout.
Findings in your action plan
Every finding lands in the Armada action plan and is retested before the next engagement.
A carefully planned mission.
- 01
Plan
Objectives, rules of engagement and the trusted group are agreed. Scenario planning starts from your critical assets.
- 02
Mission design
We design the attack chain against your threat model, including whether AI red teaming runs alongside.
- 03
Exercise
Our team members run the mission, evading detection on purpose.
- 04
Debrief
We replay the attack with your team and hand over findings and new detections. An optional tabletop follows.
We recommend
- Two engagements a year, about six months apart
- The first shortly after your program's first 90 days, so it tests the live program
- AI red teaming combined or separate, depending on how much of your attack surface is AI
Red teaming in an Agentic Era Security Program
- 1Business context
- 2Asset map
- 3External exposure
- 4Internal agentic testing
- 5Attack paths
- 6Active defense
- 7AI usage telemetry
- 8Action plan
- 9Red team validation
Armada is a CREST accredited provider.
The same team runs Armada's continuous programs, so engagement findings land in the same action plan your team already works from.
Frequently asked questions
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How is a red team different from a penetration test?
A penetration test finds as many weaknesses as it can in a defined scope. A red team pursues an objective the way a real adversary would, stays quiet on purpose and measures whether your people and detections stop it.
How often should we run one?
Twice a year, about six months apart. That is frequent enough to catch drift as your environment and attackers change.
Who knows the engagement is happening?
A small trusted group you choose. Your detection and response team doesn't know the timing, so the engagement measures real performance.
Test your program the way an adversary would.
We'll scope objectives from your critical assets and recommend whether to run AI red teaming alongside.
- A member of our team replies within one business day
- We start with your critical assets and asset map
- No commitment. We'll tell you if we're not the right fit.
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