The question is not whether — it is what happens after
Perimeter defences are important. But no perimeter is impenetrable. Assumed breach exercises skip the entry question entirely and focus on what matters most to a CISO: if an attacker is already inside your environment, how far can they go, and would you even know?
It is a more honest test than traditional penetration testing — and often a more uncomfortable one. That is precisely the point.
A fundamentally different starting point
Traditional security testing tries to get in. Assumed breach testing starts inside — with a foothold already established — and asks a harder set of questions about what your organisation can detect, contain, and stop from that point on.
Traditional testing
- Can an attacker get through your perimeter? Focus on initial access and entry points.
Assumed breach
- An attacker is already in. How far can they go, and can your team stop them before real damage is done?
What we test — and why it matters
- Lateral movement & privilege escalation Starting from a standard user account or compromised endpoint, our team attempts to move through your environment — escalating privileges, accessing sensitive systems, and reaching high-value targets. + Active Directory enumeration & attacks + Credential harvesting & pass-the-hash + Kerberoasting & privilege abuse + East-west movement across network segments + Domain controller compromise attempts
- Every move our team makes is a test of your detection capability. We document precisely which actions were detected, which were missed, and how long it took your SOC to identify and respond to each technique. + MITRE ATT&CK technique execution & logging + SOC alert validation — detected vs. missed + Mean time to detect & respond measurement + Analyst response quality assessment + Detection gap mapping & recommendations
Lateral movement & privilege escalation
Detection & response validation
What makes our approach different
Attackers who understand defenders
- Our team operates your SOC day-to-day. That means our assumed breach exercises are calibrated to find the gaps your detection tools genuinely miss — not just theoretical weaknesses.
Findings that drive immediate action
- Detection gaps identified during an exercise can be addressed in your live environment the same week — not queued for a future project cycle.
Board-ready narrative
- The attack timeline and findings are documented in a format that translates directly into a board conversation about resilience — not just a technical vulnerability list.
Safe, controlled, and repeatable
- Every exercise is conducted within agreed boundaries, with rollback procedures in place. We test hard — but we never put your production environment at genuine risk.
How far could an attacker get inside your network?
Let us find out — before someone else does. Talk to our team about scoping an assumed breach exercise for your environment.
