Purple Team Exercises
Red and blue team collaboration for improved security and communication
What is a purple team?
In cybersecurity, a purple team includes both attackers from the red team and defenders from the blue team. While a red vs. blue team exercise has the teams competing, a purple team exercise has the teams working together to improve the organization’s security posture.
What is a purple team exercise?
Purple teaming is a great way for security teams to combine offensive and defensive functions to improve security monitoring. Red and blue teams talk through their steps and bridge the knowledge gap between offense and defense. That helps teams recognize patterns when they see them in real life.
Purple Team Cyber Simulation Exercises for Cybersecurity
Cloud Range purple team exercises allow red and blue team members to collaborate together toward a common goal on the live virtual Cloud Range cyber range. Working closely in a live simulation exercise allows the combined purple team to share information, combine analyses, practice maximizing their capabilities, and focus on improving specific skill sets in a safe environment.
These exercises are facilitated by a live instructor on the live cyber range, guiding either and/or both sides when necessary.
The simulated, live-fire scenarios improve the detection of threats and vulnerabilities and network monitoring. Team members can step into other roles and get more context for the work they do, which helps the purple team create new techniques and tactics that improve cyber defense.
Purple team exercises help your blue team better understand how attackers work so they can more quickly detect and respond to attacks “in the wild.” It also helps to identify any gaps within teams and opportunities to improve the organization’s security posture.
Additionally, purple team exercises help nurture a culture that encourages collaboration and cybersecurity improvement.
Cloud Range also has red vs. blue team exercises, which encourage friendly competition between the two teams.
Develop Targeted Skills
In addition to our cyber simulation programs for teams, Cloud Range offers hundreds of FlexLabs SkillsPaks that energize your team member’s individual development with hands-on cybersecurity skills training in our interactive, emulated environment.
