Threat-Led Penetration Testing (TLPT)
Red team testing led by threat intelligence
We design scenarios from the threats relevant to you and test detection and response through a controlled red team exercise.
We analyze the threat actors and attack methods that matter to you, build realistic scenarios, and run the red team exercise under agreed controls. Threat analysis, the exercise itself and the review of results run as one piece of work.
If the attackers relevant to us came for real, how would the organization respond? Reviewed
Prevention, detection and response, tested with scenarios grounded in threat intelligence.
When it fits
- You want to test against the threats that are relevant to you
Rather than generic attack assumptions, you want to test your defenses against the threat actors and methods relevant to your organization and industry.
- You have been asked to test under a specific framework
A supervisor or parent organization requires threat-led testing under a defined framework. We confirm that framework's roles and requirements first.
- You want threat findings to lead into validation
You want the signs and attacker behavior found in a threat investigation to become the basis of a real response test.
When a framework applies
TIBER-EU, for example, is a controlled red-teaming framework that uses tailored threat intelligence to test people, processes and technology.
Such frameworks set their own roles, controls and reporting. We confirm them before starting and state exactly which part SAFE SQUARE takes on in that engagement.
What you receive
The threat basis for the scenarios, a record of detection and response, and the improvements to make next.
Threat basis
Which threats the scenarios were built on, and the sources and limits of that information.
Detection and response record
What was blocked, detected and reported at each stage, and how the organization responded.
Improvements and re-checks
Improvements agreed with the teams involved, and what to check again afterwards.