Pen tests find holes. Red teams show whether anyone notices when those holes are used together — phishing, stolen credentials, and access to what matters most. We run controlled campaigns so leadership learns how incidents would unfold.
Learn if SOC, EDR, and staff catch realistic chains.
Exercise runbooks before a real breach.
See which controls stop progression.
Support mature programs and board oversight.
CERT-In empanelled · India
Sumrite’s testers run your red team operations by hand, and the report is issued through a CERT-In empanelled auditor. One team from scoping to sign-off, built for Indian regulators, enterprise buyers and government work.
Yes. We run the full engagement for you and route the formal attestation through our network of CERT-In empanelled partner auditors, so you deal with one team from scoping to report.
A red team operation is an objective-based simulation of a real attack on your organisation, designed to test whether your people, processes and security tools detect and stop it, not just whether vulnerabilities exist. Where a penetration test tries to find as many weaknesses as possible in a defined system, a red team picks a goal, such as reaching customer data, a payment system or source code, and pursues it quietly using the combination of techniques a real adversary would: phishing, stolen credentials, misconfigurations and lateral movement. Your defenders usually do not know the exact timing. Every step happens within written rules of engagement with safety contacts who can stop the exercise. Afterwards, actions are mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and laid out on a timeline next to what your team saw, so you learn exactly where detection and response worked and where they did not.
| Penetration test | Red team operation | |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Find as many weaknesses as possible in a defined scope | Reach a specific objective, such as customer data or payment systems |
| Scope | Agreed applications, networks or devices | The whole organisation: people, processes and technology |
| Stealth | Not needed; defenders usually know | Operates quietly, like a real attacker |
| Tests | Vulnerabilities | Detection and response as well as vulnerabilities |
| Duration | Days to a few weeks | Several weeks |
| Best for | Every organisation, at least yearly | Mature teams with a security operations function |
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| Area | What we check | Example finding |
|---|---|---|
| Initial access | Phishing, exposed services, credential attacks | A phished laptop provides the first foothold |
| Detection | Whether EDR, SIEM and the SOC notice each step | Credential dumping raises no alert |
| Lateral movement | Movement between systems and identities | A help-desk account opens the route to servers |
| Objective | Reaching the agreed target without being stopped | Read access to the production customer database |
| Response | How the team investigates and contains once alerted | Containment takes longer than the attacker needed |
A penetration test looks for as many weaknesses as possible in a defined scope. A red team pursues a specific objective, as quietly as a real attacker would, to test detection and response across people, process and technology.
A small group of named stakeholders approves it and acts as the safety contacts. Defenders are usually not told the timing, so their response is realistic.
It is most useful once regular penetration testing is in place and there is a security team or provider to detect and respond. Earlier on, penetration testing gives more value for the budget.
We run the full engagement for these frameworks, and where a formal audit or attestation is needed we route it through our local partner firms, so you deal with one team.
Attackers chain social engineering, passwords, and quiet persistence. Point-in-time scans rarely show week-two intrusion.
Sumrite's Red Team Operations design scenarios around your crown jewels, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK for defenders.
Methodology, scope, and deliverables in plain terms.
Multi-vector simulation: phishing, access, escalation, and lateral movement within agreed rules and safety contacts.
Campaign report: objectives, techniques used, detection gaps, and improvements. Attestation as contracted.
Every step from scope and NDA to a retested, final report, shown for Red Team Operations. No jargon, no surprises.
Submit your scope so our team can plan the engagement and get started.
Every phase is run by a security expert, with tools used only to speed up the routine parts. Findings are reproduced and confirmed before they reach your report.
Findings are written for two readers at once: developers who need the exact fix and auditors or buyers who need confidence.
Your team fixes the issues with guidance written for your stack, and the tester who found each issue answers questions directly.
Every fix is tested again. Nothing is marked closed on trust.
You receive a verified report in your company name, ready for clients, auditors and procurement.
Share goals and constraints. We design the plan.
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