Full-Scope, Multi-Layered Attack Simulation

Red Teaming is an exercise conducted to test the effectiveness of protection controls and detection controls and to measure the quality of response through active attack simulation across the physical, electronic, and social realms.

Red Team Testing

Red Team Testing exposes your weakest links, so you can strengthen them before attackers do. We mimic real-world attack methods across your systems – digital, physical, and human. Uncover blind spots and improve defenses across every level.

Red Team Development

Don't just test – build a powerful internal defense with Lares Red Team Development. We guide you step-by-step to create your own Red Team, tailored to your goals. Get continuous security improvement and real-time threat insights.

Red Team Training

Upskill your team to combat advanced threats. Lares Red Team Training delivers expert knowledge across cyber, physical, and social attack methods. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, this training boosts your in-house security expertise.

Customized Security Simulations

Get the most out of Red Teaming with Lares. We tailor exercises to your exact risks and business needs. Every scenario yields actionable steps to improve your cybersecurity posture.

Comprehensive Threat Coverage

Prepare to defend against a full spectrum of threats. Our Red Teaming tests your resilience against cyberattacks, social engineering, and more. Build a defense as multi-faceted as today's attack landscape.

Strategic Insights for Leadership

Lares Red Teaming gives leaders the data to make smart cybersecurity decisions. See your defenses clearly – strengths, weaknesses, and where to invest for maximum impact.

Compliance and Risk Management

Protect your data, avoid costly fines, and strengthen your reputation. Lares Red Teaming helps you meet compliance standards and stay ahead of emerging threats.

Red Team Staffing

Finding top security talent is tough. Lares solves this. We tap into our deep network of vetted Red Team experts to get you staffed quickly. Options for full-time, part-time, and advisory support to fit your needs.

Uncover Weaknesses. Strengthen Defenses. Red Teaming puts your security to the test.

Put your security to the test of a real world attack

Every organization has unique vulnerabilities. Let's discuss your specific concerns and craft a Red Team engagement that exposes the threats you face. Schedule a meeting with us for a personalized consultation.

 

WHITE PAPER

The Lares Red Team Methodology

This methodology guide provides a comprehensive overview of how Lares conducts Red Team engagements by simulating real-world attacks across physical, electronic, and social realms to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses. This guide covers intelligence gathering, phone conversations, onsite visits, electronic solicitation, wireless testing, penetration testing, physical security testing, infrastructure footprinting, email address gathering, document and sensitive data discovery, individual profiling, and reporting.

EXECUTIVE WHITE PAPER

The Executive Guide to Red Team Testing

This executive guide provides a comprehensive overview of Red Teaming, an invaluable practice for assessing and enhancing an organization's security posture. Red Teaming involves simulating real-world attacks across physical, electronic, and social realms to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses. This guide covers the definition, benefits, elements, planning, execution, reporting, capability building, challenges, and benefits of Red Teaming. Executives can leverage this information to make informed decisions, strengthen security defenses, and promote a culture of continuous improvement within their organizations.

Who you will be working with:

Senior Adversarial Collaboration Engineer

Jose Sanchez

Adversarial Engineer

Jethro Inwald

Adversarial Collaboration / Purple Team Engineer

Mike Crouch

Adversarial Engineer

Evan Keiser

Senior Adversarial Engineer

Raúl Redondo

Senior Adversarial Collaboration Engineer

Jose Sanchez

With 15+ years in security, Jose is a seasoned expert in transforming cybersecurity defenses. At Lares, he specializes in proactive protection, using Red Teaming and PenTesting to expose vulnerabilities before adversaries can exploit them. His experience spans critical infrastructure protection, strategic consulting for diverse sectors, and hands-on technical expertise in areas like network design and threat emulation. Jose is committed to advancing cybersecurity and aiding organizations against digital threats. His journey of innovation and excellence continues at Lares, where he helps clients build resilient defenses in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

Adversarial Engineer

Jethro Inwald

Jethro Inwald is a security consultant with a decade of experience specializing in Physical Security and red teaming. He has worked with Fortune 50 companies and top-tier consultancies, bringing deep expertise in alarm system testing, OSINT, electronic access control, and custom tool development. Jethro is known for his hands-on approach to identifying and exploiting security weaknesses, helping organizations strengthen their defenses against real-world threats.

Adversarial Collaboration / Purple Team Engineer

Mike Crouch

Mike is a seasoned cybersecurity professional and military veteran with 25 years of experience in offensive and defensive cyber operations. As a Purple Team Engineer at Lares, he specializes in bridging the gap between attackers and defenders—helping organizations strengthen threat detection, response, and resilience.

With expertise in threat intelligence, incident response, and risk assessments, Mike has led intelligence-driven Red and Purple Team exercises to proactively identify vulnerabilities and enhance security postures. His strategic approach, honed from years of hands-on experience, focuses on real-world attack simulations that drive continuous improvement in security operations.

Whether taking on the mindset of a Ninja (stealth and precision), Jedi (wisdom and defense), or Pirate (creative and unconventional thinking), Mike embodies the spirit of adversarial collaboration—leveraging ethical hacking to outthink attackers and fortify defenses.

Adversarial Engineer

Evan Keiser

Evan has played most of the roles in information security from blue teaming, malware analysis, engineering, pentesting around the world and purple teaming. Avid social engineer and physical security incident reconstruction hobbyist. Based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in his free time Evan is an avid lock picking enthusiast and social engineer who enjoys finding holes in virtual and physical security controls of all kinds, belgian waffles and hacking all the things.

Evan enjoys long walks on the beach with polymorphic malware in his leisure.

Senior Adversarial Engineer

Raúl Redondo

Raúl is a specialist in offensive security with more than 7 years of experience. While he has experience in various fields, such as web and mobile audits, social engineering campaigns and cloud pentests (AWS, Azure, GCP), he has specialized in red/purple team projects, being passionate about Windows and Active Directory. Raúl holds several certifications, including Xintra’s Attacking and Defending Azure and M365, CRTO, OSCP, OSWE, OSEP, OSWP, among others. He also serves as an associate professor in Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity and Information Security from Castilla-La Mancha University. He consistently aims to add extra value to projects by thinking outside the box. Raúl enjoys spending time with his family, practicing sports, playing video games, watching movies, and hiking.

LABS BLOG: Top 5 Insider Threat Findings

Lares encounters seemingly endless vulnerabilities when we conduct red team engagements, regardless of organization size or maturity. Though not every engagement is identical, we have analyzed the similarities between hundreds of engagements. The following insider threat findings report represents the most frequently observed throughout 2022.

LABS BLOG: This one time on a pentest... Is life just a CTF?!

Explore Lares' innovative penetration testing series, where we delve into fascinating real-world attack paths and techniques, showcasing how we navigate and secure diverse environments

LABS BLOG: Insider Threats vs Red Teaming

This post clarifies the distinctions between insider threat assessments and red team engagements, highlighting differences in initial access, duration, and resources, while emphasizing their shared goal of evaluating your organization's ability to detect and respond to skilled adversaries.

Some of our Delighted Customers

"The expertise and professionalism that Lares' Purple Team brings to the table are unmatched. We will definitely be bringing them back for future engagements."
Benjamin Vaughn
SVP & CISO, Hyatt
"They wanted to see us succeed as much as we wanted to see us succeed. This is why, 10 years later, we are still having this conversation."
Jeffrey Hecht
(Former) Chief Compliance & Security Officer, The Word & Brown Companies
"The biggest benefit of having a Lares vCISO is getting guidance on how to tackle security issues and determining a realistic approach on how to address them."
Andrew Casceillo
Corporate Director of Technical Services, Ulbrich Stainless Steel and Speciality Metals Inc.

CASE STUDY: Word & Brown

Using a culture of security as a baseline, Word & Brown achieved compliance because of its security journey — not in spite of it.

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