Red Teaming

Red teaming goes beyond security controls and compliance checklists.
It simulates real cyberattacks to expose how your organization actually operates under pressure – from detection and response to executive decision-making and business continuity.
Cybertex Security helps regulated fintechs validate operational resilience through intelligence-led red teaming aligned with DORA and TLPT expectations.

What Red Teaming really evaluates?

Red teaming is an objective-driven security exercise that evaluates your organization as a whole – not individual controls in isolation.

It tests:

  • Technology (Security controls, monitoring, identity, segmentation, and defensive tooling)

  • People (Detection capability, analyst response, management decision-making, and communication)

  • Processes (Incident response, escalation paths, crisis handling, and recovery procedures)

  • Decision-making under pressure (How quickly and correctly critical decisions are made while the attack is ongoing)

Unlike traditional testing, red teaming focuses on attacker objectives and business impact, not vulnerability counts.

Alignment with DORA

Under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), certain financial entities are required to conduct Threat-Led Penetration Testing (TLPT) as part of their operational resilience obligations.

TLPT is a regulated form of red teaming, requiring that:

  • Testing is based on relevant threat intelligence
  • Cover critical or important business services
  • Validate detection, response, recovery, and operational resilience
  • Produce evidence suitable for supervisory and regulatory review

 

The TLPT requirements under DORA are closely aligned with the TIBER‑EU framework, which defines a standardized approach for intelligence-led red team testing in the financial sector.

We design red team engagements that:

  • Meet TLPT expectations under DORA, where applicable
  • Follow TIBER-EU principles and methodologies, where appropriate
  • Prepare organizations that will fall under TLPT obligations in the future
  • Avoid duplicated testing between security, risk, and compliance functions

 

BENEFITS

EVALUATE YOUR RESPONSE

Evaluate how effectively your organization detects, escalates, and responds to a real cyberattack. Red teaming reveals whether incident response processes, communication, and decision-making work as intended when controls are bypassed and pressure is high.

FIND HIDDEN VULNERABILITIES

Identify weaknesses that traditional testing and controls often miss. Red teaming exposes chained vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and procedural gaps that only become visible during realistic attack scenarios targeting critical systems, users, and business processes.

TEST OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE

Test your organization’s ability to maintain critical services during a cyberattack. Red teaming evaluates continuity, recovery, and operational stability under realistic attack conditions, revealing whether resilience plans and controls work when they are truly needed.

Reduce Business Risk

Demonstrate operational resilience with evidence, not assumptions. Red teaming provides clear documentation and reporting suitable for audits, supervisory discussions, and internal risk management, helping reduce both regulatory exposure and real-world business impact.

Actionable outcomes to strengthen your organization’s security posture

Convert red team results into targeted remediation. You receive clear, prioritized actions addressing technical weaknesses, procedural gaps, and decision-making failures, enabling measurable improvements to detection, response, and resilience across the organization.

Executive summary

Board-ready overview of key findings, real risk exposure, and priority decisions.

technical report

Detailed documentation of attack paths, techniques used, and technical findings for security teams.

risk analysis

Assessment of business impact, likelihood, and exposure across critical services and processes.

actionale recommendations

Clear, prioritized actions to reduce risk, improve resilience, and close real attack paths.

FAQ

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What is the difference between red teaming and penetration testing?

Penetration testing identifies vulnerabilities within a defined scope.
Red teaming simulates real attackers to test whether they can achieve objectives and how the organization detects, responds, and operates under sustained attack conditions.

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Will red teaming disrupt our business operations?

Red teaming is carefully planned and controlled to avoid unnecessary disruption.
The goal is to test realistic scenarios while maintaining stability of critical services and minimizing operational impact.

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Is red teaming required under DORA?

Under DORA, certain financial entities are required to conduct Threat-Led Penetration Testing (TLPT).
TLPT is a regulated form of red teaming designed to validate operational resilience and response under realistic attack scenarios.

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Will our teams know they are being tested?

Red teaming can be conducted as blind, partially informed, or fully informed exercises.
The level of awareness is defined during scoping based on objectives, risk tolerance, and regulatory context.

test Your Operational Resilience

Talk to our experts about red teaming to assess how effectively your organization detects, responds to, and operates during a real cyberattack. Share your current environment and objectives, and we will design a tailored red team exercise aligned with your risk profile and regulatory context.