Red Team Operations: Roles and Importance
Introduction Red Teams are like ethical hackers. Their job is to think like attackers and test a company’s security. They don’t harm anything—they just find weaknesses so organizations can fix them before real hackers do . Members and Their Roles Even a small Red Team has specialists: Pen tester: Finds bugs in systems or apps. Social Engineer: Tricks people to reveal sensitive info. Red Team Lead: Plans operations and reports findings. Exploit/Malware Expert: Creates tools to test defenses. Operations Red Team operations usually follow a few key steps: Recon: Gather info about the target. Social Engineering: Test human weaknesses. Exploitation: Use vulnerabilities to get inside. Privilege Escalation & Lateral Movement: Move through the networ...