SiliconAngle reports that more companies have been conducting purple team cybersecurity threat evaluations, with security penetration testing firm SpecterOps being the latest to create a collaboration between its offensive and defensive cybersecurity teams in testing and defending corporate systems. Realistic attack simulations and partnerships with other security staff are being conducted by purple teams in a bid to bolster organizational prevention, detection, and response to cybersecurity threats, indicating a significant difference from red teams that independently simulate attacks as an external threat actor, said Mandiant Managing Director Evan Pena.

Source: SC Magazine