Attack Simulation
What is Attack Simulation?
Automated security testing that replicates real-world attack scenarios against an organization's defenses to validate security control effectiveness.
Terms that appear alongside attack simulation
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as attack simulation. The number is how many controls name both.
- remediation 2 shared controls
- resilience 2 shared controls
- red team 2 shared controls
- blue team 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern attack simulation
What the standards actually require on attack simulation
Requirements naming attack simulation across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.
HKMA C-RAF iCAST (Intelligence-led Cyber Attack Simulation Testing) - mandatory for HIGH inherent risk AIs + optional for medium tier + modeled on UK CBEST + ECB TIBER-EU (verified separately in this corpus) + intelligence-led red team testing methodology.
HKMA-CRAF-iCAST-RedTeam-PurpleTeam-IntelLed · HKMA C-RAF iCAST (Intelligence-Led Cyber Attack Simulation Testing) for HIGH Inherent Risk AIs →Audit + Drills + Training operationalise the Directions through ongoing assurance + cyber preparedness. (1) CERT-In Cyber Security Audit: organisations should undergo periodic cyber security audit by CERT-In Empanelled Information Security Auditing Organisatio...
CERTIN-Audit-Drills-Training-AwarenessProgram-CERTInExercises-CISO · CERT-In Audit + Cyber Security Drills + Training + Awareness + CERT-In Cyber Exercises + CISO + Information Security Auditor Empanelment →Questions people ask about attack simulation
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