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Purple Team

What is Purple Team?

A collaborative security approach where red team (offensive) and blue team (defensive) work together to improve detection capabilities and security posture.

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Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as purple team. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on purple team

Requirements naming purple team across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

A replay/purple-teaming workshop is held where the red and blue teams walk through the attack scenarios together to maximise learning.

TIBER-3.3 · Replay and purple teaming workshop

HKMA C-RAF Domain 3 PROTECTION + Domain 4 DETECTION. DOMAIN 3 PROTECTION (6 sub-areas): (1) ACCESS CONTROL - identity + access management + privileged access (PAM) + MFA + zero trust + just-in-time access + role-based access + access reviews + offboarding;

HKMA-CRAF-Domain3-4-Protection-Detection · HKMA C-RAF Domain 3 (Protection) + Domain 4 (Detection) - Access, Data, Infrastructure, Application, Monitoring, Testing, Threat Intel

Vulnerability Management is a core technical control area per FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines. (1) Vulnerability Discovery: (a) Authenticated and Unauthenticated Scanning - Nessus + Qualys + Rapid7 + open source; (b) DAST Dynamic Application Security Testing;

JP-FSA-CYB-Vulnerability-Management-Patching-CVE-Risk-Based-Prioritisation-Penetration-Testing-Red-Team · Japan FSA Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management + Patching + CVE Tracking + Risk-Based Prioritisation + Penetration Testing + Red-Team + Bug Bounty + Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure + Zero-Day Response

Kuwait NCF Respond and Recover functions. Incident Response and Reporting: documented Incident Response Plan + Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) + 24/7 incident hotline + Incident classification (severity + impact + urgency) + Triage + Containme...

KNCF-Respond-Incident-Response-Reporting-Recover-Business-Continuity-Cyber-Resilience-NCSC-Notification · Kuwait NCF Respond + Incident Response + Reporting + Recover + BC + Cyber Resilience + NCSC

Lloyds MS11.13 Security Awareness and Insider Risk - mandatory annual cyber security awareness training for all personnel + Senior Manager Function holders + Board + role-based deep training for IT + security + claims handlers + underwriters + actuaries + fina...

LLOYDS-MS11-Security-Awareness-Insider-Risk-Penetration-Testing-Independent-Assurance-MS11-13-16 · Lloyds MS11 Security Awareness + Insider Risk + Pen Testing + Assurance + MS11.13-16

FIRST CSIRT Services Framework v2.1 Service Area 5 - Knowledge Transfer. SCOPE: building cybersecurity capacity in the constituency + the broader community through awareness + training + exercises + advisory.

FIRST-CSIRTF-SA5-KnowledgeTransfer · Service Area 5 - Knowledge Transfer (Awareness, Training, Exercises, Advisory)

Questions people ask about purple team

What is Purple Team?
A collaborative security approach where red team (offensive) and blue team (defensive) work together to improve detection capabilities and security posture.
Why is Purple Team important for compliance?
Purple Team is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding purple team helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Purple Team?
Purple Team appears in the requirement text of ECB TIBER-EU Framework, HKMA Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework (C-RAF), Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Institutions, Kuwait National Cybersecurity Framework, Lloyd's Minimum Standards - Cyber Security. Across these standards we have identified 11 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Purple Team?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how purple team applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Purple Team applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.