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.
Terms that appear alongside purple team
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as purple team. The number is how many controls name both.
- red team 9 shared controls
- ransomware 5 shared controls
- cybersecurity 5 shared controls
- lessons learned 5 shared controls
- blue team 5 shared controls
- resilience 5 shared controls
- threat intelligence 4 shared controls
- incident response 4 shared controls
Frameworks that govern purple team
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
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