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Targeted SOC Efficiency Testing Not Full Red Teaming

SOC Validation Testing is a controlled security exercise designed to answer one critical question: can you rely on your SOC team to detect and respond to real attacks? Our consultants are provided a standard laptop and server with remote access. We fire a curated set of benign, MITRE ATT&CK-mapped attack techniques against your endpoints and compare every inject against what your SOC detected, alerted, and blocked. Think of it as targeted, small-scale Purple Team testing — focused entirely on SOC efficiency, not full adversarial simulation.

MITRE ATT&CK-mapped attack injects across Initial Access, Execution, Persistence, Lateral Movement, C2 & Exfiltration
Every attack logged with a precise timestamp — the ground truth for correlation against SOC-reported alerts
Zero business disruption — all techniques are benign and pre-scoped with your team

Four Key SOC Metrics We Measure

We produce a precise SOC scorecard, matching every attack inject against your SOC’s recorded alerts — exposing blind spots, coverage gaps, and response bottlenecks. Four key metrics are measured across every engagement:

MTTD — Mean Time to Detect: how long before your SOC spots the attack?
MTTR — Mean Time to Respond: how quickly does the team act on an alert?
Detection & Block Rate: percentage of attacks detected vs. blocked vs. missed, plus an ATT&CK Coverage Heat Map

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SOC Challenges We Uncover

Many SOCs have undetected blind spots. Our controlled simulation exposes exactly where your coverage fails — so you can fix gaps before a real attacker finds them.

Blind spots & coverage gaps — attacks traversing the network without triggering a single alert
Alert fatigue & missed signals — genuine attack signals buried in low-quality noise or mis-categorised
Tool misconfiguration — EDR, SIEM, and SOAR detection rules letting attacks pass through silently

Service Benefits

Objective SOC performance measurement — replace assumptions with hard data, verified against real attack techniques, not vendor claims
Fixed-price, five-day engagement — preparation, testing, analysis and executive presentation included. No scope creep, no surprises

Security Operations Centre (SOC) Validation Testing

Targeted SOC Efficiency Testing Not Full Red Teaming

Four Key SOC Metrics We Measure

SOC Challenges We Uncover

Service Benefits

Stay ahead of cyber threats

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