Red Team Exercise
For Costa Rica organisations, the cybersecurity and data-protection expectations context provides a readiness frame for an objective-led Red Team Exercise with a customer-controlled scope brief, written authorisation, agreed targets, Rules of Engagement, blackout windows, named contacts, and stop conditions. BilgeQor returns evidence-led findings, replay artefacts, and a debrief for the approved scope. It is scoped through a written proposal and does not provide uncontrolled testing, continuous monitoring, destructive action, or a guarantee that every weakness will be found.
Evaluate how your defences perform against a structured, authorised adversary simulation conducted within agreed objectives, scope, and rules of engagement.
Good fit if
- ✓You have authorised specialist assessment with agreed target, scope, and test window or rules of engagement
- ✓You need scoped, bounded evaluation within explicitly confirmed parameters
- ✓You want documented findings and prioritised observations from a controlled engagement
- ✓You understand this is a scoped assessment, not continuous protection or guaranteed outcome
Not a fit if
- –You need casual scanning or routine vulnerability checks
- –You require emergency live response or unauthorised testing
- –You expect guaranteed exploit discovery or complete protection
- –You need 24/7 monitoring, MDR, or continuous threat hunting beyond scoped engagement
Ideal For
- Organisations with an established detection or response capability that wants an honest, scoped assessment
- Security leaders preparing for a board review, customer assurance request, or internal validation milestone
- Teams that have completed prior vulnerability assessments and are ready for an objective-driven exercise
- Businesses that need a documented narrative of how an authorised adversary path would unfold against agreed targets
What We Evaluate
- Open-source reconnaissance against agreed in-scope targets only
- Authorised initial access attempts against the explicitly agreed entry surface
- Lateral movement objectives bounded by the agreed target list and rules of engagement
- Detection and response observation against the agreed exercise objectives
- Reporting, replay artefacts, and a debrief covering the authorised path taken
Deliverables
Prerequisites & Authorisation
- +Signed authorisation letter from an executive with authority over the in-scope assets
- +Written rules of engagement covering objectives, methods, prohibited actions, and stop conditions
- +Scoped target list with explicit in-scope assets, networks, identities, and applications
- +Agreed blackout windows and any periods where exercise activity must pause
- +Named primary and backup points of contact reachable throughout the engagement window
- +Hosting, cloud, or third-party provider notifications obtained where required
Exclusions & Boundaries
- Social engineering of staff, customers, or partners is not included unless explicitly added in writing and lawful in the agreed market
- Operational technology, industrial control systems, and safety-critical environments are out of scope by default
- Third-party SaaS platforms and supplier-operated systems are excluded unless the supplier provides explicit written consent
- Denial-of-service activity, destructive actions, and data exfiltration beyond agreed proof artefacts are prohibited
- This engagement does not guarantee discovery of every weakness, nor does it guarantee a specific outcome
- No certification, accreditation, or compliance attestation is issued by this engagement
- Continuous monitoring, SOC operation, MDR, and live incident response are not included
How It Works
Scoping and objectives
We agree on objectives, in-scope targets, success criteria, prohibited actions, blackout windows, and the engagement window. Nothing is initiated until scope is documented.
Authorisation
A signed authorisation letter and written rules of engagement are confirmed before any activity. Primary and backup contacts are named, and stop conditions are agreed in writing.
Execution
We perform the authorised reconnaissance, initial access attempts, and lateral movement objectives within the agreed rules of engagement, pausing for blackout windows and respecting all stop conditions.
Reporting
We deliver the executive narrative, technical findings, replay artefacts, and prioritised remediation guidance. Evidence is shared securely with your named contacts.
Debrief
We run a joint debrief with your security and engineering stakeholders to walk through observations, answer questions, and align on remediation priorities.
Request scope first. We confirm target, authorization, test window and rules of engagement in writing before any later commercial step. This page does not take payment or start specialised work. No specialised work starts before scope authorization.
Scope & Quotation
Final scope and quotation depend on authorised target, environment, and agreed testing conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to discuss your scope?
Tell us about your target, environment, and testing window. We will return a scoped quotation.