Sword & Shield Enterprise Security Offers Purple Team Assessment Services
Leading national cybersecurity firm now offering collaborative network attack penetration testing for organizations with mature information security programs to evaluate security controls and detection ability.
May 1, 2017
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PRESS RELEASE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Sword & Shield Enterprise Security, a leading national cybersecurity firm based in Knoxville, Tennessee, is now offering collaborative network attack penetration testing via their Purple Team Assessment Service.
Intended for organizations with mature information security programs, Sword & Shield’s Purple Team Assessment Service is a joint venture between Sword & Shield’s attacking force (Red Team) and a company’s defending force (Blue Team) that goes above and beyond a vulnerability assessment or network scanning tools.
“Our new Purple Team service uses a highly collaborative process that shows companies with comprehensive security plans how their regimen stands up to real-world threats,” said John McNeely, president and CEO of Sword & Shield Enterprise Security. “This helps to improve the security posture of organizations with even the most advanced security programs.”
Sword & Shield’s Purple Team Assessment Service renders insight through real world attack and defense scenarios to instill confidence in an organization’s current security controls and practices while identifying gaps in your implementation.
Sword & Shield offers these potential attack paths or scenarios:
Successful phishing campaign
Compromised standard user account
Unauthorized device
External attacker
Depending on the scenario specified, Sword & Shield can evaluate the effectiveness and proper implementation of the following technologies:
Firewall
Segmentation