Adversary Simulation

Test Your Defenses Against Real-World Cyberattacks

Simulate adversary techniques to validate security visibility, detection effectiveness, SOC performance, and incident response capabilities.

Telemetry & Logging Visibility • Detection Effectiveness • Alert Quality & Severity • SOC Acknowledgement & SLA • Investigation & Response Effectiveness
Telemetry & Logging Visibility • Detection Effectiveness • Alert Quality & Severity • SOC Acknowledgement & SLA • Investigation & Response Effectiveness
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Adversary Simulation

How HexaPrime help you with Adversary Simulation!

Organizations invest significantly in SIEM, EDR/XDR, NDR, SOAR, firewalls, identity security, cloud security, and SOC operations. However, deploying security technologies does not guarantee that malicious activity will be detected or properly handled. Our Adversary Simulation Services execute controlled adversary techniques within the agreed scope and trace each activity through the organization's security monitoring and response ecosystem. This enables organizations to identify exactly where their defensive capabilities are effective and where gaps exist.

Key
Features
  • Telemetry & Logging Visibility
  • Detection Effectiveness
  • Alert Quality & Severity
  • SOC Acknowledgement & SLA
  • Investigation & Response Effectiveness
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Adversary Simulation Architecture & Workflow
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Service Deliverables
Everything the service delivers. Built around measurable outcomes.
01
MITRE ATT&CK-Based Simulation
  • Simulation scenarios mapped to relevant MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques
  • Coverage across Initial Access, Execution, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion, Credential Access, Discovery, Lateral Movement, Collection, Command & Control, Exfiltration and Impact
02
End-to-End Validation
  • Was the activity visible?
  • Was the required telemetry collected?
  • Was the activity detected and correctly prioritized?
  • Did the SOC acknowledge and respond within SLA?
03
Detection Gap Analysis
  • Missing telemetry and detection rules
  • Weak detection logic and incorrect alert severity
  • Missing contextual signals and insufficient correlation
  • Incomplete log-source coverage and security control configuration gaps
04
Security Technology Effectiveness
  • Validates whether your existing security investments provide the expected visibility and protection
  • Covers SIEM, EDR/XDR, NDR, SOAR, firewalls, identity security, email security and cloud security
05
MITRE ATT&CK Visibility Matrix
  • Techniques successfully detected
  • Techniques partially detected
  • Techniques with telemetry but no detection
  • Techniques with no visibility
  • Detection improvement opportunities
06
Detection & Response Scorecard
  • Technique-level visibility across telemetry, detection, severity, SOC SLA, investigation and response
  • Executive assessment report and adversary simulation technical report
  • Detection gap register and prioritized improvement roadmap

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FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Adversary Simulation Services?

Adversary Simulation Services use controlled cyberattack techniques to test whether an organization's security technologies and SOC teams can see, detect, investigate, and respond to realistic malicious activity.

Is Adversary Simulation the same as penetration testing?

No. Penetration testing primarily focuses on identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities. Adversary Simulation focuses on defensive effectiveness — determining whether attack activity generates telemetry, triggers the appropriate detection, produces a meaningful alert, and receives an effective SOC response.

Does the service test our SOC?

Yes. The service can assess the complete SOC response process, including alert acknowledgement, investigation, classification, escalation, containment, documentation, and response.

What happens if the attack generates no security logs?

We identify the visibility gap and determine potential causes such as missing audit policies, disabled logging, insufficient endpoint telemetry, missing log-source integrations, or security configuration gaps.

What if the security data exists but there is no detection?

This indicates a potential detection coverage gap. We determine whether an appropriate detection rule or security control exists and identify opportunities to improve detection using the available telemetry.

What if an alert is generated but the severity is incorrect?

We assess whether the assigned severity accurately represents the risk of the simulated activity. Incorrect prioritization can result in important security events being delayed or overlooked by analysts.

Do you measure SOC SLA performance?

Yes. Where agreed SLAs exist, we can measure whether alerts are acknowledged, investigated, escalated, and responded to within the expected timelines.

Do you evaluate whether the SOC responded correctly?

Yes. We evaluate whether analysts correctly understood the activity, conducted an appropriate investigation, escalated where necessary, and took suitable response or containment actions.

Is the assessment mapped to MITRE ATT&CK?

Yes. Simulated techniques can be mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, providing a structured view of tested attack behaviors and defensive coverage.

Can you test our SIEM and EDR detection capabilities?

Yes. The service can validate the effectiveness of SIEM, EDR/XDR, NDR, SOAR, identity security, firewalls, cloud security, and other monitoring technologies involved in detecting and responding to simulated activity.

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