Breach and Attack Simulation Guide

A guide for security managers and red team leads who want to test their defences every week rather than once a year. Breach and attack simulation (BAS) runs scripted attack steps against your own controls and records which ones were blocked, logged or missed.

It covers how BAS differs from a penetration test (a tester finds new ways in; BAS keeps replaying known ones to catch drift), how to pick the first scenarios, and how to map results to MITRE ATT&CK techniques so the report shows which techniques your controls stopped. Use it when you are choosing a BAS platform or building simple simulations in house.

What's inside:

• Introduction to Breach and Attack Simulation
• BAS vs penetration testing: when to use each
• Setting up your BAS program objectives and scope
• Attack scenario library: phishing, lateral movement, data exfiltration
• Mapping BAS results to MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Reporting and prioritizing remediation
• Continuous validation program management