Certified Red Teamers with OSCP, OSCE, and OSEE credentials
Our certified Red Teamers are equipped with the deep knowledge and credentials needed to navigate the stringent requirements of NIST 800-53 Rev 5. Every engagement follows A-LIGN's six-phase methodology aligned to NIST 800-53 Rev 5 and FedRAMP continuous monitoring requirements, delivered by certified red teamers operating within the same federal compliance discipline that earned makes A-LIGN a top 3PAO across 1,000+ federal assessments.
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Adversary simulation that holds up to FedRAMP scrutiny
Red Team exercises tied to a FedRAMP authorization fail more often than they should. For CSPs in continuous monitoring or pursuing FedRAMP High, a rejected red team report stalls the authorization, holds up agency sponsorship, and forces a re-engagement at full cost. Choosing a partner who is already a top, trusted 3PAO is the difference between authorization momentum and avoidable delay.
Findings that strengthen defenses, not just dazzle the boardroom
A Red Team that exposes weaknesses without driving measurable defensive improvement is a budget line item, not a security investment. A-LIGN engagements are designed so the lessons survive the engagement, the Blue Team gets stronger, and the next exercise starts from higher ground.
One partner across compliance and offensive testing
Most organizations run FedRAMP, SOC 2, or ISO 27001 with one firm and Red Team with another. The Red Team starts cold: weeks of scoping, architecture review, and onboarding before the first TTP is fired. A-LIGN already understands your business from the assessment side, and the red team practice is delivered by a separate, independent team that shares the business context but maintains the integrity of both engagements. One evidence package that auditors and adversary simulators both recognize. No coordination gaps between the team that audits the controls and the team that tests them under pressure. One vendor relationship, two independent practices, one consistent posture.
Create a stronger defense system
A-LIGN's Red Team services span the full offensive testing lifecycle from multi-vector adversary emulation and FedRAMP-aligned engagements built to acceptance standards, to collaborative purple team exercises, social engineering campaigns, and threat simulations modeled on the adversaries most relevant to your organization.
Contact usAdversary emulation
Multi-vector red team exercise that simulates the tactics, techniques, and procedures of advanced adversaries to expose how your defenses perform end to end under real attack pressure.
FedRAMP Red Team
Purpose-built engagements aligned to NIST 800-53 Rev 5 and FedRAMP continuous monitoring, delivered to a 100% PMO acceptance standard for High baseline and reauthorization cycles.
Purple Team exercise
Full-knowledge, collaborative engagement where Red Team activity is exposed and explained in real time so your Blue Team builds detection and response capability while the test is running.
Social engineering
Phishing, vishing, and pretexting campaigns that test the human layer of your defenses, with findings mapped to security awareness and access control gaps.
Scenario-based threat simulation
Targeted exercises modeled on the specific threat actors most relevant to your industry, regulatory profile, and prior incident history, including ransomware and insider threat scenarios.
Debrief and remediation roadmap
Post-engagement debrief with stakeholders, findings mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, and a prioritized remediation plan your security team can execute against on day one.
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Why security leaders trust A-LIGN
“Our experience with A-LIGN has been outstanding. Their audit teams are highly structured, responsive, and collaborative. We appreciate their transparency, their pragmatic and risk-based approach, and their ability to keep audits productive without compromising on quality or rigor.”
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Patricia Leppert
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“We chose A-LIGN as our auditor because of their deep experience and recognized expertise in FedRAMP, StateRAMP, ISO and SOC, offering end-to-end support for our compliance efforts. A-LIGN has responsive and knowledgeable teams which ensures quick resolution of queries or challenges during the audit process as well as ongoing support beyond the audit.”
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Nicole Anderson
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Frequently asked questions
How do you keep a real adversary simulation from breaking production with Red Team?
With Red Teaming, rules of engagement are signed before any tooling touches the environment, and every destructive or high-impact technique requires named approval from your side. The Red Team six-phase methodology builds in pre-engagement scoping, controlled escalation, and a live communication channel so any unexpected blast radius gets paused, not pushed. Engagement contracts and rules of engagement are designed to keep production safe.
How often should we run a Red Team, and does annual really make sense?
For most regulated programs, a full Red Team annually plus one targeted scenario simulation mid-cycle is the right cadence. FedRAMP High and continuous monitoring environments often need more, and mature programs running a strong Purple Team rhythm can stretch the full Red Team to every 18 months without losing signal. The decision should be driven by how much your environment, threat profile, and detection stack have changed since the last engagement, not by a calendar default.
We already have an internal Red Team. What does an external engagement add?
Internal Red Teams know the environment too well to credibly simulate an outside adversary, and their findings carry an unavoidable bias when reported to the board or to a regulator. An external Red Team gives you adversary perspective the internal team cannot produce on its own, an independent report that satisfies auditor and federal scrutiny, and a forcing function that keeps the internal program honest.
Can your operators work in cleared or sensitive federal environments?
A-LIGN Red Team operations are delivered by certified operators (OSCP, OSCE, OSEE) working within the same federal compliance discipline that earned 100% PMO acceptance across 1,000+ federal assessments. For engagements that require cleared personnel or work inside controlled federal environments, scoping confirms operator clearances and access requirements before the statement of work is signed.