Beyond The Perimeter, what really happens as part of a physical red team

​Most people only ever see the end result of a physical red team engagement: a photograph from inside a restricted area, a short CCTV clip, or a report showing that an attacker reached somewhere they shouldn’t.

​But that moment is only the visible tip of the iceberg.

​In this webinar, we pull back the curtain on what really happens during a professional physical red team engagement — from the preparation and intelligence gathering that takes place before anyone approaches a building, through to the decisions, techniques and tradecraft used on the ground.

​We’ll explore the different threats organisations may be trying to understand and simulate, and why a physical red team should never simply be viewed as an exercise in “breaking into a building.”

​We’ll then take a deeper look at one of the most important skills in physical security testing: door assessment.

​Using a typical server room door as our example, we’ll examine nine different ways a red teamer might assess or attempt to defeat that single barrier — and explain why picking the lock is often one of the very last options we would consider.

​Along the way, we’ll show how experienced testers think about the entire door system rather than just the lock: the hardware, access control, construction, surrounding environment and human factors that can turn an apparently secure entrance into an unexpected attack path.

​If you work in cyber security, physical security, risk, facilities, compliance or red teaming, this session will give you a much clearer understanding of what a professional physical red team actually involves — and what your organisation can learn from one.