---
id: 3848
title: "What to Look for in a Red Team Vendor"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/what-to-look-for-in-a-red-team-vendor"
published_at: "2026-01-08 00:00"
tags: ["pentesting", "red-teaming", "red-team", "offensive-security", "security-strategy", "due-diligence", "vendor-selection", "assessments"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3848"
lang: en
---

# What to Look for in a Red Team Vendor

## Summary

Trevin Edgeworth on choosing a red team vendor: objective-driven engagements over checklists, realistic adversary emulation, validation of people and processes, and findings leaders can act on.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2026-01-08 00:00
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/what-to-look-for-in-a-red-team-vendor
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3848