---
id: 4086
title: "When to Engage a Red Team"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/when-to-engage-a-red-team"
published_at: "2021-02-16T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["red-teaming", "incident-response", "penetration-testing", "security-testing", "threat-simulation"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4086"
lang: en
---

# When to Engage a Red Team

## Summary

When to engage a red team: after controls, scans and pen tests are in place, define goals — like simulating a post-breach scenario — so the exercise challenges assumptions and sharpens response.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/when-to-engage-a-red-team
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4086