$ engage --mode=redteam
Multi-vector, multi-week adversary emulation. The most expensive offensive testing in this index, and the only one designed to test detection-and-response as well as preventative controls.
A full-scope red team engagement runs $30,000 to $150,000+ in 2026 from boutique-elite vendors. Purple-team variants (collaborative with the blue team) typically sit at the lower end of the band. Multi-vector engagements that combine digital, social-engineering, and physical can clear $200,000 at enterprise scale.
Last verified June 2026
$ drivers --price
- Objective scope
Single objective (e.g. exfiltrate financial-data store) is cheaper than open-ended (compromise crown-jewel asset by any means).
- Vector count
Digital-only cheapest. Adding social engineering, physical entry, or supply chain each adds cost lines.
- Assumed-breach
Starting with a foothold compresses the engagement and lowers the price.
- Detection-purple variant
Collaborative purple-team is cheaper than pure adversary emulation but trades stealth for learning.
- Reporting depth
Executive briefing, full TTPs report, detection-engineering uplift recommendations.
“A red team that always succeeds is selling you nothing. A red team that always fails is selling you confidence you have not earned. The right red team finds the boundary in your detection that you did not know existed.”