Focused Adversarial Validation

Selective technical validation of the exposures that matter most to the business.

Rather than conducting broad, commodity penetration tests, Rath Meridian focuses on a small number of high-consequence questions identified by senior leadership. We determine whether critical assumptions, architectures and controls would withstand a credible adversary.

Suitable engagement questions

• Could an attacker compromise this critical business service?
• Could privileged access to the new cloud environment be obtained?
• Could an insider reach sensitive systems or information?
• Could a transformation programme introduce a new path to systemic compromise?
• Could an attacker move between corporate and operational environments?
• Are the controls protecting a critical platform effective in practice?
• Does a recent acquisition introduce a material attack path?

Typical engagement

A narrowly scoped adversarial assessment centred on one executive-level hypothesis. We would cooperatively define the business question first and then design only the technical activity needed to answer it.