The Purple Pivot

Horizon3.ai  |  November 18, 2021  |  Whitepapers

Breaking Down Silos in Cybersecurity with High-Performance Purple Teams

In today’s complex cybersecurity landscape, traditional defensive strategies are proving insufficient against evolving attacker tactics. This whitepaper from Horizon3.ai advocates for a paradigm shift towards “High Performance Purple Teams” to build a more resilient and proactive defense.

What You’ll Learn:

The Problem with Silos: Discover how organizational and application silos hinder effective cybersecurity, drawing parallels from historical events like 9/11 and the 2016 General Elections. You’ll also learn why traditional Red Team and penetration testing approaches, while valuable, are often too expensive, slow, and limited in scope to provide continuous, comprehensive security insights.

The Power of Purple: Understand how unifying Red (offense) and Blue (defense) teams can break down internal competition and establish common goals, leading to a more complete understanding of an organization’s security posture and blind spots.

Beyond the “Exercise”: Learn why continuous, agile “Purple Teaming” operations are superior to infrequent, static exercises, fostering constant improvement and muscle memory for security teams.

Autonomous Purple Teaming: Explore how AI-driven platforms like Horizon3.ai’s NodeZero™ can democratize offensive security, enabling organizations to conduct continuous, high-coverage attack simulations at an unprecedented speed and scale, moving beyond the limitations of traditional human-led testing.

Unify your efforts and strengthen your cybersecurity posture.

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