Practical Purple Teaming: The Art of Collaborative Defense

By: Alfie Champion

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Synopsis: Real-world threats demand real-world teamwork.If you&’re tired of red team reports gathering dust—or defensive teams being left in the dark—this book is for you.Practical Purple Teaming gives you a hands-on blueprint for running collaborative security exercises that improve detection, build trust, and expose real gaps before attackers do. You&’ll learn how to emulate adversaries using tools like Atomic Red Team, MITRE Caldera, and Mythic, and you&’ll guide defenders toward actionable insights using real logs, alerts, and frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, the Cyber Kill Chain, and the Pyramid of Pain.If you&’re running your first purple team exercise or trying to scale a repeatable program, this book will show you how to move from ad hoc simulations to a sustainable, integrated strategy. You&’ll learn how to:Design purple team exercises that produce measurable improvements Emulate attacks using threat intel and adversary simulation toolsCollect telemetry and analyze coverage using open source platformsAutomate labs with Splunk&’s Attack Range and other free resourcesBuild a sustainable, cross-functional purple teaming function within your organizationWhether you&’re red, blue, or somewhere in between, this book will help you test smarter, detect faster, and collaborate better.If you&’ve ever finished a red team engagement and wondered what actually changed, this is your playbook.