A Tale of Two SOCs: Insights From Two Red Team Assessments

Advisory at a Glance Title A Tale of Two SOCs: Insights From Two Red Team Assessments Original Publication  August 25, 2026 Executive Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) conducted simultaneous red team assessments at two organizations and observed different defensive outcomes. In both environments, the red team achieved full domain compromise and accessed sensitive business systems (SBSs) and cloud resources. Organization A failed to detect or contain the activity, but Organization B rapidly identified initial compromise attempts, isolated affected systems, and forced the red team into an assume breach model. This advisory details the red team’s activity

Why it matters

The weakness can enable direct compromise with limited attacker prerequisites, making internet-facing assets the first place to look.

What defenders should do

Identify affected versions, prioritize internet-facing systems, and apply the vendor remediation.

Verify at the source

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