Red Team Engagement Guide: How an Organization Should React

This article provides practical guidance for organizations participating in Red Team engagements, outlining how defenders should handle detections (external scans/attacks, physical intrusions, planted devices, and internal compromises) to maximize learning while minimizing business disruption; it emphasizes follow-the-SOP responses, limited need-to-know communication, allowing investigations to proceed unless critical systems are threatened, and best practices when the SOC is informed so the exercise retains value.