What’s the Difference Between Ethical Hacking and Cybersecurity Operations?

**Executive summary:** This article explains the complementary roles of ethical hacking (red teams/pen testing) and cybersecurity operations (blue teams), advocates purple teaming to align offense and defense, emphasizes the importance of supply-chain testing and continuous monitoring for risk and compliance, and promotes SecurityScorecard’s Red Team services and MAX managed Supply Chain Detection and Response (SCDR) to improve detection and remediation.