6 things to do before you bring in a red team

A concise how-to for organizations running red team exercises: define clear objectives and rules of engagement, rehearse and review your incident response playbooks, plan remediation actions and know who to contact for critical infrastructure, set expectations about who is informed and when, coordinate with MSSP/MDR providers, and establish fast deconfliction channels (a “bat phone”) so SOCs can verify authorized activity and avoid unnecessary business disruption.