Purple Teaming
Red Knows. Blue Learns.
Purple Proves.
SCYTHE gives purple teams a shared platform to run real adversarial emulations, validate detection in real time, and turn every finding into a measurable improvement — not just a report.
Why SCYTHE
Purpose-Built for Teams That Operate Both Sides of the Kill Chain
Most platforms are built for red teams or blue teams. SCYTHE is built for both operating together, with shared visibility, real-time control, and results that prove your defenses are actually improving.
Campaign Design
Build Scenarios for Your Exact Environment
Build and execute emulation scenarios tailored to your technology stack, crown jewels, and sector-specific threat actors, not generic templates that don't reflect what's targeting you.
Execution Control
Run at Purple Team Pace with Auto-Pause
Pause emulation at any technique so the blue team can validate detection, tune rules, and confirm coverage before the next step runs. No more red team racing ahead while blue plays catch-up.
Shared Visibility
Red and Blue See the Same Ground Truth
Both teams work from the same platform with real-time telemetry. Red sees what fired. Blue sees what the adversary did. No more translating between disconnected tools after the exercise is over.
Assessment Tracking
Capture Objectives, Actions, and Outcomes
Log every finding, detection result, and tuning decision as the exercise runs. Build a structured record that informs future campaigns and tracks improvement over time, not just this session.
Reporting
ATT&CK Coverage Maps and MTTD Metrics
Generate before/after ATT&CK heatmaps, MTTD and MTTR metrics tied to specific techniques, and executive summaries that turn exercise data into defensible proof of security improvement.
The Methodology
A Structured Loop That Turns Emulation Into Detection Improvement
Purple teaming only creates value when findings feed directly back into detection rules. SCYTHE structures the entire cycle, using the freely available Purple Teaming Framework (v4), so every session ends with measurably better coverage than when it started.
01
Plan: Map Threats to Your Environment
Select threat actors and TTPs relevant to your industry from SCYTHE's library, or build custom scenarios. Define objectives, scope detection controls under test, and set auto-pause points where blue validation is required.
02
Execute: Run With Real-Time Shared Visibility
Red executes the emulation while blue monitors detection telemetry in the same platform. At each pause point, both teams review what fired, what didn't, and why — before the next technique runs.
03
Analyze: Map Gaps to ATT&CK Coverage
SCYTHE generates a before/after ATT&CK heatmap showing exactly which techniques were detected and which slipped through. Every gap is mapped to a specific control failure with full context on why it missed.
04
Improve: Tune Rules and Revalidate
Detection rules are updated directly from findings. Run the scenario again immediately to confirm fixes hold. Every iteration is tracked so your program shows measurable, cumulative coverage improvement over time.
Measurable Impact
The Gap Between Red Team Findings and Blue Team Fixes Is Where Breaches Live
Continuous purple teaming closes that gap — and the data shows exactly how much it matters.
76%
of red team findings
Never make it into detection rules when red and blue teams operate separately without a shared workflow.*
194
Days average dwell time
The global average before a breach is identified — driven largely by detection gaps that purple teaming directly closes.*
3×
Faster detection
Teams using continuous adversarial validation detect threats significantly faster than those relying on annual assessments.*
$4.88M
Average breach cost
The global average in 2024 — reduced significantly when detection gaps are identified and closed through purple team programs.*
* Sources: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024; Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2024; industry continuous BAS and purple team program research.
Platform Capabilities
Everything Your Purple Team Needs in a Single Shared Environment
SCYTHE unifies offensive emulation and defensive validation in one platform — so purple teams stop managing the gap between tools and start closing it.
Threat Library
Customizable Threat Scenarios
Access and modify adversarial scenarios from a continuously updated library aligned to MITRE ATT&CK. Filter by adversary, industry, and TTP to build campaigns that match your actual threat landscape.
Execution
Auto-Pause Functionality
Pause emulation at critical technique points to analyze detection responses, discuss findings in real time, and confirm blue team validation before the next technique executes — keeping both sides synchronized.
Assessment Tracking
Structured Exercise Logging
Log key findings, detection outcomes, and lessons learned during execution — not after. Build an auditable record of your program's progress that informs future campaigns and demonstrates improvement over time.
Integrations
Cross-Tool Integration
Connect SCYTHE directly to your existing EDR, SIEM, and SOAR solutions. Feed real emulation telemetry into the tools your team already uses — closing the loop between offensive execution and defensive response.
Who This Is For
Built for Practitioners Who Own the Space Between Red and Blue
Purple teaming requires a specific kind of practitioner — someone who understands adversary behavior, can translate it into detection engineering, and has to show the business it's working.
Purple Team Lead
Running the Program End to End
You need a platform that structures the full cycle — campaign planning, execution, analysis, and re-test — and produces the reporting that proves your program is delivering measurable security improvement.
Detection Engineer
Turning Emulation Into Detection Rules
You need real-time visibility into exactly which techniques fired which detections — and which slipped through — so you can update SIEM and EDR rules in the same session, not weeks later from a PDF.
SOC Lead / CISO
Proving the Program Is Working
You need MTTD/MTTR trends, ATT&CK coverage progression, and audit-ready documentation — not just an exercise summary. SCYTHE produces reporting that answers the board's actual question: are we getting better?
Act Before You Need to React
Ready to Build a Purple Team Program That Actually Closes Gaps?
See how SCYTHE gives red and blue the shared platform they need to run emulations, validate detections, and prove your security posture is improving — not just tested.