Red Team vs. Blue Team: Practical Cyber Defense

Duration: Comprehensive 10 day Course
   
Delivery: Online or in person


Course Objectives:

•    Understand the core concepts and roles of Red Team (offensive) and Blue Team (defensive) operations
•    Apply real-world attack tactics including reconnaissance, exploitation, privilege escalation, and persistence
•    Develop and implement effective detection, response, and mitigation strategies as part of Blue Team exercises
•    Simulate end-to-end cyberattack and defense scenarios across enterprise environments
•    Identify and analyze attacker behavior through log monitoring, network traffic analysis, and forensic evidence
•    Build and test incident response playbooks and security operations workflows
•    Improve collaboration between Red and Blue teams through structured exercises and debriefs
•    Strengthen readiness for real-world cyber incidents through hands-on, scenario-driven training

 

Training Content:

 
Day Session Timing Topics Covered
Day 1 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Advanced Reconnaissance & OSINT: Passive & Active Information Gathering 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Subdomain Enumeration & Asset Discovery 
Day 2 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Dark Web Intelligence & Threat Actor Profiling 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Exploiting Web & Network Vulnerabilities: Advanced SQL Injection & XSS 
Day 3 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM SSRF, XXE & Business Logic Flaws 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Internal Network Exploitation via VPN & Proxy Bypassing 
Day 4 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Windows & Active Directory Exploitation: SMB Relay, Kerberoasting, NTLM Attacks 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Active Directory Privilege Escalation 
Day 5 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pass-the-Hash, Golden Ticket & Lateral Movement 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Linux & Cloud Penetration Testing: Exploiting Misconfigured Cloud Services 
Day6 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Privilege Escalation in Linux & Docker Environments 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Pivoting, Tunneling & Evading Detection 
Day 7 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Advanced Exploitation Techniques: Buffer Overflow & RCE 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDR Evasion & Malware Development 
Day 8 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Introduction to Red Team vs. Blue Team Concepts 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Developing Custom Exploits  
Day 9 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Red Team Attacks: Exploiting Vulnerabilities & Evading Detection 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Capture the Flag (CTF) Introduction & Preparation 
Day 10 Session 1 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CTF Red Team vs Blue Team Attack & Defense Strategies 
Session 2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Final Lab Review & Lessons Learned