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 |