What is a Purple Team in an Organization?

A Purple Team integrates the defensive strategies of the Blue Team with the offensive tactics of the Red Team. Its primary goal is to enhance an organization’s cybersecurity posture by fostering continuous collaboration and communication between these traditionally separate teams.

The Purple Team’s role involves conducting simulated attacks to test defenses, identifying weaknesses, and ensuring that the insights gained from these exercises are used to strengthen security measures.

The Purple Team ensures a holistic approach to cybersecurity by integrating offensive and defensive strategies.

Purple Team Skills

A) Technical Skills:

• Penetration Testing
• Incident Response
• Threat Intelligence
• Vulnerability Management
• Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) detection
• Network Security
• System Administration

B) Soft / Human Skills:

• Clear communication of complex security concepts to diverse audiences
• Effective collaboration across different cybersecurity functions
• Strong analytical abilities for identifying and resolving security issues
• Continuous learning to stay updated with evolving cyber threats and defenses
• Attention to detail for thorough security assessments
• Training and mentoring others on cybersecurity practices

Purple Team Roles

• Security Consultant
• Threat Hunter
• Penetration Tester
• Incident Responder
• Security Analyst
• Cybersecurity Trainer
• Red Team Operator
• Blue Team Operator
• Purple Team Lead
• Forensic Analyst

Looking to be part of a Purple Team? Train on CyberEDU!

You can participate in CTFs organized by and on the CyberEDU platform.

Before diving in, take a moment for introspection. Are you occasionally feeling a little blue or do you feel like stepping into the red zone from time to time? Either way, no need to worry. CyberEDU offers labs that challenge both your defensive (blue) and offensive (red) personalities.

We recommend these top 5 challenges for training:

• modern-login (category: reverse-engineering RED oriented, with a medium difficulty)
• secret-reverse (category: reverse-engineering RED oriented, with a medium difficulty)
• treasure-map (category: OSINT, with a medium difficulty)
• where-do-you-go (category: MISC, with a medium difficulty)
• holy-book (category: steganography, MISC, with an easy difficulty)