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Last updated: April 29, 2026
Red team is high-risk consulting. A bad engagement can crash production, leak data, breach contracts. Discipline matters.
Red team is high-risk consulting. A bad engagement can crash production, leak data, breach contracts. Discipline matters.
Rules of Engagement (ROE)
- Authorized targets and out-of-scope assets
- Authorized techniques and prohibited (e.g., DoS, social engineering of HR)
- Engagement window
- Stop conditions
- Deconfliction contacts (real production incidents vs red team)
- Get-out-of-jail letter
Communication
- Trusted Agent (TA) on customer side knows engagement is happening
- Daily check-ins with TA
- Pre-defined escalation if findings include active third-party compromise
- Engagement-specific Slack/Signal channel
Scope discipline
If during engagement, you find a path to a tertiary system not in scope: stop, document, ask. Don’t proceed without explicit authorization.
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