Service Overview

Our Tiger Team service represents the most advanced and realistic form of security testing, combining cyber penetration testing with physical security testing operations to simulate attacks conducted by sophisticated threat actors who do not limit themselves to the digital perimeter but exploit every available carrier – physical, human and technological – to achieve their goals. This service goes beyond traditional penetration tests limited to the network perimeter, simulating realistic attack scenarios where determined opponents – industrial spies, insider threats, APT groups, saboteurs – combine conventional and unconventional tactics to compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability of critical assets. Our operations include facility-controlled physical intrusion, impairment of physical security infrastructure, advanced social engineering, use of unconventional technologies such as drones for reconnaissance and attack, and deployment of malevolent hardware directly in protected environments such as CED (Data Processing Centers).

Legal Framework and Constraints

Given the extremely sensitive and potentially invasive nature of the activities carried out during a Tiger Team engagement, we operate within a extremely strict legal framework that protects both the customer and our operating team. Each engagement requires extremely detailed legal contracts which specify precise scopes of authorised activities, explicit limitations, time windows, geographic areas, in-scope and out-of-scope assets, and rules of engagement that define what is allowed and what is forbidden. Contracts include criminal non-probability clauses for authorized actions conducted by the team, bilateral confidentiality agreements, and indemnity clauses. Before operations begin, notifies the competent authorities in advance (Order Forces, possibly intelligence services for critical facility) providing details on engagement, operator identities, timeframes, and contacts for verifications. This prior notification prevents misunderstandings, accidental arrests of the team, and ensures that authorities are aware that seemingly suspicious activities are legitimized security testing authorized. Getting explicit written authorisations from the customer's corporate leaders (CEO, CISO, Security Director, Legal Counsel) that attest informed consent and understanding of the activities that will be carried out. Keep tight chain of custody for all the evidence collected, we document every action taken with timestamp, and ensure that every activity is traceable and legally justifiable.

Objective: Prevention, Not Spying

It is essential to clarify that our Tiger Team service is aimed exclusively at prevention and detection of real threats, not the conduct of industrial espionage or illegal activities. We simulate techniques that could be used by industrial spies, saboteurs, insider threats malevolent, or APT groups to identify physical and procedural vulnerabilities that would allow such actors to compromise the organization. The objective is to test the effectiveness of physical security controls, personnel awareness, detection and responsiveness, and overall resilience of the organization against sophisticated multi-vector attacks. We do not extract intellectual property, we do not steal trade secrets, we do not conduct unauthorized surveillance for purposes other than testing, and we do not violate ethical and legal constraints governing professional security testing. Any information obtained during engagement is treated with maximum confidentiality and used exclusively to produce reports and recommendations that improve the customer’s security posture.

Physical Penetration Testing Advanced

Lead Controlled physical intrusion operations in customer facility to test effectiveness of physical access controls, surveillance, detection capabilities, and response procedures. We use techniques of lock picking and bypass of access control systems to test vulnerabilities of mechanical and electronic locks, badge readers, biometric systems, and other physical access control mechanisms. Run tailgating and piggybacking, exploiting human behavior to follow authorized employees through controlled inputs, testing staff awareness and effectiveness of anti-tailgating policy. Lead badge clone, duplicating RFID/NFC badges authorized through skimming techniques or social engineering to obtain unauthorized access to restricted areas. We try bypassing alarm and surveillance systems, identifying blind spots in cameras, vulnerabilities in motion sensors, and weaknesses in monitoring procedures. We perform night operations when applicable to test the effectiveness of security checks at times with reduced presence of personnel. Simulating scenarios of delivery personnel exploitation, masking us as couriers, maintenance technicians, or other roles that typically get easy access to facility, testing identity verification and visitor authorization procedures.

CED and Malevolent Hardware Deployment Compromise

Once physical access to sensitive areas such as Data Processing Centre (CED), we simulate scenarios of direct impairment of critical IT infrastructure. Let's try. physical installation of malware through malicious hardware deployment such as Bad USB devices that perform payload when connected, Raspberry Pi configured as persistent implants connected to the internal network for remote command-and-control, hardware keyloggers installed on administrative workstations or console servers, network taps for passive network traffic interception, and rogue access points for man-in-the-middle attacks on wireless communications. We test possibilities of physical manipulation of servers, by accessing local consoles for configuration changes, extraction of hard drives for offline data exfiltration, or sabotage of critical components. We check the effectiveness of EDC environmental controls, testing if physical intrusions trigger alarms, if cameras adequately cover sensitive areas, if rack and cabinet accesses are protected, and if logging physical accesses is implemented effectively.

Social Engineering Physical and Advanced Pretexting

Combine physical penetration with social engineering sophisticated to manipulate employees and gain access, information or involuntary cooperation. Lead elaborate pretexting, creating credible individuals (external auditors, IT consultants, security inspectors, trusted vendor employees) supported by falsified documentation, clone websites, and detailed backgrounds to deceive target personnel. Run physical phishing, leaving USB drives or CDs marked "confidential" or "salary information" in common areas to test if employees fit them into corporate workstations violating security policy. Lead dumpster diving to check whether sensitive information is disposed of insecurely, allowing reconnaissance or credential harvesting. Let's test impersonation attacks, posing as executive, IT support, or other authoritative roles to gain access or cooperation by employees through exploitation of perceived authorities.

Use of Drones for Reconnaissance and Attack

Employ drones (UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) equipped with offensive technologies to test vulnerabilities by the air carrier, often overlooked in traditional threats models. We use drones for physical reconnaissance, flying over facility to identify vulnerable ingress points, map external layout, identify accessible windows, analyze positioning of external cameras and identify blind spots, and observe personnel movement patterns. Lead WiFi reconnaissance from drones, flying over buildings to enumerate internal wireless networks that may not be visible from the outer perimeter, identifying insecurely configured access points, and mapping coverage of wireless networks. Run WiFi deauthentication attacks drones equipped with radio hardware to disconnect devices from legitimate wireless networks, forcing reconnection that can be intercepted or testing resilience of critical communications to denial-of-service attacks. We test possibilities of Payload delivery via drones, landing drones on roofs or balconies for deployment of malevolent devices (rogue access points, sensors, cameras) in locations not easily accessible physically. Let's check if drone detection is implemented and if policy of responding to unauthorized drones exist and are effective.

Compromise of Video Surveillance Systems

We attack directly. Video surveillance infrastructure to test whether they can be compromised, disabled or manipulated by sophisticated strikers. Let's try. unauthorized remote access to Network Video Recorders (NVR) and Digital Video Recorders (DVR) using default credentials, known vulnerabilities in firmware, or network misconfigurations that display management interfaces. Run Exploitation of IP cameras, compromising individual cameras to disable them, manipulate video feeds, or use them as pivoting points for access to the internal network. We test possibilities of cameras blind using jamming techniques, physical sprays that obscure lenses, or strategic positioning of objects that block the "field-of-view" without triggering alarms. Check integrity of video feeds, testing whether alterations or interruptions of video surveillance are detected and whether they generate appropriate alerting to security operations center. Let's analyze network architecture of surveillance systems, checking if cameras are segregated in dedicated VLANs, if traffic is encrypted, and if systems are hacked according to best practices.

Tactics and Non Conventional Techniques

In addition to the techniques described, we use creative and unconventional approaches that reflect the inventiveness of determined real strikers. We test vulnerabilities of HVAC systems and building automation, verifying whether they can be deployed for network access or environmental sabotage of the CED. Let's analyze physical supply chain, intercepting or replacing equipment during delivery to test supply chain security. Check Vulnerability of Printing systems and copiers which often contain hard drives with sensitive cached data and may be vectors of impairment. Let's test elevator and building systems, checking whether digital controls can be manipulated or exploited.

Deliverable and Post-Engagement Reporting

At the end of engagement, we provide complete and detailed documentation all activities carried out, vulnerabilities identified, and evidence of impairment obtained. The Physical impairment report document any physical access obtained, sensitive areas reached, deployed hardware, and potentially accessible data if the attack had been real. The Technical Report details any identified physical, procedural and technical vulnerability, with severity rating, likelihood of exploitation, and potential impact. The Executive Report provides high-level synthesis for management, highlighting critical risks, gap in defenses, and remediation priorities. We provide detailed recommendations for remediation which include harnessing physical security controls, improvement of policies and procedures, awareness training for personnel, implementation of detection capabilities, and architectural improvements for resilience against sophisticated multi-vector attacks. We manufacture lessons learned and playbooks that allow the customer's security teams to improve their response capabilities based on tested real scenarios. Our Tiger Team service represents the most realistic and comprehensive security testing available, going beyond theoretical simulations to really test organizational resilience against sophisticated threat actors who do not respect conventional boundaries between cybersecurity and physical security, but exploit every available weakness to achieve their malevolent goals.

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