Our Red Team

Understanding Attacks. Assessing Risks. Ready to Act.

Behind our Red Team stands an interdisciplinary group of experts with different backgrounds and perspectives. What unites us is a single question: How would a real attacker actually proceed, and how do attack and defense interact in practice?
For our customers, we plan and execute targeted threat driven attack simulations against their organizations. We consistently think from the perspective of real world attackers and assess whether viable attack paths can be developed from individual entry points and whether defined objectives are actually achievable. At the same time, we analyze whether attacks are detected, where they remain unnoticed, and how effective existing detection and response mechanisms really are.

Deeply Specialized Expertise for Realistic Attack Simulations

Our Red Team brings together specialists from different technical disciplines, combining deep expertise for realistic attack simulations. This includes exploit and malware development, reverse engineering, social engineering, and scenarios involving physical access. What matters most is how these capabilities work together.

This makes it transparent how attacks unfold under realistic conditions, which risks emerge, and where concrete action is required. All operations are conducted in a controlled manner, in close coordination with our customers, and within clearly defined legal and ethical boundaries.

"Effective Red Teaming requires creativity and discipline in equal measure.
We approach every engagement with the mindset of a motivated attacker – always operating within strict ethical boundaries. This is how we protect our customers while revealing their real security posture."

Tim Wörner
usd Security Analyst and Red Team Lead

"We think like attackers. From red and purple teaming to adversary emulation and insider threats, we align our approach with the objectives of real-world attack groups and strategically employ both their techniques and tools—as well as those we’ve developed ourselves—to put our clients’ security architecture to the test. In doing so, we remain flexible, challenge assumptions, and deliberately stray from the beaten path."

Arvid Mukherjee
usd Security Analyst and Red Team Lead

"For us, red teaming means testing realistic scenarios to identify real risks for our clients. Cloud environments, Active Directory, and social engineering, in particular, often reveal the greatest vulnerabilities and provide the strongest basis for targeted security measures."

Lukas Schraven
usd Security Analyst Red Team

Our Certifications

Certified Red Team Operator

Certified Red Team Lead

Offensive Security Certified Professional

Offensive Security Web Expert

Offensive Security Experienced Penetration Tester

Offensive Security Certified Expert

SANS FOR508, Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting and Digital Forensics

Practical Network Penetration Tester

Burp Suite Certified Practitioner

Certified Ethical Hacker

Enhanced Security Clearance Ü2 (according to the German Sicherheits-überprüfungs-gesetz (SÜG))

BSI Incident Practitioner

usd HeroLab Certified Professional

Our Red Teaming Methodology

Learn about our red teaming methodology in detail and how we deliver actionable insights to improve your security measures.

Our Red Teaming methodology in detail

Contact

 

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Phone: +49 6102 8631-190
Email: sales@usd.de
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Daniel Heyne
Head of Sales - Security Analysis