Purple Team Exercises: Collaborative Attack and Defence Improvement for Malaysian Enterprises

Purple team exercises combine offensive (red) and defensive (blue) teams working collaboratively. Unlike red team assessments where the blue team is unaware, purple team exercises are transparent: the red team executes specific attack techniques while the blue team observes, tunes detection rules, and validates response procedures in real time. The goal is systematic improvement of detection coverage — after each technique, the team verifies whether it was detected, adjusts detection rules if needed, and moves to the next technique. This is highly effective for rapidly expanding detection capability.