Red Team Automation (RTA)
A framework of Python scripts for blue teams to test detection capabilities against malicious tradecraft modeled after MITRE ATT&CK.
What is Red Team Automation (RTA)?
Red Team Automation (RTA) is an open-source framework of Python scripts designed to help blue teams test and validate their security detection capabilities. It simulates malicious tradecraft modeled after the MITRE ATT&CK framework, generating evidence of over 50 different attack techniques to identify gaps in monitoring and response.
Security blue teams, incident responders, and threat detection engineers who need to validate their security controls against realistic adversary behaviors.
RTA provides a practical, script-based approach to testing detection capabilities with realistic simulations of ATT&CK techniques, offering a more actionable alternative to theoretical mappings and helping organizations improve their defensive posture.
Overview
Red Team Automation (RTA) is a framework that enables security blue teams to validate their detection capabilities by simulating real-world adversary techniques. It provides over 50 scripts that generate evidence of malicious activities aligned with MITRE ATT&CK tactics, helping organizations identify gaps in their security monitoring.
Key Features
- ATT&CK Simulation — Scripts model over 50 different MITRE ATT&CK tactics, from initial access to lateral movement and persistence.
- Realistic Tradecraft — Where possible, performs actual malicious activities; otherwise emulates behaviors like file timestopping, process injection, and beacon simulation.
- Multi-Host Testing — Supports lateral movement testing across networks, with parameters allowing targeting of remote hosts.
- Binary Application — Includes a compiled binary that performs advanced activities beyond Python scripts.
- Customizable Framework — Common functions can be modified via common.py, and new RTAs can be written for specific environments.
Philosophy
RTA prioritizes realistic simulation of adversary tradecraft to provide blue teams with actionable feedback on their detection capabilities, bridging the gap between theoretical ATT&CK mappings and practical security validation.
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