Physical Penetration Testing & Red Team Assessments

Real-world red-team physical security assessments that show — not tell — how attackers breach people, places and processes.

Our Physical Penetration Testing (Red / Black Team) services simulate determined adversaries who blend digital, physical and human tactics. We expose the practical weaknesses in your people, processes and technology through realistic, high-trust intrusions — then deliver time-stamped evidence and a pragmatic remediation plan.

From bypassing locks and cloning access badges to social engineering staff, exploiting overlooked operational gaps and mounting wireless attacks, we demonstrate how breaches happen, not how they could. Whether protecting critical infrastructure, high-value assets or senior executives, CDEC brings clarity to complex security problems.

Our physical operations are frequently paired with TSCM bug sweeps, OSINT investigations and Digital Forensics & Data Recovery to provide full-spectrum assurance.

What Makes Us Different

• We think like adversaries
  Our team’s background in military special operations, intelligence and law enforcement means we adopt the same tradecraft and mindset as hostile actors — from opportunistic criminals to hostile nation-state actors.

• Full-spectrum intrusions
  Engagements combine social engineering, physical bypass, credential cloning, wireless exploits and covert observation — mirroring how modern attackers blend disciplines.

• Consent with consequence
  All tests are pre-authorised, but often executed without prior notice to staff, creating realistic conditions that test response culture and operational resilience.

• Tailored, threat-based scenarios
  We design threat simulations to match your geography, business model and likely adversary — not generic checkbox exercises.

Client Benefits

• Proof of vulnerability, not hypothesis
  Time-stamped evidence, photos and video demonstrating exactly how an attacker would enter, escalate and exfiltrate.

• Culture testing under pressure
  Understand staff behaviour during social-engineering and coercion attempts before it becomes a crisis.

• Board-ready outcomes
  Clear, prioritised remediation that makes funding security improvements straightforward.

• Scalable scope
  Single-site tests to multi-region red-team campaigns with consistent operational discipline.

Typical Engagements

• Annual or quarterly offensive security exercises and red-team campaigns.

• Physical penetration testing for multi-tenant or high-security sites (data centres, corporate HQs).

• Insider-threat simulation and access-badge cloning exercises.

• Executive pretext testing (black-bag ops, vishing and social-media attack vectors).

• Pre-event vulnerability assessments for high-profile gatherings and hospitality venues.

We frequently integrate our tests with Secure Mobile Handsets & Hardened Comms for executive protection scenarios and feed findings into ongoing Threat Intelligence & Resilience programmes.

How We Report & Remediate

• Actionable evidence pack: timestamped logs, photos, short video clips and step-by-step reproduction notes.

• Risk-prioritised remediation plan: pragmatic fixes you can implement immediately, and strategic recommendations for longer-term resilience.

• Optional follow-up: re-test after remediation, or hand-off to our Cyber Security Advisory team for ongoing hardening and monitoring.

Why CDEC

CDEC blends tactical experience with technical capability: OSINT to map exposure, TSCM to detect covert devices, physical red teams to prove exploitation, and digital forensics to preserve evidence. Our multi-domain approach ensures your security programme covers the threat surface end-to-end.

Book a confidential scoping call to discuss a tailored red-team exercise and get a practical plan for strengthening your physical security posture. Contact CDEC today.