Red Teaming & Penetration Testing in IoT/OT Environments
What’s the Difference?
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Penetration Testing: Targeted, time-boxed testing of known vulnerabilities
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Red Teaming: Full-scale simulation of an adversary’s behavior, often over weeks or months
IoT/OT-Specific Challenges
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Legacy systems that can't be taken offline
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Proprietary protocols (Modbus, DNP3)
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Physical consequences of failure (machine shutdowns, safety issues)
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Kali Linux (with OT plugins)
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Metasploit, Shodan, MiniCPS
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Wireshark for protocol inspection
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PLCScan, ModScan for ICS-specific devices
Benefits
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Find security gaps before attackers do
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Train Blue Teams with real attack scenarios
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Validate network segmentation and access control
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Build a culture of proactive security
Final Word
In high-risk OT/IoT environments, you can’t defend what you haven’t tested. Red teaming is the next step in building true cyber resilience.
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