Purple Team Program

Overview

Designed and led an internal bug hunting and white-hat training group to develop offensive security skills across the engineering organization. Evolved the initiative into a dedicated purple team, performing structured bug hunting, penetration testing, and adversary simulations aligned with real-world threats. Established playbooks for offensive security exercises and integrated findings into the secure development lifecycle.

Role

Director and primary organizer overseeing program strategy and execution.

Impact

Significantly increased vulnerability discovery before production release, fostered a culture of proactive defense, and reduced reliance on third-party pentesting vendors. Elevated the team’s capability to act as a permanent in-house purple team, improving resilience and reducing mean time to detect and remediate critical issues.

Technologies, Frameworks, and Artifacts

• Offensive security toolchains (Burp Suite, Metasploit, custom fuzzers)
• MITRE ATT&CK
• Threat emulation playbooks
• Secure SDLC integration