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Identifying Unknown Threats: Red Team Cybersecurity for Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

How we helped Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories uncover vulnerabilities, strengthen their SOC team, and refine their overall security posture through an expertly executed Red Team exercise.

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Dr. Reddy's Laboratories: Comprehensive Red Team Exercise Use Case

Company Overview: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is a globally recognized pharmaceutical company engaged in the development and manufacture of a wide range of pharmaceutical products. With a footprint spanning multiple countries, the company places a high premium on cybersecurity to safeguard its intellectual property, data integrity, and operational continuity.

Goals for the Red Team Exercise:

  1. Identifying Vulnerabilities: The overarching goal was to uncover security vulnerabilities across Dr. Reddy’s digital landscape, including their IT infrastructure and manufacturing facilities, which could be exploited by malicious entities.
     

  2. Simulating Attack Scenarios: The exercise involved simulating both external and internal attack scenarios to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the security posture. This included:
     

    • External Attacks: Simulating attacks that could be initiated from outside the network to identify weaknesses in perimeter defenses, public-facing applications, and potential points of entry.
       

    • Internal Threats: Mimicking insider threats or breaches that might occur if an attacker gained access to the internal network, focusing on lateral movements, privilege escalation, and access to sensitive data.
       

  3. Training SOC Team: Enhancing the skills of the Security Operations Center (SOC) team by engaging them in real-time detection and response exercises, thereby improving their tactical response to actual cyber threats.
     

  4. Insight into Unknown Threats: The exercise aimed at uncovering 'unknown unknowns'—previously unidentified vulnerabilities and threat vectors that could evade standard detection mechanisms.
     

  5. Holistic Security Improvements: Leveraging the insights obtained from these exercises to make strategic adjustments to their cybersecurity strategies and protocols.
     

  6. Continuous Engagement and Improvement: Conducting these assessments on a quarterly basis allows for the monitoring of how implemented changes affect security posture over time, and it helps demonstrate ongoing improvement and value to management.

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As the Chief Information Security Officer at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, it has been my privilege to oversee our partnership with KomodoSec during our ongoing Red Team engagements. KomodoSec’s team has consistently demonstrated exceptional expertise and professionalism. Their methodical approach not only helps us identify gaps in our security landscape but also significantly improves our SOC team's ability to detect and respond to threats effectively. Their ongoing assessments are instrumental in continuously refining our defenses and providing clear, measurable improvements to our management team. I highly recommend KomodoSec for their dedication and significant impact on our cybersecurity readiness. We look forward to our continued collaboration to keep our defenses robust against evolving threats.

Sanjib Dutta, CISO, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

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