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PLAYBOOK · No. 04

Continuous red team

Trade the annual snapshot for a permanent test.
An annual pentest goes stale on the next deploy. Agents can continuously validate the attack surface, changes and authorized attack paths.
365 daysof continuous testing
Red TeamExposureValidation
Updated Sep 14, 2026
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The design

Explicit scopeAuthorized assets and techniques.
AgentReconnaissance and non-destructive validation.
EvidenceReproducible steps and impact.
Fix queueOpens an issue/PR or routes to the owner.
RetestConfirms the fix actually closed the path.

Non-negotiable guardrails

  • Environment and assets authorized by allow list.
  • Rate limits and an execution window.
  • No persistence, exfiltration or destructive techniques by default.
  • Kill switch and a complete action trail.
Takeaway: The goal isn't to attack more. It's to shrink the time between exposure and fix.
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