PlexTrac sponsored research with CyberRisk Alliance to better understand how cybersecurity teams are using emerging strategies like adversary emulation and purple teaming to combat growing ransomware threats. This report details the findings of a survey of 315 IT and cybersecurity decision-makers and influencers.

Key findings cover:

• The major challenges reported by teams using traditional pentesting models
• The growing popularity of purple teaming
• The benefits of purple teaming for improved collaboration
• The heightened security achieved by teams using purple teaming