---
url: "https://xcademia.com/courses/red-team-bootcamp-adversary-tradecraft-foundations"
title: Red Team Bootcamp (Adversary Tradecraft Foundations)
description: "Build adversary tradecraft foundations in 4 days with mentor-led practical scenarios. Learn planning, controlled execution, evidence capture, and reporting."
publishedAt: "2026-02-26T07:07:59.713751+00:00"
updatedAt: "2026-03-30T22:50:53.7265+00:00"
type: course
code: "CYB-0016"
level: Professional
duration_days: "4"
track: "Ethical Hacking & Pen Testing"
category: "Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking"
credential_tier: tier1
price_gbp: "1999"
---

# Red Team Bootcamp (Adversary Tradecraft Foundations)

> Learn red team tradecraft foundations through a structured, mentor-led workflow focused on realistic adversary thinking and safe execution. Practical scenarios build capability from planning to action and reporting, with disciplined evidence capture throughout.

## Overview

Red Team Bootcamp (Adversary Tradecraft Foundations) is designed to introduce learners to the mindset and workflow behind adversary emulation. Rather than focusing on isolated techniques, you will learn how to plan, execute, and document red team-style activity with clear objectives, strict scope control, and professionalism.

Delivered via mentor-led sessions, the bootcamp uses practical scenarios that mirror controlled engagements: defining an objective, selecting a route, maintaining operational discipline, and capturing evidence that supports meaningful reporting. All hands-on work is carried out in safe lab environments, with clear boundaries and responsible conduct.

Over four intensive days, you will build a repeatable tradecraft foundation and produce a structured “engagement pack” demonstrating your approach. Aligned with recognised best practices including ISO, GDPR, NIST and SOC 2, ensuring skills remain practical and deployable in real organisations. All prices are exclusive of VAT (where applicable). Group enrolments and custom packages available.

## Prerequisites

- Comfortable with basic networking concepts
- Familiarity with Linux command line basics
- Understanding of core security principles

## What you will learn

- Design a safe adversary emulation engagement plan.
- Analyse targets to select realistic access paths.
- Implement disciplined execution with evidence standards.
- Lead controlled simulations within clear scope boundaries.
- Communicate outcomes through structured engagement reporting.
- Evaluate remediation priorities from a defender perspective.

## Skills you will gain

- Adversary tradecraft foundations
- Engagement planning and scoping
- Recon logging and route selection
- Operational discipline and safety
- Evidence capture and timelines
- Detection-aware communication basics
- Remediation-focused reporting
- Engagement pack development

## Career progression

- [Red Team Trainee]
- [Threat Emulation Analyst]
- [Junior Penetration Tester]
- [Purple Team Trainee]
- [Security Analyst (Offensive)

## Curriculum

1. **Module 1:  Getting Ready**
   - Safety, scope discipline, and lab rules
   - Evidence standards and note-taking structure
   - Red team workflow overview: plan, operate, report
2. **Module 2:  Adversary Mindset and Engagement Planning**
   - Objectives, assumptions, and constraints
   - Building an engagement plan and timeboxed phases
   - Target profiling concepts and attack surface thinking
   - Operational discipline: what to do and what to avoid
3. **Module 3: Reconnaissance and Access Path Design**
   - Passive and active recon concepts (lab-safe)
   - Choosing an access path based on signals
   - Building a recon log that supports reporting
   - Practical scenarios: route selection and decision points
4. **Module 4:  Execution Fundamentals and Operator Tradecraft**
   - Controlled execution mindset and step-by-step validation
   - Managing changes and preserving evidence trails
   - Handling errors, dead ends, and fallback options
   - Avoiding “tool chasing” through method-led work
5. **Module 5: Post-Access Impact Evidence and Constraints**
   - What “impact” evidence looks like for stakeholders
   - Minimal-data principle and responsible collection
   - Maintaining professionalism: stability and clean-up habits
   - Translating activity into business-relevant outcomes
6. **Module 6:  Detection-Aware Thinking and Purple Team Alignment**
   - Understanding likely telemetry and signals (conceptual)
   - Communicating with defenders: what matters and why
   - How to create “detection notes” without oversharing
   - Practical scenarios: align actions with defensive learning
7. **Module 7: Reporting, Handover, and Portfolio Outputs**
   - Engagement pack structure: narrative, timeline, evidence
   - Findings: reproduction steps and remediation guidance
   - Executive brief writing and stakeholder messaging
   - Final scenario simulation: end-to-end engagement and debrief

## Exam & certification

You will receive an Xcademia certificate of completion based on participation and successful completion of scenario simulations and the engagement pack deliverables.

## Delivery options

- **Live Online** — Join live instructor-led sessions from anywhere. Interactive, engaging, and flexible.
- **Onsite Training** — We come to you. Training delivered at your workplace for teams of 6 or more.
- **Venue-Based** — Classroom training at a professional venue. Ideal for focused, immersive learning.
- **Blended** — Combine online and in-person learning for maximum flexibility and impact.

## Frequently asked questions

**Is this a red team course or a penetration testing course?**

It is a red team foundations bootcamp focused on adversary tradecraft workflow and discipline. It complements penetration testing by emphasising objectives, operational control, and structured reporting.

**Does this course need an exam?**

No. There is no external exam. You receive an Xcademia certificate of completion based on practical participation and deliverables.

**Will we practise on real systems?**

No. All hands-on activities take place in safe lab environments and controlled scenario simulations with clear scope boundaries.

**What will I produce during the bootcamp?**

You will produce an engagement plan, recon logs, an evidence timeline, and a structured engagement pack suitable for a portfolio.

**What makes this “mentor-led” in practice?**

Mentors guide decisions at key points, review your evidence and reporting, and run clinics to strengthen your workflow discipline and professional tradecraft habits.

## Course at a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Code | CYB-0016 |
| Duration | 4 days |
| Level | Professional |
| Track | Ethical Hacking & Pen Testing |
| Category | Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking |
| Credential tier | tier1 |
| Price (GBP) | £1999 |

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