Practical Purple Teaming in Action 2026

What is Purple Teaming in Cybersecurity? In this podcast episode, Aditya Rai explains purple teaming in a practical, easy-to-understand way through real-world demonstrations using Splunk, Caldera, Atomic Red Team, Windows logging, and Sysmon.If you want to understand how red team and blue team collaboration improves threat detection, security monitoring, and detection engineering, this episode is for you. Aditya shares his journey into cybersecurity, explains why purple teaming matters, and shows how organizations can identify logging gaps, validate detections, and improve visibility across their environment.Resourceshttps://controlcompass.github.io/threat-modelhttps://www.securityblue.team/blog/posts/windows-logging-enhanced-visibility-guidehttps://caldera.mitre.orghttps://www.atomicredteam.ioIn this episode, you will learn: What purple teaming means in real-world cybersecurityThe difference between red team, blue team, and purple team activitiesHow Splunk helps with log collection, analysis, and alerting Why Windows logging and command-line visibility are critical for detectionHow PowerShell activity can be detected and analyzedHow Caldera and Atomic Red Team support adversary emulationWhy Sysmon is valuable for stronger detection and investigation How Windows event IDs and log codes support better threat analysisThis episode is valuable for:SOC analysts Blue teamersDetection engineers Cybersecurity students Security professionals learning Splunk, Sysmon, or MITRE ATT&CKTopics covered:Purple Teaming, Cybersecurity, Splunk, Windows Logging, Sysmon, PowerShell Detection, Atomic Red Team, Caldera, MITRE ATT&CK, Detection Engineering, Threat Detection, Security Monitoring, Red Team vs Blue Team, Adversary EmulationWatch till the end to understand how practical purple teaming can help defenders create better detections, validate security controls, and reduce blind spots in modern environments.Subscribe for more practical cybersecurity podcasts, blue team learning, SOC insights, and hands-on security content. Cyber Warfare Playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKNtazH1qFs&list=PL0hT6hgexlYw8lc75YSbOts1GhOFl1Ofr&pp=sAgCSOC Playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCLlrFZU0M8&list=PL0hT6hgexlYxd24Jb8OE7vZoas-iTcHAc&pp=sAgCThreat Intelligencehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0hT6hgexlYxb9mXpcgmEU-_AOmQdrZYO#PurpleTeaming #CyberSecurity #Splunk #BlueTeam #RedTeam #SOCAnalyst #DetectionEngineering #Sysmon #AtomicRedTeam #MITREATTACK #ThreatDetection #WindowsLogging