Typical Red Team Engagement Workflow (Planning → Access → Persistence → Exfiltration)

A common Red Team workflow includes:

1. Recon & intelligence gathering
2. Initial access (phishing, exposed services, credentials)
3. Privilege escalation
4. Lateral movement
5. Persistence
6. Data exfiltration simulation
7. Reporting & lessons learned

How does your team structure engagements?

Another approach is to automate the recon step to save time.

You may want to check logs or response headers first — they often reveal useful info.

This explanation is solid — bookmarking for later.