Lateral Movement Testing
Lateral Movement Testing
Lateral Movement Testing – Detect, Contain, and Prevent Internal Threats
Lateral Movement Testing – Detect, Contain, and Prevent Internal Threats
Lateral Movement Testing – Detect, Contain, and Prevent Internal Threats
Lateral Movement Testing – Detect, Contain, and Prevent Internal Threats
Lateral movement is one of the most insidious attack techniques, where attackers, once inside your network, move undetected from one compromised system to another, often elevating privileges and breaching critical assets. Without proper defenses, this can lead to massive data exfiltration or system hijacking. At Vatins, we simulate how advanced attackers use lateral movement to navigate your network. From user-level compromises to achieving domain admin privileges, our experts test the gaps in your network defenses, privilege configurations, and detection tools.




What?
What?
What?
What?
What Is Lateral Movement Testing?
What is Penetration Testing?
What Is Lateral Movement Testing?
Lateral Movement Testing simulates how an attacker would exploit vulnerabilities across your internal network to escalate privileges, access sensitive data, and move undetected. This goes beyond initial access testing, it’s about testing the resilience of your internal network to unauthorized escalation and privilege abuse. We test everything from insecure shared files, misconfigured access controls, to unsupervised accounts that allow attackers to traverse your internal environment without triggering detection mechanisms.
Lateral Movement Testing simulates how an attacker would exploit vulnerabilities across your internal network to escalate privileges, access sensitive data, and move undetected. This goes beyond initial access testing, it’s about testing the resilience of your internal network to unauthorized escalation and privilege abuse. We test everything from insecure shared files, misconfigured access controls, to unsupervised accounts that allow attackers to traverse your internal environment without triggering detection mechanisms.
Simulate Attacks
Simulate Attacks
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why It Matters
Why It Matters
Once an attacker has a foothold, they don’t stop. Without proper segmentation and internal controls, attackers can quickly escalate their access, move laterally, and potentially control your entire network. This is why Lateral Movement Testing is critical. It helps you discover where your network segmentation fails and where privilege abuse can allow attackers to gain higher levels of access without detection.




Our Approach
Our Approach
Our Approach
Our Approach
Why Our Approach Works
Why Our Approach Works
1. Real-World Attack Simulation:
We mimic attacker techniques like Pass-the-Hash, Kerberos ticket abuse, and SMB relay attacks, to test how attackers move inside your network.
1. Real-World Attack Simulation:
We mimic attacker techniques like Pass-the-Hash, Kerberos ticket abuse, and SMB relay attacks, to test how attackers move inside your network.
1. Real-World Attack Simulation:
We mimic attacker techniques like Pass-the-Hash, Kerberos ticket abuse, and SMB relay attacks, to test how attackers move inside your network.
1. Real-World Attack Simulation:
We mimic attacker techniques like Pass-the-Hash, Kerberos ticket abuse, and SMB relay attacks, to test how attackers move inside your network.
2. Complete Attack Pathways
We don’t just simulate the movement; we track privilege escalation, lateral pivoting, and potential data exfiltration.
2. Complete Attack Pathways
We don’t just simulate the movement; we track privilege escalation, lateral pivoting, and potential data exfiltration.
2. Complete Attack Pathways
We don’t just simulate the movement; we track privilege escalation, lateral pivoting, and potential data exfiltration.
2. Complete Attack Pathways
We don’t just simulate the movement; we track privilege escalation, lateral pivoting, and potential data exfiltration.
3. Detection & Evasion
We evaluate whether your EDR, SIEM, and network monitoring systems can detect internal threats and halt unauthorized access.
3. Detection & Evasion
We evaluate whether your EDR, SIEM, and network monitoring systems can detect internal threats and halt unauthorized access.
3. Detection & Evasion
We evaluate whether your EDR, SIEM, and network monitoring systems can detect internal threats and halt unauthorized access.
3. Detection & Evasion
We evaluate whether your EDR, SIEM, and network monitoring systems can detect internal threats and halt unauthorized access.
4. Privilege Management Testing:
We focus on misconfigurations, over-permissioned users, and unmonitored access that allow attackers to spread within your network undetected.
4. Privilege Management Testing:
We focus on misconfigurations, over-permissioned users, and unmonitored access that allow attackers to spread within your network undetected.
4. Privilege Management Testing:
We focus on misconfigurations, over-permissioned users, and unmonitored access that allow attackers to spread within your network undetected.
4. Privilege Management Testing:
We focus on misconfigurations, over-permissioned users, and unmonitored access that allow attackers to spread within your network undetected.




How We Solved
How We Solved
How We Solved
How We Solved
Real-World Example - Privilege Escalation via Misconfigured Active Directory
What is Penetration Testing?
Real-World Example - Privilege Escalation via Misconfigured Active Directory
In a recent Lateral Movement Testing engagement, our team exploited a misconfigured Active Directory environment where unrestricted Kerberos delegation allowed for privilege escalation from a regular user account to domain administrator. The attack remained undetected until we simulated data exfiltration and lateral moves . Our simulation tests how privilege escalation can occur through misconfigurations and whether your internal detection systems can catch this movement
In a recent Lateral Movement Testing engagement, our team exploited a misconfigured Active Directory environment where unrestricted Kerberos delegation allowed for privilege escalation from a regular user account to domain administrator. The attack remained undetected until we simulated data exfiltration and lateral moves . Our simulation tests how privilege escalation can occur through misconfigurations and whether your internal detection systems can catch this movement
Simulate Attacks
Simulate Attacks
Why Choose Us
Why Choose Us
Why Choose Us
Why Choose Us
Why Choose Vatins
Why Choose Vatins
1. Expose Hidden Threats
Discover where attackers can silently move within your network without being detected.
1. Expose Hidden Threats
Discover where attackers can silently move within your network without being detected.
1. Expose Hidden Threats
Discover where attackers can silently move within your network without being detected.
1. Expose Hidden Threats
Discover where attackers can silently move within your network without being detected.
2. Strengthen Internal Segmentation
Improve network segmentation policies and access controls to limit internal breaches.
2. Strengthen Internal Segmentation
Improve network segmentation policies and access controls to limit internal breaches.
2. Strengthen Internal Segmentation
Improve network segmentation policies and access controls to limit internal breaches.
2. Strengthen Internal Segmentation
Improve network segmentation policies and access controls to limit internal breaches.
3. Test Your Response Teams:
Ensure your SOC teams are prepared to detect, respond, and contain internal threats before they escalate.
3. Test Your Response Teams:
Ensure your SOC teams are prepared to detect, respond, and contain internal threats before they escalate.
3. Test Your Response Teams:
Ensure your SOC teams are prepared to detect, respond, and contain internal threats before they escalate.
3. Test Your Response Teams:
Ensure your SOC teams are prepared to detect, respond, and contain internal threats before they escalate.

Let’s Work Together
Let’s Work Together
Let’s Work Together
Let’s Work Together