Offensive Security

Attack Path Mapping

Cyberus maps evidence across an agreed environment to identify plausible routes, control dependencies and useful interruption points.

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Agreed identities, systems and trust relationships
Evidence from architecture, configuration and authorized validation
Plausible routes distinguished from unverified hypotheses
Prioritized control points and documented limitations

The proposition

Connect weaknesses into one route

See how separate weaknesses and trust relationships could become one route to a critical objective. The work focuses on agreed identities, systems and trust relationships and records where evidence or authorization limits the conclusion.

Why connected evidence matters

Security findings are often reviewed one asset at a time, while real access paths can cross identity systems, network boundaries and administrative relationships. Attack Path Mapping joins the evidence that is available within the agreed boundary.

The result is a reasoned model rather than a claim that every route has been found. Assumptions, unavailable evidence and paths that were not actively validated remain visible for later review.

Mapping routes to critical assets

Entry identity. A user, service account or exposed system is where a plausible route is assumed to begin.
Privilege escalation. Trust relationships and permissions may let access grow beyond what was intended.
Lateral movement. One well-placed control change here could cut several routes at once for review.
Objective asset. The agreed asset or outcome anchors the analysis and decides which routes matter.

Why it matters

Business risk: Long lists of separate issues hide how small weaknesses combine into a route to something important.
Decision it supports: Owners can pick a few control changes that cut many routes, instead of fixing every issue evenly.
What you receive: Route narratives, a record of what was confirmed versus inferred, and a reviewed list of interruption points.

A map teams can interrogate

Boundary model

Records included assets, identities, trust zones, exclusions and the evidence source for each.

Why it matters: Without agreed edges, maps grow endlessly or quietly leave out the systems that matter.
Supports: A shared view of what the analysis covers

Route narratives

Explains how observed conditions may connect toward agreed business or technical objectives.

Why it matters: Stories of how conditions connect are easier for owners to challenge and act on than raw data.
Supports: Discussion of routes with system owners

Validation record

Separates confirmed relationships from inferred links and documents authorized checks.

Why it matters: Readers need to know which links were tested and which are educated guesses.
Supports: Honest confidence in each route

Interruption plan

Identifies control changes that may break several routes and assigns them for review.

Why it matters: Closing one shared dependency can be worth more than many scattered fixes.
Supports: A reviewable set of control changes with owners

How attack paths are mapped

Choose objectives
Agree the assets or outcomes that should anchor the analysis.
Why it matters
An anchor objective stops the map from becoming a catalogue and keeps focus on business impact.
Gather relationships
Review architecture, identity, network and configuration evidence available in scope.
Why it matters
Drawing on existing architecture and identity records reveals relationships before anything is touched.
Test selected links
Validate permitted relationships using controlled techniques and record uncertainty elsewhere.
Why it matters
Selective testing proves the links that matter while avoiding unnecessary disruption elsewhere.
Review interruption points
Walk through the routes with owners and prioritize defensible changes.
Why it matters
Owner review checks that proposed changes are realistic and gives each change a responsible person.

Why choose Cyberus for attack path mapping

Model
Assets, identities and trust links
Evidence
Observed, validated or inferred status
Decision
Candidate interruption points
Limit
Bounded to the agreed environment

Team certifications

Individual qualifications held by members of the Cyberus team. They are not company accreditations, and not every consultant on an engagement holds every badge.

OSCP
Hands-on penetration testing skills, from enumeration to exploitation and privilege escalation.
OSWE
Web application security skills, including source code review and exploiting complex web vulnerabilities.
OSED
Exploit development skills, including analysing Windows software and writing custom exploits.
OSCP+
Hands-on penetration testing skills, from enumeration to exploitation and privilege escalation.
CRTA
Red team analysis skills, including adversary tactics and techniques.
eWPT
Web application penetration testing skills, from assessment method to exploiting common web flaws.
eWPTX
Advanced web application penetration testing skills, including complex attack techniques.
eMAPT
Mobile application penetration testing skills for Android and iOS applications.
BTL1
Defensive security skills across security operations, phishing analysis, forensics and incident response.
eCIR
Incident response skills, including investigating, containing and analysing security incidents.
CRTE
Red teaming skills focused on Windows environments and the tradecraft used against them.
CCT
EC-Council's Certified Cybersecurity Technician (CCT) validates foundational security, network, and defense skills.
Security+
CompTIA Security+ validates core skills in baseline cybersecurity, risk management, and threats.