# DataDog/stratus-red-team

:cloud: :zap: Granular, Actionable Adversary Emulation for the Cloud

Repository: https://github.com/DataDog/stratus-red-team
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stratus-red-team
Homepage: https://stratus-red-team.cloud
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: aws, adversary-emulation, purple-team, mitre-attack, cloud-security, cloud-native-security, detection-engineering, threat-detection, security, aws-security, azure-security, kubernetes-security, gcp-security
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:00:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1699, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 15, "n_releases_24m": 28}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2379, forks 319 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:42.218037+00:00)

## What it is
Stratus Red Team is a self-contained Go CLI that emulates granular, actionable cloud attack techniques mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, against AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes. It uses Terraform under the hood to spin up prerequisites, detonate techniques, and clean up, helping teams validate threat detections.

## Use cases
- validate cloud detection rules by detonating real attack techniques
- emulate MITRE ATT&CK techniques against a sandbox AWS account
- test whether CloudTrail stop or EBS snapshot exfiltration triggers alerts
- run purple team exercises in cloud environments
- simulate cloud-native attacks on Kubernetes clusters
- practice detection engineering with reproducible attack TTPs

## When to choose
- you need granular, self-contained attack emulation for AWS, Azure, GCP, or Kubernetes
- you want to validate detection rules against real offensive techniques mapped to MITRE ATT&CK
- you prefer a single Go binary with automatic infrastructure setup and cleanup via Terraform

## When to avoid
- you need to detonate techniques against your own pre-existing infrastructure rather than sandbox accounts
- you need a plugin system for custom techniques in a scripting language (custom techniques require Go library usage)
- you lack administrator access to a disposable cloud account or cluster

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, cli, developer-tools
- domain: security, cloud-computing, penetration-testing
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: adversary-emulation, mitre-attack, purple-team, detection-engineering, cloud-security, red-team, aws, azure, gcp, kubernetes, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- DataDog/stratus-red-team (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.218037+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:34:52.699608+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DataDog/stratus-red-team (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.218037+00:00, sha 1849cb383ca0)
  - homepage: https://stratus-red-team.cloud (fetched 2026-08-29T10:15:46.821935+00:00, sha 92aa248d6cf8)
  - site_page: https://stratus-red-team.cloud/user-guide/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T10:15:46.824561+00:00, sha a119f098b382)
  - site_page: https://stratus-red-team.cloud/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T10:15:46.827701+00:00, sha ee291ad4c95c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.