ATT&CK lead, MITRE Corporation
Adam Pennington leads ATT&CK at The MITRE Corporation and collected much of the intelligence leveraged in creating ATT&CK’s initial techniques. He has spent much of his 16 years with MITRE studying and preaching the use of deception for intelligence gathering. Prior to joining MITRE, Adam was a researcher at Carnegie Mellon's Parallel Data Lab and earned his BS and MS degrees in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Adam has presented and published in several venues including FIRST CTI, USENIX Security, DEF CON, and ACM Transactions on Information and System Security.
Friday | Aug
7th 2026
DEF CON Creator Stage 3 | Las Vegas Convention Center
Adversary Village Panel
Purple Teaming
Purple teaming is no longer just about red meets blue, it is about shared intelligence, continuous collaboration, and realistic adversary emulation. In this panel, we explore how modern security teams are moving from siloed operations to unified strategies that reflect how real attackers operate.
By rethinking purple teaming as a proactive, intelligence-driven discipline, organizations can uncover detection gaps, improve response times, and drive measurable improvements in their defenses. Join us as we unpack how aligning offensive and defensive teams unlocks the full potential of purple teaming and leads to lasting security impact.
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