Purple › Module 10 › Lesson 2
Lab Path
Purple Teaming literacy path on `$PURPLE_LAB` — lab setup to mentor handoff with ethics gates at every station.
Visual · t35_lab_path
Lab path = visual purple chain on YOUR $PURPLE_LAB. Original Cyberlium.
Opening
Draw the path from lab scope to mentor handoff — with stop signs at every stranger-network shortcut and weaponized playbook lane.
Document literacy path: `$PURPLE_LAB` setup → purple concepts → detection engineering → sigma/SIEM → testing → atomic sim → exercise design → coverage/tuning → findings → capstone. Ethics gates: stranger org attack sims, weaponized red playbooks, unauthorized prod atomic or rule deploy, blind-side prod SOC, EDR disable to pass detection — refused paths labeled red. UTC milestones and artifact IDs per station. Mermaid or sketch chmod 600. Honest N/A if brief skipped live lab host — labeled. Defender breakpoint: where RoE or scope discipline prevented out-of-scope purple action.
1. Path stations
Setup, concepts, DE, sigma/SIEM, testing, atomic, exercise design, coverage, findings, handoff — ten minimum stations.
Each station links evidence index row and module lesson ID.
Command guide
Try these commands — Path stations
═══ LINUX / macOS (Terminal Practice) ═══
Check system state and user context
Command — copy this
id whoami uname -a
Inspect network sockets listening for connections
Command — copy this
ss -tuln 2>/dev/null || netstat -tuln
Audit active processes
Command — copy this
ps aux | grep -v "\[" | head -15
═══ WINDOWS (POWERSHELL) ═══ Query user identity and system information
Command — copy this
whoami /all Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object CsName, OsName, OsVersion
Primary tools to practice this lesson: curl, grep. Reference sites: MITRE ATT&CK (https://attack.mitre.org/); Sigma (https://sigmahq.io/); Atomic Red Team (https://redcanary.com/atomic-red-team/). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. Ethics overlay
Red stops: stranger org sims, weaponized playbooks, unauthorized prod purple, blind-side SOC, EDR disable.
RoE branch always green start — `$PURPLE_LAB` on separate labeled branch.
3. Integrity breakpoint
Mark where scope check prevented out-of-RoE sim or prod access.
One paragraph uplift from YOUR `$PURPLE_LAB` path.
4. What you ship: lab path diagram
Purple chain with ethics gates + UTC milestones — chmod 600.
5. What you record before the next lesson
Lab path diagram path.
6. Wrong vs right: stranger networks vs YOUR purple lab
Worked failure — same MSF word, opposite target. Right never needs a café Wi-Fi or classmate laptop.
Wrong
Lab path includes stranger org attack sim shortcut lane.
Right
Lab path documented for $PURPLE_LAB. Next: Evidence Pack.
Mission: lab path diagram
1) Map ten stations. 2) Add six ethics gates. 3) UTC milestones per station. 4) Link evidence index IDs.
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Knowledge Check
APPLY: Lab path documents:
Multiple choice
Knowledge Check
APPLY: True or False: Stranger org sim shortcut OK on path.
True or False
Knowledge Check
APPLY: Path ends at:
Multiple choice