Cybercrime Prevention & Analysis
Fully isolated environments for detonating malware, running decoys and reconstructing attacks without any risk to production networks.
The challenge
Security teams handling malware, forensic evidence and adversary emulation need to work with genuinely dangerous material — samples, decoys, reconstructed attack chains — in a way that cannot spill into corporate networks. Doing this on shared infrastructure, or moving samples between assessment and analysis stages, creates real risk of accidental spread or contamination of evidence.
These teams also need the results to be usable afterwards: forensic findings have to be documented and preserved, and red and purple team exercises need a shared space where findings can be discussed without either side compromising the other's systems.
Key solutions
Malware Analysis & Sharing
Samples are detonated and observed inside disposable, fully isolated environments, giving analysts full visibility of behaviour without any risk to production systems. Indicators of compromise are extracted as they emerge, and samples and results can be shared securely with colleagues or trusted partners.
Digital Decoys & Honeypots
Realistic decoy systems that mimic production environments are deployed away from operational networks, so adversary interaction can be monitored without any exposure to real assets. Activity is logged in detail, building a picture of the tactics and techniques an attacker uses.
Forensic Evidence Examination
Potentially compromised systems are examined with full observability inside an isolated environment, with every forensic action logged and recorded. Evidence is preserved in secure storage, and teams can investigate together using shared, secure collaboration tools.
Attack Chain Reconstruction
Attack sequences are recreated in environments that mirror production systems, allowing defensive controls to be tested against realistic techniques. Methodologies are documented as reconstruction proceeds, and findings can be shared securely across teams.
Red & Purple Team Exercises
Attack simulations run in isolated environments so testing carries no operational risk to live systems. Findings and evidence are captured throughout, and red and blue teams can collaborate securely during purple team exercises without either side gaining unintended access.
Core capabilities
Complete Threat Isolation
Malicious code is analysed in environments fully separated from production.
Disposable Environments
Workspaces are discarded after use, removing any risk of residual contamination.
Comprehensive Logging
Every step of an analysis or exercise is recorded for later review.
Secure Collaboration
Findings and samples can be shared with colleagues and trusted partners.
Realistic Decoy Deployment
Honeypots and decoys that closely resemble genuine production environments.
Examining a suspicious sample safely
A security analyst receives a suspicious attachment flagged by an employee. Opening it on a work laptop would risk letting it reach the corporate network before its behaviour is understood. Instead, the analyst detonates the file inside a disposable, fully isolated environment, observing its behaviour and extracting indicators of compromise as they appear. The findings, along with a full log of the analysis, are shared with the wider security team so detections can be updated, and the workspace is discarded once the analysis is complete, leaving no trace of the sample on corporate infrastructure.
- 1Detonate the sample inside a disposable, isolated environment
- 2Observe behaviour and extract indicators of compromise
- 3Share findings with the team and discard the workspace
Expected outcomes
- Malware and suspicious content are analysed without any risk to production networks
- Forensic evidence is preserved and documented to a standard suitable for later use
- Decoys and honeypots gather adversary intelligence away from operational systems
- Red and purple team exercises run safely, with a full record of what was tested
How CyberLane helps
CyberLane works with security operations, forensics and red team functions to identify where malware handling, decoy deployment or attack simulation are creating containment risk, then designs the workspace and evidentiary practices needed around an isolated-environment platform. We build the business case, plan a proof of concept against representative samples and exercises, and provide implementation oversight, with day-to-day platform delivery handled by Replica Cyber or a qualified implementation partner.
- Assessment of malware handling, forensic and red-team workflows for containment risk
- Isolated-environment design for analysis, decoys and attack simulation
- Business case and proof-of-concept plan against representative scenarios
- Forensic logging and evidence-preservation practices
- Implementation oversight coordinated with Replica Cyber or a delivery partner
CyberLane is independent and works on the decision rather than the deployment. Product-specific delivery is coordinated with the vendor or a qualified implementation partner.
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