Most red team programs have more than adequate technical proficiency to perform operations. Then why do so many fail to deliver? The culprit is rarely operator skill. In this session Trevin Edgeworth draws on two decades of offensive security experience, and 5 years leading red team practices at major firms to share the pre-flight checklist every CISO needs before and after launch of a red team program. Using the Red Team maturity model he helped develop, Trevin shares the keys to building programs that earn organizational trust and deliver outcomes that move the needle while exposing structural blind spots that can quietly ground your Red Team program.