> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hiddenlayer.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Red Team Evaluation Red Team Evaluation Evaluation simulates real-world adversarial attacks against your AI system by generating prompts based on the APE objectives and techniques. ## Prerequisites Before starting a Red Team Evaluation, you should have: * A system prompt to test * The model(s) that power the application ## Best Practices * **Compare Versions**: Run evaluations on both original and enhanced prompts to measure improvement. * **Review Failed Attacks**: Understanding why attacks failed is as important as knowing which succeeded. * **Use Appropriate Models**: Match the target model to what you're actually using in production. Red Team Table ## Run New Evaluation 1. In the HiddenLayer Console, select **Attack Simulation > Red Teaming**. 2. Click **Run New Evaluation**. The Create Red Team Evaluation slideout displays. 3. Enter a name for the evaluation. 4. Enter the target system prompt. 5. Select a target model. * Select a model that is similar to what you have in your environment to simulate the attacks against your system prompt. **Beta Models** Models marked with a `beta` designation may be subject to lower usage quotas, limited availability, or ongoing development changes. As a result, these models may exhibit unexpected results, reduced performance, or intermittent failures during testing. Users should account for these limitations when selecting beta models. Red Team Create Evaluation 6. Optionally, click **Objectives** to change the severity level for a default objective and to add a custom objective. * To change the severity for a default objective, click the severity dropdown menu, then select the desired severity. * When a default objective severity is changed, the word **Override** appears next to the severity level. * To add a custom objective, click **Add objective**, then select the custom objective. * Use the search field to find a custom objective. Use the full or partial name for the objective. Red Team Create Evaluation - Add Objectives 7. Optionally, click **Advanced Options** to expand the section. * Select a project to apply runtime policies to interaction tagging. * If no project is selected, the default project is used. * Select an execution strategy. * **Single**: Runs each technique once per objective. * **Random**: Runs all techniques plus N additional random techniques. * Select the number of additional random techniques. Red Team Evaluation Random * **Static prompt set**: Uses a predefined set of static prompts for evaluation. * Select the prompt set from the drop-down list. Red Team Evaluation Static Prompt Set * Set the maximum number of conversation turns allowed per technique when attempting to achieve an objective. The minimum is one and the maximum is five. * The attack simulator will do multi-turn, trying to attack the target for N turns, and then go to the next session. * **Note**: If you selected `static_prompt_set`, then **Attacker Max Turns to Complete Objective** is not available. * Set the number of independent sessions to run for each technique. The minimum is one and the maximum is five. * This is the number of times you want to run the same technique or static prompt. 8. Click **Start Evaluation**. 9. When the evaluation completes, click the green arrow to view the results. See [Red Team Evaluation Summary](/docs/products/ai-attack-simulation/console/attack_simulation_red_teaming_evaluation_summary) for more information. ## Terminate Running Evaluation You can terminate a running evaluation from the Active Evaluations tab. 1. In the Console, go to **Attack Simulation > Red Teaming**. 2. Select the **Active Evaluations** tab. 3. For the running evaluation that you want to terminate, click the **x** in the **Status** column. A confirmation message displays. Red Team Evaluation Static Prompt Set 4. Click **Terminate**. If the evaluation was successfully terminated, **Terminated** displays for the status. Red Team Evaluation Static Prompt Set ## Active Evaluations Active evaluations show running jobs and recently completed evaluations (last 90 days). This provides an operational view of what is running and what just finished. For a historical view that includes results older than 90 days, see [Evaluation Results](#evaluation-results) Red Team Table ### Filter Results 1. Click **Filter**. The Filters slide-out displays. 2. Select the statuses you want to view. 3. Click **Show Results**. Red Team Table ### Active Evaluation Table Descriptions | Column | Description | | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Name | The name of the evaluation. | | Start Time | The date and time the evaluation started. | | Elapsed | The time it took for the evaluation to end. The time is in hhmmss. | | Status | The status of the evaluation. Statuses: Terminated, Completed, Running, Failed, Canceled, Continued As New, Timed Out. | | Status (green arrow) | Click to go to the Red Team Evaluation page. This page contains Metrics, Interactions, and Config data. See [Red Team Evaluation Summary](/docs/products/ai-attack-simulation/console/attack_simulation_red_teaming_evaluation_summary) for more information. | ## Evaluation Results Evaluation results show all completed evaluation results (no date constraints). This provides a historical view of completed evaluations. To see evaluations that are currently running, see [Active Evaluations](#active-evaluations). Red Team Table ### Evaluation Results Table Descriptions | Column | Description | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Name | The name of the evaluation. | | Target Model | The model targeted for the evaluation. Example: `openai/gpt-5.1`. | | Start Time | The date and time the evaluation started. | | Completed | The date and time the evaluation completed. | | Actions | The actions available for the evaluation. | | View (green arrow) | Click to go to the Red Team Evaluation page. This page contains Metrics, Interactions, and Config data. See [Red Team Evaluation Summary](/docs/products/ai-attack-simulation/console/attack_simulation_red_teaming_evaluation_summary) for more information. |