Peter Wood is the founder and CEO of First Base Technologies LLP, an information security firm. He has over 45 years of experience in engineering, IT, and information security. The document discusses how red team exercises can help organizations test their security defenses by simulating how attackers might target their cloud environments and users. It provides examples of how attackers could conduct reconnaissance, planning, and social engineering spear phishing attacks to trick users into providing credentials that give access to sensitive systems and data. The document emphasizes the importance of security awareness training for users and moving away from single-factor authentication.