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Red Team

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A group of people authorized and organized to emulate a potential adversary’s attack or exploitation capabilities against an enterprise’s security posture. The Red Team’s objective is to improve enterprise Information Assurance by demonstrating the impacts of successful attacks and by demonstrating what works for the defenders (i.e., the Blue Team) in an operational environment.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon

A group authorized and organized to emulate a potential adversary’s attack or exploitation capabilities against an enterprise’s cybersecurity posture.

CPMI-IOSCO Guidance on Cyber Resilience for Financial Market Infrastructures

An independent group that challenges the cyber resilience of an organisation to test its defences and improve its effectiveness. A red team views the cyber resilience of an FMI from an adversary’s perspective.

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

A group of people authorized and organized to emulate a potential adversary's attack or exploitation capabilities against an enterprise's security posture. The red team's objective is to improve enterprise information assurance by demonstrating the impacts of successful attacks and by demonstrating what works for the defenders in an operational environment.

Information Technology Laboratory Computer Security Resource Center Glossary

A group of people authorized and organized to emulate a potential adversary’s attack or exploitation capabilities against an enterprise’s security posture. The Red Team’s objective is to improve enterprise cybersecurity by demonstrating the impacts of successful attacks and by demonstrating what works for the defenders (i.e., the Blue Team) in an operational environment. Also known as Cyber Red Team.

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Information Class

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