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Red: Team A group of people authorized and organized to emulate a potential adversary’s attack or exploitation capabilities against an enterprise’s security…
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Cybersecurity
Definition
Team 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.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
In cryptographic systems, refers to information or messages that contain sensitive or classified information that is not encrypted. See also BLACK. (CNSSI-4009) (NISTIR)
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Committee on National Security Systems Glossary CNSSI 4009-2015
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The Cyber Glossary
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