Red Team / Blue Team
In a red team/blue team exercise, the red team is made up of offensive security experts who try to attack an organization’s cybersecurity defenses. The blue team defends against and responds to the red team attack. Modeled after military training exercises, this drill is a face-off between two teams of highly trained cybersecurity professionals: a red team that uses real-world adversary tradecraft in an attempt to compromise the environment, and a blue team that consists of incident responders who work within the security unit to identify, assess and respond to the intrusion. Red team/blue team simulations play an important role in defending the organization against a wide range of cyberattacks from today’s sophisticated adversaries. These exercises help organizations:
What is a Red Team
If the red team is playing offense, then the blue team is on defense. Typically, this group consists of incident response consultants who provide guidance to the IT security team on where to make improvements to stop sophisticated types of cyberattacks and threats. The IT security team is then responsible for maintaining the internal network against various types of risk.
What is a Blue Team
If the red team is playing offense, then the blue team is on defense. Typically, this group consists of incident response consultants who provide guidance to the IT security team on where to make improvements to stop sophisticated types of cyberattacks and threats. The IT security team is then responsible for maintaining the internal network against various types of risk.
How do they work together
- Identify points of vulnerability as it relates to people, technologies and systems
- Determine areas of improvement in defensive incident response processes across every phase of the kill chain
- Build the organization’s first-hand experience about how to detect and contain a targeted attack
- Develop response and remediation activities to return the environment to a normal operating state
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