Red team exercise
Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003480
1. An exercise, reflecting real-world conditions, that is conducted as a simulated adversarial attempt to compromise organizational missions and/or business processes to provide a comprehensive assessment of the security capability of the information system and organization.
2. An exercise, reflecting real-world conditions that is conducted as a simulated adversarial attempt to compromise organizational missions or business processes and to provide a comprehensive assessment of the security capabilities of an organization and its systems.
| Identifier | MLC-T-CYB-003480 |
|---|---|
| Field | Cybersecurity |
| References | NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 1800-21B from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5; NIST CSRC Glossary |
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"id": "MLC-T-CYB-003480",
"term": "Red team exercise",
"field": "Cybersecurity",
"definition": "1. An exercise, reflecting real-world conditions, that is conducted as a simulated adversarial attempt to compromise organizational missions and/or business processes to provide a comprehensive assessment of the security capability of the information system and organization.\n\n2. An exercise, reflecting real-world conditions that is conducted as a simulated adversarial attempt to compromise organizational missions or business processes and to provide a comprehensive assessment of the security capabilities of an organization and its systems.",
"references": [
"NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 1800-21B from NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4",
"NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5",
"NIST CSRC Glossary"
],
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/red-team-exercise/"
}
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