Red team

A group of people duly authorized to conduct attacks against friendly information systems, under prescribed conditions, for the purpose of revealing the capabilities and limitations of the information assurance posture of a system under test. For purposes of operational testing, the Red team will operate in as operationally realistic an environment as feasible and will conduct its operations in accordance with the approved operational test plan. Interdisciplinary group of individuals authorized to conduct an independent and focused threatbased effort as a simulated adversary to expose and exploit system vulnerabilities for the purpose of improving the security posture of information systems.