red-team

A form of red team — An independent group employed to challenge an organization by assuming an adversarial role or point of view.

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Meanings

verbred-team (third-person singular simple present red-teams, present participle red-teaming, simple past and past participle red-teamed)

present singular third person red-teams · participle present red-teaming · participle past red-teamed · past red-teamed

  1. alternativetransitiveAlternative form of red team.

    Red-teaming means hacking your own systems. There are companies that specialize in this sort of analysis; or a development team can do it themselves as part of the quality control process.

    2023, Bruce Schneier, A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN
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APA

red-team. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-team

MLA

“red-team.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-team. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red-team,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red-team.

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