"red team" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: red teams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} red team (plural red teams)
  1. An independent group employed to challenge an organization by assuming an adversarial role or point of view. Categories (topical): Computer security, Military
    Sense id: en-red_team-en-noun-VaizEI6C Disambiguation of Computer security: 46 54 Disambiguation of Military: 45 55

Verb

Forms: red teams [present, singular, third-person], red teaming [participle, present], red teamed [participle, past], red teamed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} red team (third-person singular simple present red teams, present participle red teaming, simple past and past participle red teamed)
  1. (transitive) To challenge an organization by assuming an adversarial role. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computer security, Military Synonyms: red-team Related terms: alternative analysis
    Sense id: en-red_team-en-verb-2ZQXBjU3 Disambiguation of Computer security: 46 54 Disambiguation of Military: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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