Red and blue teams
Most people we know believe that the origin of the red team versus the blue team concept can be traced back to the Red vs. Blue web series based on the Halo franchise of video games. If so, what an epic beginning! I have even heard that the concept was based on cells within the human body where red blood cells attack a virus while another defends the human. However, in reality, the term originated in the military as a vehicle to evaluate an organization's strength and also the quality of the strategies that they were developing from an external perspective. The red team was the aggressor, while the blue team became the defender.
In the context of cyber intelligence, red teams and blue teams are security functions within an organization that portray different viewpoints of a cyber threat. The red team portrays the offensive viewpoint, while the blue team portrays the defensive. Red teams test the defenses of an organization by utilizing simulated attacks and...
