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red-team

red-team is the alternative form of red team.

Meaning of red team

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.
    • Operationally, fielded systems are red teamed by the Air Force Information Warfare Center (AFIWC) under the Air Force's Computer Security Assessment Program (CSAP).1998, Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, page 218

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Forms of red-team

third-person singular presentred-teams
present participlered-teaming
past participlered-teamed
pastred-teamed

Questions about red-team

What is red-team the alternative form of?
Red-team is the alternative form of red team.

Words near red-team in the dictionary

  1. red-tapeism
  2. red-tapism
  3. red-tapisms
  4. red-tapist
  5. red-tapists
  6. red-team
  7. red-teamed
  8. red-teaming
  9. red-teams
  10. red-throat
  11. red-throated diver

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