tiger team
tiger team noun: a specialized group tasked with testing the effectiveness of an organization's ability to protect assets by attempting to circumvent, defeat or otherwise thwart that organization's internal and external security.
Noun
tiger team (plural tiger teams)
- A specialized group tasked with testing the effectiveness of an organization's ability to protect assets by attempting to circumvent, defeat or otherwise thwart that organization's internal and external security.
- An engineering or other group assembled to tackle especially difficult or critical problems, often outside the normal chain of command.
- My deputy Alex Wong is pulling together a tiger team at deputies/agency Chief of Staff level following up from the meeting in the Sit Room this morning for action items and will be sending that out later this evening.2025 March 24, Jeffrey Goldberg, quoting Michael Waltz, “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 25 Mar 2025
Forms of tiger team
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Questions about tiger team
- What does tiger team mean?
- Tiger team means a specialized group tasked with testing the effectiveness of an organization's ability to protect assets by attempting to circumvent, defeat or otherwise thwart that organization's internal and external security.
- What part of speech is tiger team?
- Tiger team is a noun.
- What is the plural of tiger team?
- The plural of tiger team is tiger teams.
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