In: Operations Management
Are Red Teams and penetration testing are a valid application for emergency management plans?
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The red team is taken into consideration when the time for testing is extended and it is an effective way to challenge an organization to take measures to improve its working. Whereas penetration testing is an internal way of testing the different systems independently by informing the employees about the test a few days before and also rules and regulations are well defined. It is usually finding or evaluating vulnerability in one dimension only.
In red teams, few of the employees are aware of the testing and anything can happen in this testing without giving the notice to anybody. The goal of this testing is to measure business impact on successful attacks. It may go on for 24 hours but penetration testing is conducted within the office hours only. The goal of penetration testing is to find and exploit vulnerabilities. Here, also security teams are informed prior to testing but in red teams, no one is given the notice, not even the security teams.