Ways To Differentiate Between Red Team & Blue Team
Quote of the day: “Little drops of water makes a mighty ocean”
A provision for red and blue teams is essential in every organisation or industry…. In cybersecurity, the terms “red team” and “blue team” do not refer to football teams (don’t be like me :), but rather groups of skilled security specialist
I would explain briefly the difference between both types of teams and the activities performed by each team.
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What is a red team?
A red team is a person or group of hackers who breach into computer systems without being detected. They do this to identify gaps in your security practices and controls in order to avoid an attack. They stimulate the conditions of an attack to identify vulnerabilities in your computer system. They give real-world experience with hacker-caused cyber-attacks. A red team identifies and discovers vulnerabilities in your organization system and application. They are aware of the consequences of a security breach and how hackers utilize strategies like social engineering attacks to achieve their goal. In simple terms, they are members of the security team whose aim is to gain access to systems.
Some exercise performed by the Red team includes;
What is a blue team?
The Blue team, on the other hand, is a security expert whose goal is to protect the organization’s system and network against attacks. They protect the organization’s system and network from intrusion.
The blue team monitors the environment by conducting defence exercises. The blue team is commonly referred to as the defensive security squad. They strengthen the organization’s security posture, detect intrusions, and perform incident response.
The blue team also identifies flaws in an organization’s system and network.
The differences between Blue Team and Red Team
- The Red Team specializes in offensive security, while the Blue Team specializes in defensive security (defending against and responding to Red Team attacks).
- Blue Team performs all the SOC (Security operation center) functions and uses tools like Nmap, OpenVAS, Kali Linux, John the ripper, etc. while the Red team uses tools like Shodan, Google dork, Crt.sh to attack systems and reveal security vulnerabilities.
- The Blue Team performs risk assessment in the organization, while the Red Team plots, stimulates attacks, gains unauthorized access and attempts to circumvent the organization’s security defenses installed by the Blue Team.
