Red team [electronic resource] : how to succeed by thinking like the enemy / Micah Zenko.
2015
HF5386 .Z46 2015eb
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Red team [electronic resource] : how to succeed by thinking like the enemy / Micah Zenko.
Author
Zenko, Micah, author.
ISBN
9780465073955 (electronic book)
0465073956 (electronic book)
9780465048946
0465048943
0465073956 (electronic book)
9780465048946
0465048943
Published
New York : Basic Books, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxxii, 298 pages)
Call Number
HF5386 .Z46 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.4/01
Summary
"An international security expert shows how competitive organizations can get-and stay-ahead by thinking like their adversaries"-- Provided by publisher.
"In Red Team, security expert Micah Zenko provides an in-depth investigation into the work of red teams, revealing the best practices, most common pitfalls, and most effective strategies of these modern-day Devil's Advocates. He shows how competitive organizations, from private corporations to whole governments, can and should mitigate risk by red teaming. A growing number of institutions are already using this approach, Zenko shows, but he argues that the potential of red teaming far exceeds its current applications. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and his own training at the U.S. Army's Red Team University (which he was the first civilian to attend), Zenko traces the history of red teaming, describes its current uses, and explores its vast potential in today's interconnected, multipolar world. The basic techniques of red teaming remain the same whether applied to the CIA, IBM, or the NFL, and executed correctly they can yield impressive results: red teams have given businesses an edge over their competition, confirmed vital CIA intelligence, and troubleshot dangerous military missions long before there were boots on the ground. But red teams are only as good as the leaders who commission them, and Zenko shows not only how to create an empowered red team, but also what to do with its advice. Essential reading for policy wonks and business leaders alike, Red Team will revolutionize the way organizations think about, exploit, compensate for, and correct their institutional strengths and weaknesses. Through illuminating case studies and never-before-told stories, Zenko shows how any group--from army units to credit card companies to sports teams--can win by thinking like the enemy"-- Provided by publisher.
"In Red Team, security expert Micah Zenko provides an in-depth investigation into the work of red teams, revealing the best practices, most common pitfalls, and most effective strategies of these modern-day Devil's Advocates. He shows how competitive organizations, from private corporations to whole governments, can and should mitigate risk by red teaming. A growing number of institutions are already using this approach, Zenko shows, but he argues that the potential of red teaming far exceeds its current applications. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and his own training at the U.S. Army's Red Team University (which he was the first civilian to attend), Zenko traces the history of red teaming, describes its current uses, and explores its vast potential in today's interconnected, multipolar world. The basic techniques of red teaming remain the same whether applied to the CIA, IBM, or the NFL, and executed correctly they can yield impressive results: red teams have given businesses an edge over their competition, confirmed vital CIA intelligence, and troubleshot dangerous military missions long before there were boots on the ground. But red teams are only as good as the leaders who commission them, and Zenko shows not only how to create an empowered red team, but also what to do with its advice. Essential reading for policy wonks and business leaders alike, Red Team will revolutionize the way organizations think about, exploit, compensate for, and correct their institutional strengths and weaknesses. Through illuminating case studies and never-before-told stories, Zenko shows how any group--from army units to credit card companies to sports teams--can win by thinking like the enemy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
Best practices in red teaming
Modern military red teaming
Alternatives : intelligence community red teaming
Adversaries : Homeland security red teaming
Competitors : private-sector red teaming
Modesty, misimpressions, and the future of red teaming.
Modern military red teaming
Alternatives : intelligence community red teaming
Adversaries : Homeland security red teaming
Competitors : private-sector red teaming
Modesty, misimpressions, and the future of red teaming.