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Jacob G. OakleyProfessional Red Teaminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4309-1_8

8. Purple Teaming

Jacob G. Oakley1 
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Owens Cross Roads, AL, USA
 

The purple teaming concept is essentially any method, process, or activity that leverages collaboration between the red and blue facets of organizational security. By “red,” I mean any attack emulation or offensive security effort in general. “Blue” refers to any effort that involves the defensive efforts undertaken by an organization. It is my belief that when offensive and defensive capabilities are used in concert in a purple teaming engagement, it represents the penultimate improvement capability to organizational security. This is not accomplished without challenges, and there ...

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