Which group of cybersecurity professionals conducts external attacks to detect vulnerabilities, while defenders are organized as a blue team?

• A. Red Team
• B. Blue Team
• C. White Team
• D. Green Team

Answer: (A)

Red Team exercises emulate real attackers and focus on uncovering vulnerabilities by performing external attacks against an organization’s systems. The aim is to test defenses from an adversary’s perspective, revealing weaknesses such as misconfigurations, unpatched software, weak credentials, and gaps in monitoring. The Blue Team, in contrast, defends, detects, and responds to these intrusions, then patches the gaps. White Team acts as organizers or observers, and Green Team isn’t the standard label in this context. So the group described as conducting external attacks to detect vulnerabilities, with defenders on the blue team, is the Red Team.