CentralNotice Red team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Red Team ) Jump to: navigation , search A red team is an independent group that challenges an organization to improve its effectiveness. The United States intelligence community (military and civilian) has red teams that explore alternative futures and write articles as if they were despotic world leaders. Little formal doctrine or publications about Red Teaming in the military exists. [ 1 ] Private business, especially those heavily invested as government contractors / defense contractors such as IBM and SAIC , and U.S. government agencies such as the CIA , have long used Red Teams. Red Teams in the United States armed forces were used much more frequently after a 2003 Defense Science Review Board recommended them to help prevent the shortcomings that led up to the attacks of September 11, 200...