From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 4 Software and Systems Security

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Training and exercises

Training and exercises

From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 4 Software and Systems Security

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Training and exercises

- [Instructor] Some penetration tests are set up as exercises that use a competition-style format pitting a team of attackers against a team of defenders. This approach to testing serves two purposes. First, it helps identify vulnerabilities in the organization's systems, networks, and applications, just like a regular penetration test. Second, it provides individuals in the organization with hands-on experience both attacking and defending systems. This not only helps boost cybersecurity skills and awareness among the technical staff but also is a lot of fun. When conducting an exercise participants are often divided into three teams, and those teams typically use colors for their names. The red team consists of the attackers who will attempt to gain access to systems in the test environment. The blue team consists of the defenders who must secure those systems from attack, and monitor the systems during the exercise…

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