Colorful cybersecurity: Know what red, blue, and yellow mean
Discussing the red, blue, and yellow teams of security testing
Discussions about cybersecurity tech are rarely associated with being colorful. If you look at articles on the topic, almost all of them likely have accompanying images with minimal colors. This post will not feature colorful visuals, but it will discuss a handful of colors that have relevance in the field of security testing.
The World Economic Forum published an article on why 2020 is a turning point for cybersecurity, highlighting the need for business leaders to create a strong cybersecurity culture. The article also points out how the emergence of new technologies will reshape the risks as the new decade starts. On the other hand, it’s worth revisiting the paper presented by noted hacker and author April C. Wright presented at BlackHat USA 2017 in light of the growing problem of cyber threats. Her color wheel of security players can help explain approaches in cybersecurity succinctly.
The discussion here focuses on manual security testing. Automated cyber threat assessment is a different subject, since there are no different teams involved and the security professionals who use the automated and simulated attacks are usually coordinating or sharing their respective vantage points.
