In the recently published Report of the Defense Science Board 2008 Summer Study on Capability Surprise, the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board (DSB) notes the following among its recommendations:
Red teaming as the norm instead of the exception. Secretary of Defense direct the use of red teaming throughout DOD by developing and employing best practice guides, intellectual focus in professional military education, and more aggressive use of red teams in exercises. The Secretary should also lead by example and establish a strategic-level red team to challenge and inform national security and top level defense policies and strategies.1
We, of course, agree with this recommendation and have offered similar recommendations in the past, including this 2008 call for a red teaming “surge.”
Notes:
- This text is drawn from the co-chairs’ submission letter at the start of the report. [↩]
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Mr. Mark 02.06.10 at 2:52 pm
I think good threat emulation is more important than some of the “business consultant” type stuff I’ve glimpsed here and there.