tiger teams

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Definition of tiger teams in English English dictionary

plural form of tiger team

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tiger team

An engineering or other group assembled to tackle especially difficult or critical problems, often outside the normal chain of command

tiger team

A specialized group tasked with testing the effectiveness of an organization's ability to protect assets by attempting to circumvent, defeat or otherwise thwart that organization's internal and external security

tiger team

Government and industry - sponsored teams of computer experts who attempt to break down the defences of computer systems in an effort to uncover, and eventually patch, security holes

tiger team

A temporary team established to focus on solving an unexpected problem that has arisen and which may have significant impact if not resolved

tiger team

[U S military jargon] 1 Originally, a team (of sneakers) whose purpose is to penetrate security, and thus test security measures Serious successes of tiger teams sometimes lead to early retirement for base commanders and security officers 2 Recently, and more generally, any official inspection team or special firefighting group called in to look at a problem A subset of tiger teams are professional crackers, testing the security of military computer installations by attempting remote attacks via networks or supposedly `secure' comm channels The term has been adopted in commercial computer-security circles in this more specific sense [27]

tiger team

Government and industry - sponsored teams of computer experts who attempt to break down the defenses of computer systems in an effort to uncover, and eventually patch, security holes

Hyphenation

ti·ger teams

Turkish pronunciation

taygır timz

Pronunciation

/ˈtīgər ˈtēmz/ /ˈtaɪɡɜr ˈtiːmz/