Tiger Team

Tiger Team is one of the American acquired concept (german tiger team ), who expressed collectively, a group describes the ( "friendly" ) via special aggression or attacks ( especially for the " attacked " ) should be of particular benefit.

Notations: the Germans sometimes hyphenated ( Tiger Team ), but not together usually written.

In the original military parlance, were meant by Tiger Team groups which had the task to test the safety of some military or other entities, by trying or simulated about burglaries or thefts. The best known case is the Red Cell U.S. Navy SEAL Team Tiger the United States Navy SEALs, which predominantly only performs this function.

In the computer field has been transmitted so that, for example, a group of hackers is making attacks over the data network to test the security of computer facilities. In this context, the term penetration test has been established.

Due to the given especially by the alliteration grip of the term Tiger Team, it has spread in the economy, particularly in quality assurance (eg automotive industry). Here, a working group will be declared a Tiger Team, which (in this example, target compliance, diligence, skill, ambition ) should be characterized by a special " punch " (see also group dynamics ).