Originally Posted by
Bart
As a trainer, I regard the national level covert testing a huge PITA. It doesn't do a damn thing for me.
But Red Teams aren't supposed to do a damn thing for you, are they? They're supposed to test whether the system as a whole is working, and to proactively identify potential vulnerabilities in the system before those vulnerabilities are exploited by bad guys. They're not intended to directly help trainers; that's not their primary mission.