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Chapter 3: Red Teaming and Testing

What is Red Teaming?​

Adversarial testing to find vulnerabilities before deployment.

Attack Categories​

  1. Prompt injection: Hidden instructions
  2. Jailbreaking: Bypassing safety
  3. Data extraction: Leaking training data
  4. Hallucination inducement: Forcing false claims

Red Team Process​

1. Define scope and objectives
2. Assemble diverse team
3. Brainstorm attack vectors
4. Execute attacks
5. Document findings
6. Prioritize fixes
7. Verify mitigations

Automated Red Teaming​

def automated_red_team(model, attack_templates):
    vulnerabilities = []
    for template in attack_templates:
        for variation in generate_variations(template):
            response = model.generate(variation)
            if is_unsafe(response):
                vulnerabilities.append({
                    "attack": variation,
                    "response": response,
                    "severity": assess_severity(response)
                })
    return vulnerabilities

Responsible Disclosure​

  • Document vulnerabilities privately
  • Report to model providers
  • Allow time for fixes
  • Coordinate public disclosure