Overview
A cybersecurity incident is not the time to discover that your response plan has gaps. Tabletop exercises let your leadership and technical teams work through realistic scenarios in a low-pressure environment (surfacing weaknesses in communication, decision-making, and procedures before they cost you).
I've seen teams sit down for their first tabletop exercise and spend the first twenty minutes debating who was actually in charge. Not because they weren't capable, but because it had never been discussed out loud. In a real incident, those are twenty minutes you don't get back.
Scenario Design
We develop realistic, organization-specific scenarios based on current threat intelligence and your industry (from ransomware and data breaches to insider threats and vendor compromises).
Facilitated Exercise
Our facilitators guide your team through the scenario, prompting discussion, surfacing decision points, and ensuring all key stakeholders (IT, legal, HR, communications, and executive leadership) are engaged.
After-Action Report
Every exercise concludes with a detailed after-action report documenting findings, gaps identified, and prioritized recommendations (giving your leadership a clear picture of where to invest next).
Regulators and insurers don't just want a plan on paper. They want to know you've practiced it.
What You Can Expect
- Pre-exercise planning call to align on scope, participants, and scenario type
- A 2–4 hour facilitated tabletop session conducted annually
- Engagement of both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Identification of gaps in your incident response plan and communication chain
- Written after-action report with prioritized recommendations