What is a Tabletop Exercise?
A simulated crisis scenario, often conducted as a discussion-based exercise, where key stakeholders come together to assess and improve their preparedness for a given cybersecurity incident.
Unlike technical drills or penetration testing, tabletop exercises include strategic, operational, and communication aspects of incident response, focusing on minimizing financial and reputation damage during a real crisis.
Sharon
HR
Staff management and announcements during crisis response.
Announcements
Workload concerns
Daniel
IT/SecOps
Technical identification, containment, and recovery actions.
Containment
Recovery
Mike
CFO
Executive decisions aimed at minimizing the financial consequences.
Impact analysis
Financial decisions
And
Others
Tabletop Challenges
Traditional, consulting-style Tabletops are not without issues that discourage teams and reduce impact.
Ineffective
Typically expensive and cumbersome to plan, Tabletops can be hard to translate into actual readiness improvements.
Unrealistic
Most Tabletops revolve around fairly generic crisis settings, reducing the participants' level of interest and engagement.
Boring
Talking your way through crisis response actions around a PowerPoint can be about as fun and engaging as it sounds!
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