Tabletop Exercises
THE CHALLENGE
It’s not a matter of if but when a cyber incident will happen at your company. A cyber-attack is every company’s worst nightmare, representing a significant risk to your company’s operations, brand, and reputation.
So, how can you prepare your organization to respond effectively when faced with a cyber incident? Consider running a tabletop exercise.
WHAT IS A TABLETOP EXERCISE?
A tabletop exercise is a role-based scenario that simulates a real-life cyber incident (without the real-world consequences). Examples of tabletop exercise scenarios include:
- Ransomware attacks
- Insider threats
- Business email compromises
- Service provider disruptions
A tabletop exercise aims to test your response capabilities before an incident occurs and adequately equip your team with the knowledge to respond effectively when the time comes.
BENEFITS
- Evaluates current policies and procedures for potential gaps
- Identifies opportunities for process improvement
- Clarifies roles and responsibilities
- Tests decision-making
- Educates incident response leaders on emerging threats
- Satisfies compliance and contractual requirements
HOW WE CAN HELP
Your organization could benefit from periodically testing your existing incident management and business continuity policies and procedures. Richter’s cybersecurity experts can help create and facilitate customized tabletop exercises tailored to your industry, providing lessons learned and recommendations for improvement.
If your organization does not already have documented incident response/business continuity plans, we at Richter can also help develop these documents while tailoring them to the size and scope of your organization.
