An incident response tabletop exercise is a discussion-based practice that uses a hypothetical situation to coach a technical or executive audience through the cybersecurity incident response life ...

Every 39 seconds some company is being hit by a cyberattack. Security incidents are a constant threat, an inevitability rather than a possibility. An incident response plan can help organizations as ...

Tabletop scenarios offer the opportunity to test incident response playbooks and develop decision-making skills, but only ...

In the early 1800s, Prussian officers began rehearsing battles around sand tables. They called it Kriegsspiel, and it worked because it forced them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure. Fast ...

Tabletop exercises are a familiar component within the emergency management preparedness phase. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Homeland Security Emergency Exercise and Evaluation Program ...

It's Monday morning, 8 a.m. You walk into the office and, on your computer screen, you witness something you've only ever experienced in your nightmares. "Boom! Your organization is hit with a ...

When conducting cybersecurity and other emergency management tabletop exercises, how far should you push your teams into uncomfortable situations? While goals of these exercises generally focus on ...

Because confidentiality incident reporting is mandatory in almost every Canadian province, most private and public sector organizations have some form of incident response strategy – either a formal ...

One of the pivotal aspects of cyber preparedness is the active engagement of an organization’s leadership, particularly the board of directors or managers. Board members are entrusted with the ...

Security preparedness is important for everyone working in a K–12 environment, especially for those in school leadership. Cybersecurity and physical security incidents alike require a rapid response ...

Cybersecurity in higher education presents a unique and evolving challenge. As someone who has spent years in incident response, digital forensics and security engineering, I’ve seen firsthand the ...