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 ...

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 ...

Organizations that are regularly defending against cyberattacks can find it useful to occasionally take a step back and test their defense and response capabilities. One way to do this is through ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Zeus Kerravala is the founder of and principal analyst at ZK Research. Follow him on Twitter @zkerravala. Partnering with an outside organization on these exercises can offer additional benefits.

The past year was the worst on record for ransomware attacks around the globe. In the past year, ransomware attacks were the worst on record due to an estimated 92% year-on-year global increase.

Tabletop scenarios offer the opportunity to test incident response playbooks and develop decision-making skills, but only when properly set up and managed. Discussion-based, low-stress simulations ...