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 ...

One thing all companies have in common if they’re doing business in the e-commerce world today is the need to secure and protect their infrastructure and sensitive data. There are both state and ...

An incident response plan is a critical part of any cybersecurity portfolio, but plans need to be tested and practiced to be executed successfully. Cybersecurity incidents are dynamic situations, and ...

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 views expressed by guest bloggers and contributors are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, Campus Safety. In a recent article 1, I ...

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 ...

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 ...

Suppose you have invested considerable time and money creating an Incident Response Plan (IRP) and delivering annual Tabletop Exercises (TTE) within your organization in the hopes that these efforts ...

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 ...

Discover how tabletop exercises can replace awkward role play with practical, engaging simulations that build teamwork, ...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said that last week's inaugural tabletop with the private sector, coordinated by the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative at the Microsoft facility in ...