As businesses continue to be under fire from ever rapid increase in cyber threat landscape, it’s more important than ever to be prepared. By having regular tabletop exercises for incident response, organizations can assess their current policies against potential attack scenarios, determine weaknesses and pitfalls, and make meaningful changes that improves their cyber resiliency.
To make tabletop exercises effective, there are a few key factors: The scenarios must be realistic for the company, it should engage a wide range of key stakeholders from different departments, active participation must be greatly emphasized, and there must be key metrics recorded that allow for post-exercise learning and improvements. After the exercise, follow-up to actually implement and revise policies based on key learning is paramount, as it encourages accountability and utilization of the gained insights.
