Tabletop Exercise

A tabletop exercise is a simulated cybersecurity scenario that brings together key personnel to walk through their response to a hypothetical security incident. Participants discuss their roles, responsibilities, decisions, and actions in a facilitated group setting — no actual systems are affected. It's a low-cost, low-risk way to test your incident response plan and identify gaps.

Effective tabletop exercises use realistic scenarios relevant to your organization — like a ransomware attack, CUI data breach, or phishing compromise — and challenge participants to work through detection, containment, communication, and recovery procedures.