A tabletop exercise is a simulated cybersecurity incident that helps organizations assess and improve their preparedness for a real-world cyber threat. Tabletop exercises are a key component of an organization’s security posture and can help build cyber resilience. 

Here are some benefits of tabletop exercises:

Identify vulnerabilities

Tabletop exercises help organizations identify gaps and weaknesses in their incident response plans. 

Improve communication

Tabletop exercises help organizations clarify roles and responsibilities among stakeholders and improve communication and collaboration. 

Here are some tips for conducting a tabletop exercise:

• What are Tabletop Exercises?

A tabletop exercise in cybersecurity is a vital component of a proactive approach to manage

• Security Tabletop Exercises

Build Your Tabletop Story. Develop a theoretical story and tailor the information that you include in it accordingly. 

• Tabletop Exercises

Why are tabletop exercises important? Tabletop exercises provide a safe environment for security teams to practice their responses.

A tabletop exercise—or tabletop exercise—is an interactive, discussion-based session that prepares key team members for an emergency, disaster, or crisis. In this exercise, participants will review their roles, procedures, and responses during a critical event while walking through example situations.

Incident response tabletop exercises should be carried out at minimum once per year for the following reasons: They are compliance requirements for the ISO 27001:2022, SOC2, PCI DSS, and HIPAA compliance standards.