The Exercise Control Team
In the 17th episode of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses the Exercise Control Team, which is the group responsible for creating, delivering and evaluating the exercise.
Tabletop exercises are invaluable when it comes to assessing your organization’s readiness for cyber incidents. Think of them as fire drills—but for cyber threats. These exercises bring together key teams, testing not only their technical responses but also their coordination, decision-making, and communication during stressful situations. If done right, they uncover gaps, improve workflows, and…
When is the last time your organization ran a crisis simulation exercise? While the reasons are many, some that serve as a foundation for a strategic-based approach to tabletop exercise programs include: Provides an Opportunity to Review and Analyze Risk In every business environment where there’s risk, continual assessment of known risks as well…
1. Anticipate What Could Go Wrong During the Simulation Exercise During the exercise, it is important to anticipate what could go wrong in order to challenge participants and create a realistic problem-solving experience. As issues arise, think through how they can be addressed in the context of the simulation. 2. Acknowledge Emotions & Stress Levels …
In today’s volatile business environment, organizations face a myriad of threats, from cyberattacks to supply chain disruptions. For executive leadership teams, preparation is critical. Tabletop exercises offer a practical, low-risk way to test strategies, improve decision-making, and build organizational resilience. This step-by-step guide provides actionable instructions to help you design effective tabletop exercises tailored for…
Simulated crisis tabletop exercises are like a flu shot: The vaccine won’t prevent the illness one-hundred percent of the time, but if you do get the flu, the vaccine will greatly reduce the illness’ severity and bring you back to health more quickly. The potential illness in your organization is, of course, a crisis….
Newport, Rhode Island – Rob Burton, Co-Founder and Managing Director of PreparedEx, the leader in crisis simulation exercises, today announced two new crisis simulation products for tabletop exercises that you conduct yourself: FirstLook Plus and FirstLook Pro provide ultra-realistic, rapidly unfolding crisis scenarios that challenge and improve an organization’s crisis response. FirstLook Plus offers PreparedEx’s…