Tabletop Exercises

What This Means for Your Organization

✅ Test your incident response plan in a safe, controlled environment
✅ Improve coordination across IT, security, and leadership teams
✅ Identify gaps in processes, communication, and decision-making
✅ Build confidence in responding to real-world cyber incidents
✅ Strengthen overall organizational readiness and resilience

What We Assess

We evaluate your organization’s response capabilities during simulated scenarios, including:

• Roles and responsibilities during an incident

• Communication and escalation procedures

• Decision-making under pressure

• Coordination between technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Effectiveness of existing incident response plans

What You Receive

The RSOC provides clear, actionable outcomes to improve your incident response readiness:

• Facilitated tabletop exercise sessions based on realistic scenarios

• Observations and feedback on team performance and coordination

• Identified gaps in processes, roles, and communication

• Actionable recommendations to strengthen incident response capabilities

Ready to get started?

Existing partners can request services in the Support Portal!

How It Works

Conducting a Tabletop Exercise

1. RSOC works with your team to define objectives and select a scenario

2. A realistic cybersecurity scenario is developed and tailored to your organization

3. The exercise is facilitated with key stakeholders participating in structured discussion

4. Findings, gaps, and recommendations are documented and shared with your team

What’s Required From Your Organization

• A designated point of contact for coordination

• Participation from key stakeholders (IT, security, leadership, communications)

• Availability for scheduled exercise sessions

RSOC staff will work with your team to tailor scenarios based on your organization’s environment, risks, and maturity level.