Offensive Security

Tabletop Exercise

Practice the decisions.
Prepare your people.

Give your team a realistic rehearsal before an incident puts decisions under pressure. A guided discussion tests responsibilities, communication, and recovery priorities.

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01 / THE CHALLENGE

A plan is only useful when people can act on it.

A written plan cannot answer every question. A tabletop exercise reveals missed handoffs and unclear decisions while there is still time to improve them.

02 / WHAT YOU RECEIVE

Expertise you can
put to work.

A clear handoff for the people making decisions and the people delivering the work.

01

Tailored scenario brief

Business-relevant incident scenarios, objectives, participants, and decision points.

02

Facilitated exercise

A guided session with developments that challenge communication and decision-making.

03

After-action report

Observed strengths, gaps, and opportunities to clarify responsibilities.

04

Improvement roadmap

Prioritized changes and a stakeholder readout to turn lessons into preparation.

Your proposal confirms the deliverables, scope, responsibilities, and schedule for your engagement.

03 / HOW WE WORK

A clear path.
From start to next steps.

01

Set the objectives

Choose the scenario and decisions your business needs to practice.

02

Bring people together

Include the stakeholders responsible for operations, technology, and communication.

03

Work through the incident

Introduce scenario developments and examine the decisions your team would make.

04

Debrief and improve

Agree priorities for the response plan, training, and ownership.

A STRONG START

Bring the context.
We’ll shape the plan.

You do not need every answer before getting in touch. These details help us scope the work.

01 / WHAT TO BRING

A useful starting point

Your response plan, escalation contacts, and the disruption you want to rehearse.

02 / WHO TO INVOLVE

The right people

Leadership, IT, operations, and relevant communications or legal stakeholders.

03 / SCOPE & TIMING

What shapes the engagement

Scenario depth, participant count, preparation, session format, and debrief needs. We agree timing after reviewing these factors.

SEE THE SHAPE OF THE WORK

From observation
to next action.

A short example of how we make findings useful. The final format and depth depend on your agreed engagement.

Discuss your deliverables
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE01 / BRIEF

Example after-action note

Fictional scenario. Not a client result or a completed assessment.

Focus
An unclear approval handoff
Observation
In a fictional exercise, the team cannot identify who approves a customer update.
Recommended next step
Assign an approval owner and alternate, then rehearse the revised communication workflow.
CONTEXT → OWNERSHIP → ACTION

04 / BEFORE WE BEGIN

A little clarity.
A better start.

Does the exercise affect live systems?

This is a facilitated discussion. Technical testing or live simulations would be a separate agreed activity.

Who should take part?

Participants may include leadership, IT, operations, communications, HR, and legal advisers, depending on the scenario.

Can you use our existing plan?

Yes. Your current plan provides a useful starting point for testing decisions, handoffs, and assumptions.

LET’S DEFINE THE RIGHT ENGAGEMENT

Start a conversation.
Make your next
move clearer.

Tell us what prompted your search, what matters to your business, and any deadline. We’ll help define the right scope.

What happens next

  1. We review your priorities.
  2. We discuss the right scope with you.
  3. You receive a clear proposal before work begins.
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A clearer picture. A practical next step.
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