Planning an Effective Incident Response Tabletop Exercise

What You Will Learn:

• The benefit of goal setting
• Who to involve
• The benefit of failure and open dialogue
• The importance of schedule setting
• What a good scenario looks like
• The benefit of good reporting and follow-through
• How an objective view can remove bias

This document looks into the process which Secureworks™ Incident Response team utilizes when working with our clients to plan and facilitate a tabletop exercise, and imperatives that can be gleaned from that to ensure a successful exercise, regardless of whether you are managing it internally or having a third party facilitate.