What happens during the exercise?

Participants work through a realistic cyber incident scenario as events unfold.

The exercise helps assess:

Roles and responsibilities
Communication processes
Decision-making during a cyber incident
Coordination across teams

Leadership, IT, operations, communications and other key stakeholders take part in the exercise, providing valuable insight into how incidents would be managed across the business.

Key Benefits of a Cyber Incident Readiness Exercise

Helping organisations improve communication, decision-making and incident response.

Identify Cyber Security Gaps

Highlight weaknesses in existing procedures, communication processes and responsibilities.

Test Incident Response Processes

Assess how incidents would be managed, escalated and communicated across the organisation.

Clarify Responsibilities

Ensure teams understand their role in managing and responding to a cyber incident.

Strengthen Cyber Readiness

Support incident response planning with practical recommendations and actionable next steps.

What will you take away?

Following the exercise, organisations receive recommendations and resources to support incident response planning, including:

Best practice recommendations
A reviewed incident response plan
A cyber incident readiness checklist
Areas for improvement identified during the exercise
Guidance to support incident response planning
Certificate of participation

Cyber Incident Readiness Exercise

Strengthen Incident Response Readiness

Cyber incidents can put significant pressure on people, processes and decision-making within an organisation.