You take time with your staff to regularly review what they should do in a fire (where are the exits? Don’t use the elevator. Where is the muster point? Is the fire department called automatically, or will someone have to call when they are safely out of the building? Who is responsible for doing a count and making sure everyone is accounted for?). You should be doing the same for your cybersecurity. That is where tabletop exercises come in.

The value of tabletop exercises

Tabletop exercises are an essential part of any overarching security strategy. Security needs to be looked at holistically, not as individual disparate areas or functions but as a series of functions that come together under one overarching umbrella.