9.80 Conducting an Effective Tabletop Exercise

SECURE-U

Summary

The tabletop exercise is an excellent tool to help credit unions measure their readiness to respond in the event of a disruptive scenario and cybersecurity incidents. In this course, participants will learn the key components of an effective tabletop exercise and tips for extracting the most value out of each event.

Audience

This course is geared toward credit union professionals responsible for their organization’s business continuity and incident response programs.

Objectives

By the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Identify the key components of a tabletop exercise
  • Understand the role and value that tabletop exercises can provide as part of your awareness and training programs
  • Become familiar with the format and flow of the selected scenario to walk participants through the stages of a response
Identify areas for improvement in documented plans and policies relative to Business Continuity and Incident Response

Topics

  • An overview of the components of a tabletop exercise
  • The importance of setting clear objectives
  • The role of the facilitator
  • An overview of the stages in a typical incident response from detection to remediation and recovery
  • Creating relevant scenarios with informative injects for your organization
  • Developing questions to engage all participants in the exercise
Tips for applying lessons learned during the exercise to improve response capabilities

Course Schedule

Future times and dates are to be determined.

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