What are Tabletop Exercises?

This document explains how cybersecurity tabletop exercises help organizations prepare for incidents by clarifying roles, improving decision-making and communication, and identifying gaps in incident response plans. It outlines stakeholders involved, facilitation methods, objectives, benefits, preparation steps, and best practices, and provides example scenarios such as ransomware, phishing, insider threats, supply chain breaches, DDoS, and data privacy events. The piece emphasizes regular, realistic exercises and after-action reviews, and concludes by highlighting SecurityScorecard’s related services (tabletop exercises, penetration testing, and red teaming) to strengthen resilience.