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Tabletop Exercises (TTX)

Schedule

Make sure to contact us to schedule a scoping call for your tabletop exercise today. We’ll tailor the scenario to your environment, align it with your compliance goals, and ensure it’s led by a seasoned responder who’s been in the trenches. Don’t wait for a real crisis to test your team—train like it’s real, because one day it will be.

Darkstack7 team conducting Table Top

Tabletop exercises should always reflect real-world conditions and be led by seasoned incident responders. Realism is critical to identifying true gaps and stress-testing response capabilities. When run by professionals with hands-on breach experience, tabletop scenarios provide meaningful insights, not just check-the-box compliance.

 

This ensures participants gain practical value, sharpen decision-making under pressure, and build muscle memory that matters during real incidents. Anything less risks false confidence.

Complete Package Overview:

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1. Master Exercise Plan

  • Detailed 3-hour exercise structure with phases, timing, and logistics

  • Pre-exercise planning requirements and participant roles

  • Evaluation criteria and success metrics

  • Budget considerations and post-exercise deliverables

2. PowerPoint Presentation

  • Interactive HTML presentation with professional design

  • Exercise objectives, structure, and ground rules

  • Scenario overview and evaluation criteria

  • Navigation controls and slide counter

  • Ready to present to executive team

3. Three Progressive Inject Scenarios​

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Inject #1 (8:45 AM): Initial Detection            (Example)

  • Ransomware discovery with 47 affected workstations

  • Database compromise and backup failures

  • Immediate containment decisions required

Inject #2 (10:15 AM): Escalation & Threats    (Example)

  • $2.3M ransom demand with 48-hour deadline

  • 847K customer records exfiltrated

  • Media attention and regulatory pressure mounting

Inject #3 (2:30 PM): Recovery Complications  (Example)

  • Backup system failures discovered

  • Vendor/partner impacts cascading

  • Three recovery options requiring strategic decisions

 

Key Features:

✅ Realistic Scenarios - Based on actual ransomware attack patterns
✅ Executive Focus - Strategic decisions, not technical details
✅ Time Pressure - Escalating urgency throughout exercise
✅ Multi-faceted Challenges - Technical, legal, financial, and reputational
✅ Measurable Outcomes - Clear evaluation criteria and action items

 

The exercise is designed to challenge senior leadership on:

  • Crisis decision-making under pressure

  • Cross-functional coordination during emergencies

  • Communication strategy for multiple stakeholders

  • Business continuity vs. investigation priorities

  • Legal and regulatory compliance requirements

  • Find out what security controls or process are broken beforehand

 

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