Every 39 seconds some company is being hit by a cyberattack. Security incidents are a constant threat, an inevitability rather than a possibility. An incident response plan can help organizations as ...

An incident response tabletop exercise is a discussion-based practice that uses a hypothetical situation to coach a technical or executive audience through the cybersecurity incident response life ...

On June 13, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) collaborated with the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) to hold the federal government’s first tabletop exercise ...

When conducting cybersecurity and other emergency management tabletop exercises, how far should you push your teams into uncomfortable situations? While goals of these exercises generally focus on ...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said that last week's inaugural tabletop with the private sector, coordinated by the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative at the Microsoft facility in ...

In the early 1800s, Prussian officers began rehearsing battles around sand tables. They called it Kriegsspiel, and it worked because it forced them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure. Fast ...

Security preparedness is important for everyone working in a K–12 environment, especially for those in school leadership. Cybersecurity and physical security incidents alike require a rapid response ...

One of the most frequently quoted numbers in cybersecurity is $4.35m – the average cost of a data breach, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022. Another less-known statistic from the ...

Cybersecurity in higher education presents a unique and evolving challenge. As someone who has spent years in incident response, digital forensics and security engineering, I’ve seen firsthand the ...

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has ramped up efforts to encourage firms to run incident response exercises, with a new scheme to certify assured providers. The agency said it has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wishart-Smith is a board director covering leadership and innovation. As cyber threats become more complex, organizations are ...