A Different Angle to Improve Operational Readiness through Table Top Exercise

Aug 28 2025

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Getting people to implement security controls is hard. The traditional method of sending people policies and processes and expecting them to implement these effectively leads to inconsistent results. This presents a massive issue when we need to have operational readiness to protect an organisation against security threats.
Whilst Table Top Exercise is normally only used for Incident Management preparation, it is an excellent approach for helping people understand and contribute to operational readiness of any security control. This talk will explain how a Table Top Exercise (TTE) can be used for other security domains and how to make the TTE engaging for the audience.

Key Takeaways

• Learn how to boost the operation of the processes or controls
• Learn to create virtual TableTop Exercise sessions to be more engaging