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Crafting Effective Table-top Exercises for Cybersecurity Leadership

RSA Conference 2025 · Workshop

San Francisco ยท 30 April 2025

Crafting Effective Table-top Exercises for Cybersecurity Leadership

At RSA Conference 2025, our founder Abhijith B R led this Learning Lab for security leaders on designing and running table-top exercises that actually move the needle. The focus was on building exercises tailored to an organization's real risks and decision-makers: scoping realistic scenarios, framing the decisions leadership needs to rehearse, facilitating the discussion, and capturing the lessons that turn a one-off exercise into lasting readiness.

Attendees left with a practical, repeatable method they could use to craft and run their own table-tops for boards, executives, and incident response teams.

Time & location: Learning Lab at Moscone Center, San Francisco · 30 April 2025. Full session details are on the RSAC 2025 session page, or watch the session on OneRSAC. Abhijith B R is a recurring RSAC speaker; see his RSAC speaker profile.

Session abstract

Security leadership needs to be well-prepared to manage incidents and respond to them. Table-top exercises are a powerful tool that allow organizations to simulate real-world scenarios and test their response strategies. This CTF is designed to equip security leaders with the practical skills to build and execute effective TTXs tailored to the specific challenges faced by their organizations. RSAC 2025 session abstract

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