CYBER RISK MANAGEMENT

Tabletop Exercises (TTX)

Gauge your response to a real-world cybersecurity incident using lessons learned from actual Unit 42™ cases. Our consultants will use regional and industry-specific Unit 42 threat intelligence to design customized scenarios that reflect the real attacks you are most likely to see.

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Service Features
Methodology
Why Unit 42

BENEFITS

Practice your response and test your decision-making before a crisis occurs.

Assess how you react to incidents by role-playing a customized, simulated incident. Unit 42’s Tabletop Exercise Services trigger executive, operational and technical considerations in your decision-making process to identify critical areas of improvement, so you don’t get blindsided when there is a real attack.

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Benchmark your preparedness

Understand your organizational incident response strengths and opportunities for improvement by measuring yourself against best practices.

Test your incident response plan

Determine how your documented plan performs against various breach scenarios. Through this testing, you will identify the components of your plan that work and those that need more refinement.

Improve Alignment & Decision-making

Assess your organization’s decision-making speed and alignment when under pressure. For example, under what circumstances might you pay a ransom?

SERVICE FEATURES

Here’s what we deliver

Test your incident response capabilities by triaging a customized simulated incident. Here is what you’ll get with this service:

CUSTOM TABLETOP EXERCISE

KNOW YOUR STRENGTHS

ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS

METHODOLOGY

Demonstrating the potential impact of a targeted cyberattack

PREPARE

Gather organizational context

Unit 42 will conduct a pre-engagement survey to understand your organizational procedures, tools and capabilities.

TAILOR

Review security documentation

Our team will review existing incident response documentation, including incident response plans, playbooks and governance policies.

TAILOR

Conduct stakeholder interviews

Unit 42 will interview key stakeholders to determine whether documented procedures are reflected in actual practice.

FACILITATE

Deliver an interactive tabletop exercise session

Our team of facilitators will manage an interactive tabletop exercise. It can be delivered remotely or in person.

IMPROVE

Provide findings and recommendations

Unit 42 will provide an After-Action Report detailing the tabletop exercise methodology, focusing on your strengths and tactical opportunities for incident response improvement.

WHY UNIT 42

World-renowned security experts, always in your corner

As an industry-leading threat intelligence, cyber risk management and incident response organization, it's our job to help you prepare and respond to some of the most challenging threats so that your team can get back to business faster. As threats escalate, we act as your trusted partner to advise and strengthen your security strategies.

WORLD-CLASS THREAT INTELLIGENCE

Unit 42 provides access to one of the world’s largest and most experienced threat intelligence teams. Our team of more than 200 cyberthreat researchers includes threat hunters, malware reverse engineers and threat modeling experts who enable you to apply a threat-informed approach to prepare for and respond to the latest cyberthreats.

TRUSTED EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE

Unit 42 has assembled an experienced team of security consultants with backgrounds in public and private sectors who have handled some of the largest cyberattacks in history. We manage complex cyber risks and respond to advanced threats, including nation-state attacks, APTs and complex ransomware investigations.

INDUSTRY-LEADING TOOLS

Unit 42 security consultants leverage industry-leading Palo Alto Networks tools to jumpstart your investigation by gaining necessary visibility across your endpoint, network, cloud and third-party data. This enables you to develop and execute a plan to get back to business as quickly as possible following an incident.

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