Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercises

Practice the decisions that matter before the incident makes them urgent.

Praesidium tabletop exercises help security, engineering, legal, communications, and executive teams rehearse high-pressure cyber incidents in a structured, realistic format. Each scenario is designed to surface decision gaps, clarify ownership, and leave the organization with practical improvement priorities without exposing the full exercise mechanics in advance.

Scenario Catalog

Choose the exercise that matches your risk, team, and operating model.

Each tabletop can be tailored to your industry, cloud footprint, vendors, customer obligations, and executive concerns while keeping the exercise concise and decision-oriented.

Identity & Cloud

IAM Compromise Exercise

A cloud identity compromise tabletop focused on suspicious credential use, privilege escalation, access containment, and executive decision-making.

Best for Cloud platforms, centralized identity, production service accounts, or cross-account access.
Security OperationsIncident ResponseIAM/IdentityCloud SecurityInfrastructure EngineeringLegalCompliance/RiskExecutive LeadershipCustomer SuccessCommunications
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Helps identify gaps in credential rotation, privileged access review, MFA enforcement, cloud logging, access restoration, customer notification, and executive reporting.

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Engineering & Product

Supply Chain / CI/CD Exercise

A software supply chain and CI/CD compromise scenario centered on suspicious build activity, exposed secrets, release integrity, customer impact, and restoring trust in deployment pipelines.

Best for SaaS companies, product teams, engineering-led organizations, and automated deployment pipelines.
Security OperationsIncident ResponseDevOps/PlatformSoftware EngineeringCloud SecurityIAM TeamProduct LeadershipLegalCommunications/PRCustomer SuccessExecutive LeadershipCompliance/Risk
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Improves CI/CD incident response, secrets governance, release signing and provenance, deployment pause criteria, customer communication, and build system recovery.

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Crisis Response

Ransomware Incident Exercise

A ransomware response tabletop focused on rapid containment, backup validation, business disruption, extortion risk, recovery prioritization, and executive crisis management.

Best for Ransomware readiness, cyber insurance procedures, business continuity, and executive decisions.
Security OperationsIncident ResponseIT OperationsIAM TeamBackup/DRBusiness ContinuityLegalCyber InsuranceCommunications/PRExecutive LeadershipCustomer SuccessCompliance/Risk
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Clarifies incident command, endpoint isolation, backup protection, ransom decision authority, recovery order, customer messaging, media handling, and 30/60/90 day resilience improvements.

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Endpoint & SaaS

Malware Incident Exercise

A malware and endpoint compromise tabletop focused on detection, endpoint isolation, shared storage containment, SaaS session risk, root cause analysis, and recovery communications.

Best for Remote workforces, shared drives, SaaS platforms, endpoint fleets, and distributed IT operations.
Security OperationsIncident ResponseEndpoint/IT OpsInfrastructureSaaS AdministratorsIAM TeamLegalCommunicationsCustomer SupportExecutive LeadershipCompliance/Risk
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Improves malware triage, endpoint isolation, shared storage containment, SaaS session revocation, root cause reporting, customer messaging, and endpoint hardening priorities.

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External Perimeter

Forgotten Edge

An advanced external perimeter compromise scenario focused on unknown internet-facing assets, legacy systems, stale credentials, lateral movement, cloud expansion, data exposure, and regulatory pressure.

Best for Cloud growth, acquisitions, legacy infrastructure, incomplete inventory, or hybrid environments.
Security OperationsIncident ResponseInfrastructure/NetworkingCloud SecurityIAM TeamAsset ManagementIT OperationsLegalPrivacyCommunications/PRExecutive LeadershipCompliance/RiskCustomer Success
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Strengthens external attack surface management, unknown asset ownership, emergency isolation authority, segmentation, service account governance, breach communications, evidence preservation, and modernization planning.

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Insider Threat

Trusted Hands

An insider threat tabletop focused on privileged access abuse, behavioral warning signs, authorized misuse, data theft, sabotage, HR/legal coordination, privacy concerns, and customer assurance.

Best for Privileged administrators, sensitive repositories, remote access, restructuring, or limited insider monitoring.
Security OperationsIncident ResponseIAM TeamHRLegalInfrastructure/CloudCompliance/RiskInsider ThreatExecutive LeadershipCommunications/PRIT Operations
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Clarifies HR/security coordination, monitoring authority, access review triggers, device collection, suspension decisions, evidence preservation, offboarding controls, insider communications, and privileged access governance.

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Ready to Rehearse

Turn uncertainty into practiced response.

A focused conversation is enough to select the right scenario, tailor the participant list, and plan a tabletop that leaves your team sharper without overwhelming the calendar.