Cyber Crisis
Simulation.
Experience the sobering realities of a cyber crisis and build vital crisis response 'muscle memory'.
There is only one better way of enhancing your trustee board's
cyber crisis response readiness. And you won't want to try it.
Introduction
A Cyber Crisis Simulation Exercise (CCSE) is a consultant-led scenario-based tabletop exercise that is designed to give trustee boards and their key resources pseudo-realistic experience of a major cyber attack or data breach.
These scenarios are tailored to your scheme and extend across the entire incident lifecycle from initial detection and investigation, to emergency threat containment, and all the way to ransom negotiation (even if you have no intention of paying), crisis comms, remediation, disaster recovery, data testing and lessons learned.
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But a CCSE isn't just about trustees building confidence in their ability to respond to these types of crisis, they also serve to highlight shortcomings in cyber incident response plans, communication plans, stakeholder relationships, decision making protocols and cyber literacy.
Cyserri can design and execute a Cyber Crisis Simulation Exercise that won't just provide attendees with sobering insights or help strengthen key relationships, it will help build vital 'muscle memory', allowing your trustee board to react faster, make fewer mistakes, and begin to develop the cyber resilience your scheme requires.
Our Cyber Crisis Simulation Exercises are educational and memorable. But be warned, they are pseudo-realistic too.
Maximising Preparedness
A real cyber crisis is often brutal, and that's even without the added complication of disturbing ransom messages or a threat group that can see and possibly even impede many of your scheme's communication and incident response actions.
Our Cyber Crisis Simulation Exercises (CCSE) give trustee boards vital insights into the anatomy of a real cyber attack and the key challenges they could face, including making critical member-impacting decisions when only equipped with low-confidence information, and managing the tsunami of member, media, supplier, regulator, insurance and sponsor enquiries.
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Following the CCSE, your Cyserri consultant will prepare and share a board-level report covering our key findings, along with clear recommendations. We then arrange a workshop to walk you through the report and answer your questions.
If you want to build genuine cyber crisis response readiness, your cyber crisis resources each need to develop 'muscle memory'.
Benefits of our CCSEs
Each of our Cyber Crisis Simulation Exercises (CCSEs):
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are designed specifically for pension trustee boards
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satisfy the TPR's requirements around testing cyber plans
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deliver valuable insights into what a major cyber attack on your scheme could look like
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build cyber crisis management 'muscle memory' to make critical activities faster and reduce the number of costly mistakes
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provide a board-level report that identifies key gaps in your cyber crisis response capability and makes clear recommendations
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help reduce the operational, financial and reputational risk associated with a major cyber attack
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are designed and led by consultants that understand the cyber risks UK pension schemes are exposed to