You have response plans. You have playbooks. You have approved policies. Maybe you’ve even conducted exercises and audits to demonstrate due diligence.
On paper, you’re ready for a cyber crisis. But confidence doesn’t always translate to real-world readiness.
A real cyber incident can expose that dangerous gap. Plans and playbooks matter, but effective recovery depends on whether cybersecurity and IT leaders have practiced making high-stakes decisions under pressure, with incomplete information, disrupted systems, and compromised identities.
Realistic tabletop exercises and disciplined cyber recovery rehearsals can strengthen cyber resilience. In this paper, former bp CISO and seasoned cyber leader Simon Hodgkinson explores how organizations can test incident response plans, preserve institutional knowledge, maintain out-of-band communication, and sustain access and decision making when identity systems and critical infrastructure are under attack.
You’ll learn:
- Why documented incident response plans can fail when they haven’t been tested under real-world conditions
- How to design cyber recovery exercises that involve the cross-functional leaders needed during a crisis
- Ways to rehearse out-of-band access and communication when familiar tools can’t be trusted
- Why identity compromise and identity recovery must be central to ransomware recovery planning
- How to preserve lessons learned and embed recovery rehearsal into ongoing governance
- How disciplined rehearsal helps teams move from assumed preparation to measurable recovery readiness
Find the gaps that you’ve been missing. Download the paper and prepare your organization to make better decisions, restore critical operations, and recover faster after a cyber incident.
