The exercise, developed with research by the RAND Corporation, goes through three sections, to simulate decision-makers’ experiences as events unfold, including the outbreak of a new influenza type at ...

Developing an emergency operations plan (EOP) is no easy feat but it was a task Michael Reidenbach gladly took on. The EOP for Charleston County School District, which consists of 82 schools, hadn’t ...

Every 39 seconds some company is being hit by a cyberattack. Security incidents are a constant threat, an inevitability rather than a possibility. An incident response plan can help organizations as ...

Tabletop exercises are a familiar component within the emergency management preparedness phase. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Homeland Security Emergency Exercise and Evaluation Program ...

Organizations that are regularly defending against cyberattacks can find it useful to occasionally take a step back and test their defense and response capabilities. One way to do this is through ...

One thing all companies have in common if they’re doing business in the e-commerce world today is the need to secure and protect their infrastructure and sensitive data. There are both state and ...

An incident response tabletop exercise is a discussion-based practice that uses a hypothetical situation to coach a technical or executive audience through the cybersecurity incident response life ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year … for corporate security bosses to run tabletop exercises, simulating a hypothetical cyberattack or other emergency, running through incident processes, and ...

In the early 1800s, Prussian officers began rehearsing battles around sand tables. They called it Kriegsspiel, and it worked because it forced them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure. Fast ...

In today’s digital age, securing sensitive healthcare data is paramount. With the rise in cyber threats targeting healthcare organizations, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken ...

At today's online summit hosted by RedmondMag, titled "Cloud Control: Securing Access and Identity in the Microsoft SaaS Stack," longtime Microsoft MVP and technology author Brien Posey focused on how ...