Table Top Exercise (TTX)
Tabletop exercises give your team the space to stress-test your incident response while the pressure is simulated.
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Where preparation meets practice
Tabletop exercises bring your team together to work through realistic incident scenarios in a structured, low-pressure environment. The focus is on how your team communicates, coordinates, and makes decisions, as much as on the plan itself.
Through guided discussion, scenario analysis, and collaborative problem-solving, the exercise surfaces the gaps and assumptions in your current approach, and gives you what you need to close them.
What tabletop exercises deliver
A well-run tabletop exercise does more than test your incident response plan. It builds the familiarity your team needs to respond well under pressure.
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Stronger preparedness: Gaps in your incident response plan surfaced, with the practice needed to close them.
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Plan validation: What works, what needs refinement, and where your response plan holds up under realistic pressure.
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Clarity of roles: Everyone knows their responsibilities during an incident, so the team can immediately take action.
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Practised response: Teams that rehearse contain incidents more confidently because the decisions have already been made once.
Built around your environment
Our consultants design tabletop exercises around your environment, your industry, and your risk profile.
After each exercise, you receive a report setting out findings, the gaps identified, and prioritized recommendations. Teams come out of the process knowing where they stand and what to do next.
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We are thrilled to share that Integrity360 has been recognized as a Gartner Representative Vendor in 5 of their Market Guides, including: Managed Security Services, Managed Detection and Response, Gartner's Market Guide for Co-Managed Security Monitoring Services and Managed SIEM Services.
Gartner has included a range of providers within its market guide for managed services to ensure clear coverage from a geographical, vertical and capabilities perspective. Those included in the Gartner market guide display clarity in the vision for an end-user outcome-focused offering distinct from a pure technology-driven offering.
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Table Top Excercise FAQs
What is a tabletop exercise in cyber security?
A tabletop exercise, or TTX, is a discussion-based simulation where key stakeholders walk through a cyber incident scenario to test decision-making, communication, and response capabilities without disrupting live systems.
Why should organizations run tabletop exercises?
Tabletop exercises help organizations identify weaknesses in their incident response plans, improve coordination across departments, test roles and responsibilities, and raise awareness of real-world threat scenarios in a low-risk environment.
What does Integrity360’s tabletop exercise service include?
Integrity360 designs and facilitates tailored exercises based on your environment and risk profile. The service includes scenario development, stakeholder engagement, facilitation by experienced incident responders, live observations, and a full post-exercise report with recommendations for improvement.
Who should take part in a tabletop exercise?
Participants typically include IT security, legal, communications, operations, and executive leadership teams. Exercises are designed to be cross-functional, reflecting how a real incident would require collaboration across the organization.
How are the scenarios chosen?
Scenarios are customized to your organization’s industry, threat landscape, and existing cyber risks. Examples include ransomware attacks, insider threats, supply chain compromise, data breaches, or operational outages.
Is this service suitable for regulated industries?
Yes. Tabletop exercises support compliance with standards such as ISO 27001, OSFI B-13, and PIPEDA. Regulators increasingly expect evidence of incident preparedness and regular response testing.
How often should an organization run a tabletop exercise?
Best practice recommends running exercises at least annually or whenever there is a significant change to your IT environment, business structure, or regulatory obligations.
What makes Integrity360’s tabletop exercise service different?
Integrity360 combines incident response expertise with a strategic understanding of business impact. Scenarios are realistic, the facilitation is engaging, and outputs are actionable, helping you improve your cyber resilience overall.