Incident Response Tabletops

Four colleagues sit around a table playing a tabletop role-playing game with dice, pens, paper, and a laptop, smiling and enjoying the game.

No long presentations. No boring binders. Can your team make it through?

Cyber threats don’t knock — they crash in.

Our tabletop exercises drop you into real-world breach scenarios where your team gets to test procedures, communicate, and adapt — before it’s for real.

What makes Tier 5 different?

  • Tailored to Your Environment:
    Every tabletop exercise is fully customized using real data from your systems—no generic scenarios.

  • Immersive, Themed Experiences:
    Choose from engaging, story-driven challenges that make training feel like a simulation, not a slog.

  • Collaboration that Sticks:
    Designed to spark teamwork and build cohesion through shared problem-solving.

  • Never Boring:
    These aren’t dry drills—they’re fun, relevant, and purpose-built to hold attention.

  • Stronger Teams, Stronger Defense:
    Engaged participants retain more and respond better when it counts.

  • Actionable Debriefs:
    Each session wraps with a detailed post-mortem covering what worked, what didn’t, and what to do next.

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Only 30% Practice.

The Other 70% Pay for It.

Organizations that regularly test their IR plans save an average of $1.49 million per breach, yet only 30% actually do these drills

Source: Paloalto Networks

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Real Teams Train.

The Rest Just React.

55% of IR teams use tabletop exercises as a primary method to assess readiness, suggesting they lead incident preparedness strategies

Source: Paloalto Networks 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Description A tabletop exercise is a guided, discussion-based simulation where your team walks through a realistic cyber incident scenario to test your incident response processes and decision-making. goes here

  • Key stakeholders such as IT, security, legal, HR, communications, and executive leadership should be involved to ensure a coordinated and effective response.

  • We recommend conducting exercises at least twice a year, or after major changes to systems, staff, or policies. Regular sessions help keep your team prepared and your plans up to date.

  • Our tabletops are engaging, memorable, and tailored to your environment. We incorporate real-world threat scenarios, optional themes, and actionable feedback — not just a checklist walkthrough.

  • A themed tabletop transforms a routine exercise into an engaging, team-building experience. It keeps participants focused, encourages collaboration across departments, and improves retention by making the scenario more memorable and relatable — all while strengthening your real-world incident response capabilities.