Please join us on Friday August 22, 2025 for Super Cyber Friday.
Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Tabletop Exercises: An hour of critical thinking about how to get better value out of running disaster scenarios.”
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Joining David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series for this discussion will be:
- Raj Singh, CISO – North America, Sagility
- Brett Conlon, CISO, American Century Investment
In preparation for our discussion, think about the following:
- What makes a tabletop exercise genuinely valuable versus just “checking the compliance box?”
- How do you balance realism in scenarios with the need to keep exercises manageable and focused for busy executives?
- What are the most common failure points in tabletop exercises?
- How should you handle the team dynamics when a tabletop reveals serious gaps in leadership understanding or preparedness?
- What’s the optimal frequency and scope for tabletop exercises? How do you avoid exercise fatigue while maintaining readiness?
- How do you measure the ROI of tabletop exercises and demonstrate their value to skeptical leadership?
- What’s evolved in your approach to tabletop exercises as the threat landscape has become more complex and fast-moving?
- How do you design scenarios that test decision-making under pressure rather than just knowledge of procedures?
It all starts at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific. At the end of the hour [2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific] we’ll switch gears to our meetup where everyone will get a chance to chat face to face.
ALSO…
- Best bad ideas get first responses in “Department of YES” or “Beat the Bad Idea”.
- The BEST bad idea wins an award and a really awesome CISO Series jacket. Also, if you register early by the Tuesday (5pm PT) of that week’s video chat, you will be entered into a raffle where one lucky register will win a jacket (Winners must be US residents. Repeat winners get a $25 Amazon gift card).
Super Cyber Fridays are open discussions where all viewers and listeners are welcome to become participants. Before the scheduled event, connect your webcam and microphone (avoid Bluetooth). During the discussion, if you have a question or comment, let it be known in the chat room and our producer will do his best to get as many of you into the conversation. We look forward to you joining us.