​2021 Schedule:​ 

• May 13-14: ONLINE | REGISTER

• November 4-5: ONLINE | REGISTER

The ability to plan, develop, deliver, and assess tabletop war games are essential skills required to validate an organization's incident response and cyber crisis management plans.  Acquiring this certification demonstrates a unique and specialized set of knowledge, skills, and abilities.

OBJECTIVE

An immersion into planning, developing, conducting, and assessing tabletop cyber war games that are aligned to and compliant with the U.S. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP). Although there is no such thing as being “HSEEP certified” this course will certify students do indeed understand and apply the FEMA program as it is aligned to the cyber security domain.

VALUE

The ability to plan, develop, deliver, and assess tabletop war games are essential skills required to validate an organization's incident response and cyber crisis management plans.  Acquiring this certification demonstrates a unique and specialized set of knowledge, skills, and abilities.

DAY 1: FOUNDATIONS OF TABLETOP CYBER WAr EXERCISES

• ​Tabletop Exercises vs. Immersive Simulations

• Exercise Scope

• Exercise Design & Development

  • Setting the Foundations​

  • Planning Meetings

    • Concept and SMART Objectives Meeting

    • Initial Planning Meeting

    • Midterm Planning Meeting

    • Master Scenario Events List Meeting

    • Final Planning Meeting

• Exercise Roles & Responsibilities

• Exercise Execution & Logistics

• Exercise Materials​

  • Situation Manual​

  • Player Handbooks

  • Facilitator Guide

  • Exercise Presentation

  • Exercise Evaluation Guide

  • Participant Feedback Form

• Exercise Conclusion

• After-Action Reporting

• Exercise Improvement Planning

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DAY 2: TABLETOP CYBER WAR EXERCISE PRACTICALS

• Assignment

  • Develop all contents required to build, deliver, and assess an exercise​

• Practical

  • Serve as facilitator for a given exercise subset

  • Act as observer for a given exercise subset