Resources - The America’s
United States - Tabletop Exercises
Exercises help to practice staff, operations and decisionmaking processes to enhance resilience.
Exercise materials and templates are available for different scenario’s. In the US for example, CISA offers a wide portfolio of downloadable tabletop exercise packages to serve as an off-the-shelf solution for a variety of exercise needs.
More information is found about Critical Infrastructure Exercises here:
Scenario’s
There are different scenario’s for tabletop exercises.
- physical security scenario’s
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/physical-security-scenarios
- cyber scenario’s
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/cybersecurity-scenarios
- cyber-physical convergence scenario’s
Tabletop package
Tabletop packages are available that help exercise planners, facilitators and participants understand their roles and responsibilities. The package includes templates how to organize the exercise.
Resources
More information about critical infrastructure exercises and tabletop materials can be found on the website of the US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency: