Overview: Participants are the leadership/management of a fictional association. Without warning, the internal network slows to a crawl, outgoing email refuses to send, and PCs start to mysteriously reboot. You are under attack...
This scenario targets how management will deal with a cyber-threat. This is NOT an IT/technology-based exercise, though IT can work in parallel to determine how they would handle such a situation and communicate with the leadership.
Exercise Focus: Crisis Management / Communications / Business Resumption
Delivery: This Conduct It Yourself Tabletop Exercise is available for immediate download.
Overview: Participants work as the management team for a fictional association. An earthquake rocks the region - your power is out, employees are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked employees and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, deadlines that need to be met, your members are upset - how would a team handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Shelter-in-place / Evacuation / Business Recovery
Overview: Participants are the management team for a fictional Association. Suddenly, the building shakes from a loud explosion! The power is out, employees and guests are injured, the building is evacuated, conference deadlines need to be met, employees are missing, your members are upset - how would a team handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Evacuation / Initial Operational Recovery
Overview: Participants are the management team of a fictional association. Media reports are telling of the ever increasing impact of an Influenza. Your available staff is dropping rapidly due to sickness, the need for staff to attend to sick family members and the general fear of becoming sick. The challenges continue as the loss of staffing affects the chain of command and ongoing operations. To top it off, there are fatalities, including a senior member of your staff. This scenario will see how far your preparations have gone and how you will continue to serve your members.
Exercise Focus: Preparedness / Crisis Communications / Business Resumption
Overview: Participants work as the management team of a fictional association. Suddenly, a loud BOOM shakes your building - a news report blares, “… bombing … all area buildings must Shelter-in-Place …”. Now the chaos begins. There are unsettled and angry employees, radiation detected and employees needing medicine. How will the management team handle the situations that arise when employees and guests are forced to stay inside for a long period of time? How will they keep the employees inside and keep the outsiders from getting in?
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Shelter-in-Place / Evacuation / Continuity of Operations
Overview: Participants are the management team for a fictional Association. Suddenly, the building shakes from a loud explosion! The power is out, employees are injured, the building must shelter-in-place bringing issues of panicked employees and medical problems. When you can evacuate, there are missing people, conference deadlines that need to be met, your members are upset - how would a team handle such a disaster, especially with your building now closed? See how your management staff will respond.
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Shelter-in-Place / Evacuation / Initial Operational Recovery
Overview: Participants are the employees of a fictional association. Suddenly, everyone jumps as shots are heard. Employees begin screaming and running in every direction. The shooter takes hostages as the remaining employees flee the building. While the police talk to the shooter, employees are upset and deadlines still need to be met. See how your organization would handle such a disaster, especially now that your floor is closed as a crime scene. How will your team respond?
Exercise Focus: Emergency Response / Crisis Communications / Public Relations
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