CYB-230Cybersecurity & Threat

Incident and Breach Readiness: Tabletop to Regulator

The first hours of an incident decide how the regulator sees you. This course takes you from a tabletop exercise to the decisions, logs and notices a real incident demands.

6 lessons About 3 hours 3 ALCs Certificate on completion

Prepares you for: CISSP · Security+ · CISM

What you'll be able to do

  • Write an incident runbook your team can follow under pressure
  • Keep a decision log that stands up to later scrutiny
  • Prepare communications for staff, customers and regulators in advance
  • Run a tabletop exercise that tests decisions, not just contact lists
You finish with

An incident runbook and tabletop kit

What's in it. An incident runbook, a decision log template, communication templates and a tabletop exercise kit.

You build it lesson by lesson, using your own organization, and submit it for your certificate. It's yours to keep and adapt.

Who it's for

Incident responders, security managers, legal and communications staff on the response team.

What's inside

  1. Part 1Where the requirement comes from 16 min
  2. Part 2How small teams and enterprises meet it 14 min
  3. Part 3The method, step by step 20 min
  4. Part 4Hands-on lab: small team choose one 90 min
  5. Part 5Hands-on lab: enterprise choose one 120 min
  6. Part 6Finish and submit your deliverable 20 min

Built for your size

The requirement is the same everywhere. How you meet it depends on who you have. You pick the lab that matches your organization.

Small team or early-stageFive people, one runbook, insurer on speed dial.
EnterpriseIncident commander model, legal privilege and multi-team coordination.

How you earn the certificate

Submit your finished deliverable, which is scored against a published rubric, and pass a short scenario quiz. Your certificate goes to your wallet and can be checked by anyone on the public register.

Ready to build an incident runbook and tabletop kit?6 lessons, about 3 hours. Start whenever you're ready.
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