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Tabletop

NIS2 tabletop exercise blueprint

Practice decision-making under pressure before the real incident happens.

Scenario

Ransomware + supply-chain compromise affecting critical production systems.

Participants

  • • Incident manager (SOC/IT).
  • • Leadership representative.
  • • Legal/compliance owner.
  • • Communications or stakeholder liaison.

Exercise timeline

  1. 1. T+0 alert triage and impact framing.
  2. 2. T+30 containment decision and escalation.
  3. 3. T+90 external reporting strategy (24/72).
  4. 4. T+180 evidence package and board update.