Preparing for the Unexpected and Restoring Operational Functionality

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Presented at ChiBrrCon 2025 by

ilan finkelstein

Building Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Incident Response simulations based on real world occurrences along with potential black swan events can increase response effectiveness, improve playbooks and instill a sense of teamwork. However, building these simulations can be tricky and time consuming. We seek to explain ways and methods to: Provide a framework for the development of tabletops and simulations based in real-world possibilitiesOffer methodologies for introducing randomness into tabletops and simulationsCreating “Black Swan” events based on reality, like the death of a CISO, physical disaster, or loss of a cloud provider region. -Insights into gaining management buy-inStrategies for incorporating individuals and teams not typically associated with BCP, DR, and IR into exercisesPost talk, participants will have the ability and understanding to return to their organizations and begin to create meaningful, thought provoking tabletops and simulations that will help to strengthen security and operations cooperation, improve planning and strategies around BCP, DR, and IR, and continue to fuel management buy-in and improved understanding of the importance of these exercises.