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Templates & Playbooks

Resources & Templates

Everything your team needs to plan, facilitate, and follow up on a tabletop exercise. From facilitator scripts to MITRE ATT&CK mappings, every resource is designed to produce actionable outcomes.

Facilitator Guides

Structured playbooks that give facilitators everything they need to run a confident, well-paced exercise -- even if it is their first time.

Exercise Facilitation Script

Step-by-step guide covering opening remarks, inject delivery cadence, discussion prompts, and time management.

Inject Cards & Decision Trees

Pre-built inject sequences with branching logic so facilitators can adapt the exercise in real time.

Scoring & Observation Guide

Structured rubric for capturing gaps, noting team dynamics, and rating response maturity across key areas.

Post-Exercise Debrief Template

Hot-wash agenda, discussion prompts, and a framework for gathering candid feedback immediately after the exercise.

Participant Workbooks

Printed or digital workbooks that keep participants engaged, focused, and documenting their decisions throughout the exercise.

Scenario Briefing Packet

Background context, organizational role assignments, and the threat landscape summary participants receive before the exercise.

Decision Worksheet

Structured forms for documenting decisions, rationale, escalation paths, and communication actions at each inject.

Gap Self-Assessment

Individual reflection template where participants identify their own gaps in knowledge, tooling, and process.

Action Item Tracker

Post-exercise worksheet for capturing remediation items, owners, timelines, and priority levels.

Documentation

Reference material that connects your exercises to real threat intelligence, industry frameworks, and proven methodology.

MITRE ATT&CK Mappings

Every scenario inject is mapped to specific ATT&CK techniques, giving your team a shared language for adversary behavior.

Threat Landscape Briefings

Quarterly intelligence summaries covering the latest TTPs, active threat groups, and sector-specific risks relevant to your exercises.

Exercise Methodology Guide

Our full methodology document covering exercise design principles, alignment with CISA CTEP and NIST SP 800-84, and maturity scoring.

AAR Report Template

The structured After-Action Report template used to deliver findings, severity ratings, and a prioritized remediation roadmap.

Compliance Crosswalk

Mapping of exercise outputs to common compliance frameworks including NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA requirements.

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Operational-tier engagements include all facilitator guides, participant workbooks, MITRE ATT&CK mappings, and quarterly threat intelligence updates for 12 months.

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