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The CISO's Guide to Cyber Resilience Testing

How DORA, NIS2, and modern regulations are rewriting the rules for tabletop exercises. A comprehensive guide for security leaders navigating the new compliance landscape.

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The CISO's Guide to Cyber Resilience Testing

What You'll Learn

40 pages of actionable insights, regulatory analysis, and practical frameworks.

DORA Deep Dive

Articles 24-27 testing requirements explained in plain language, with a compliance checklist mapping exercises to specific mandates.

NIS2 Analysis

How 8 of 10 minimum measures map to tabletop exercises, plus the 24hr/72hr/1-month incident reporting timeline your team must master.

Penalty Landscape

DORA fines up to 2% of turnover (EUR 5M), NIS2 up to EUR 10M, plus personal liability for C-suite. Know what's at stake.

Exercise Framework

Step-by-step guide to planning, executing, and analyzing tabletop exercises with compliance mapping and KPI tracking.

ROI & Metrics

MTTD, MTTE, MTTC benchmarks plus the $2.66M average savings from tested IR plans. Data to justify your security budget.

12-Month Roadmap

Month-by-month implementation plan from your first exercise to a mature, compliance-ready programme with board-level reporting.

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Table of Contents

01

The Regulatory Tsunami

Why cybersecurity testing is no longer optional

02

DORA Deep Dive

Digital operational resilience: what financial entities must do now

03

NIS2 Deep Dive

The directive that covers everyone

04

Beyond DORA and NIS2

The global compliance landscape (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA)

05

Anatomy of an Effective Tabletop Exercise

From planning to post-mortem: a step-by-step framework

06

Measuring What Matters

KPIs and metrics for cybersecurity exercises

07

Building Your Exercise Program

A 12-month roadmap to resilience

08

The Future of Resilience Testing

How AI is transforming tabletop exercises

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3 Appendices: DORA reference table, NIS2 checklist, exercise planning template

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Ready-to-Use Templates

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