Exercises
Cyber exercises aim at improving organisations’ preparedness and response for severe security incidents, and at shortening and reducing the impact of cyber-attacks. An exercise involves presenting an organisation with a simulated crisis scenario to resolve, which enables the organisation to learn valuable lessons for developing its operations. The NCSC-FI supports critical infrastructure providers in their cyber exercise activities.
Benefits of cyber exercises include:
- improved observation, reaction and recovery skills of employees and decision-makers in case of severe security incidents
- facilitated detection of defects and vulnerabilities in processes, operating models and systems
- faster allocation of resources to areas identified during the exercises
- increased understanding of supplier dependencies and service provider data security requirements
- intensified cooperation with service providers through joint exercises
- improved identification and management of individual threats in the cyber environment.
We develop our exercise services as part of the KYBER 2020 programme. Our services are designed to improve critical infrastructure providers’ preparedness for cyber threats. We also wish to help organisations to develop their operations independently, through effective and constant practice. Observations made during an exercise can be cultivated into development priorities that enable the organisation to better detect severe security incidents, for instance.
CYBER EXERCISE MATERIAL
Cyber exercises are an excellent way to assess courses of action, improve crisis tolerance and accelerate recovery from cyber security incidents. The NCSC-FI offers a practical manual on organising cyber exercises where the insights have been gathered into one dossier. The exercise manual is suitable for both an organisation organising its first exercise as well as an organisation with a vast experience in organising exercises for the search of new methods and points of view. It has been primarily written as a practical guide for those that are currently planning to organise a cyber exercise.
Booklet Cyber exercise scenarios 2020 contains 20 different cyber security incidents that can be used as event descriptions of cyber exercises. The compilation has been made in cooperation with specialists from partner companies. The scenarios are based on real-life cyber security incidents.
Contact us
Get in touch with the cyber exercises team by writing to us: kyberharjoitukset@traficom.fi