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Breach: A crisis simulation for cyber incident response

How can a crisis response simulation help you?

How can a crisis response simulation help you?

Breach is a situational judgement simulation that builds confidence and competence in managing cybersecurity incidents. Designed for leaders and key decision-makers, it gives participants the opportunity to:

  • Practise effective crisis leadership in a high-pressure environment
  • Make decisions informed by facts, data, and business context
  • Improve communication and stakeholder management under stress
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How Breach can help your business

In Breach, participants become members of an Incident Response Team (IRT) facing a serious and evolving cybersecurity incident. In the realistic simulation, they are asked to make a series of critical decisions - each with implications for the immediate crisis and long-term business resilience.

Breach develops key leadership capabilities across two high-stakes domains:

Strategic thinking

  • Making data-driven decisions under uncertainty
  • Balancing commercial, legal, regulatory, and security demands
  • Preparing for unpredictable developments with forward-thinking plans

Crisis management

  • Solving complex problems with limited information
  • Leading visibly and effectively under pressure
  • Managing stakeholders and shaping clear, confident communications

At a glance

  • Duration: Breach is played over 3–4 hours
  • Scenario: Participants act as the incident response team of a business under cyberattack. As the situation escalates, they must lead the response, protect business interests, and plan for the future—managing real-time pressure and uncertainty
  • Skillsets: Strategic thinking, crisis management

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