Cyber Incident Simulations

Exercise your capability to respond to a cyber incident, before the real thing happens.

As the number of impactful incidents continues to rise in New Zealand, we can see the shift in public perception from the prevention of an incident to a judgement of how you respond. Our simulations enable you to play out your decisions during a response and learn how to avoid common pitfalls.

We have genuinely experienced and believe in the benefits of exercising your response capability for an incident – before the real thing happens.

Incident Simulation Approach

Our simulations are created bespoke for each client and are designed to accurately reflect your business, security controls, vendors, and IT environment.

The Simulation

Our simulations are typically desk-based, but also involve technical injects for analysis where your audience is appropriate.

We work closely with our clients to create a bespoke simulation approach for your environment and risks, and craft a realistic attack tailored for any specific aspects of CIR/BCP, or environment you wish to assess.

We can run simulations targeting your technical response capability, Senior Leadership critical decision making, or both.

Our Experience

We are one of New Zealand’s most experienced providers of Cyber Incident Simulations. The team at Diode have led successful Cyber Incident Simulations for a variety of SMEs, enterprises, Government agencies, and critical infrastructure providers.

We leverage our extensive experience in Cyber Incident Response to craft a realistic simulation tailored for any specific aspects of your response plan or environment you wish to assess.

Incident Simulation Outcomes

Our simulations typically include an executive report and detailed findings, with specific recommendations.
If required, we are also able to assist in updating your incident response plans and supporting your uplift activities. 

Incident Response Team

  • Assessing your technical capability to investigate common cyber attacks.
  • Building muscle memory for your incident response plan.
  • Identifying gaps in your current incident response and business continuity planning.
  • Streamlining incident escalation, including your vendors and external regulatory bodies.

Senior Leadership Team

  • Contextualising the business impact of various major cyber incidents to your organisation.
  • Building confidence in your incident response capability.
  • Managing external communications.
  • Identifying services which do not have business continuity for a major incident.
  • Identifying and exercising unique key decisions that may arise during a cyber attack.

Become a partner to receive 24/7/365 immediate response support, tailored threat warnings for your environment, analysis on whether you are impacted by new vulnerabilities, security operations support and security monitoring services.

Not sure if you need it? Get in touch now to organise a cyber incident simulation – tailored to your business. These exercises are fun and will identify gaps in your ability to respond. Simulations also build real muscle memory, and our clients have repeatedly told us that they have improved their ability to respond.

In case of an incident or a suspected breach, please get in touch with us immediately at one of the contact details below.

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