
Operational Resilience Series
Communications Disruption Exercise
Two Dates Offered: June 11th and August 20th at 12PM ET
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Join fellow cybersecurity, IT, and risk management peers for a practical, scenario-driven discussion that will help your organization better withstand and adapt to telecom disruptions.
By participating, you will:
Assess Your Dependencies – Identify how telecom disruptions affect your organization’s operations and response plans.
Test Resilience Plans – Pinpoint gaps in your existing frameworks for managing service failures.
Enhance Communication – Improve internal and external coordination during widespread outages.
Collaborate Across Sectors – Engage with peers and government agencies to strengthen resilience.
Develop Actionable Insights – Walk away with key findings to inform and enhance your organization’s preparedness.
A disruption to communications can have cascading effects across industries, impacting critical operations, service delivery, and crisis response.
The GRF Business Resilience Council's complimentary Communications Disruption Exercise will challenge organizations to test their resilience against communications disruptions, refine incident response plans, and share best practices during a panel-led discussion with real-time response and data aggregation. During the event, participants will further their strategic understanding of their service dependencies and their organization’s ability to adapt and maintain operations.
This exercise allows attendees to assess operational resilience, identifying any gaps in handling disruptions, and set minimum viable service levels to ensure continuity amid any physical or cyber incident. The exercise will also aid attendees in evaluating communication strategies and strengthening internal and external coordination during a widespread outage.
As a multi-sector exercise, the event will help enhance awareness of cross sector dependencies, enhance collaboration with partners, third parties, industry peers, and government agencies. The goal is to bolster collective resilience against operational disruptions and infrastructure failures.
FAQs
For any questions, please reach out to Brian Katula at bkatula@grf.org
How will the exercise be conducted?
The Communications Disruption Exercise will challenge organizations to test their resilience against communications disruptions, refine contingency plans, and share best practices during a panel-led discussion. Participants are polled anonymously. The crowdsourced responses are discussed by the panel, analyzed, and later captured in an after-action report. Participants will further their strategic understanding of service dependencies and their organization’s ability to adapt and maintain operations.
Do I need to prepare anything in advance?
While no formal preparation is required, participants will benefit from reviewing their organization’s incident response and operational resilience plans. Additionally, reviewing the Operational Resilience Framework is highly encouraged.
Will this be a live cyberattack simulation?
No. This is a strategic discussion exercise, not a hands-on technical simulation. The focus is on decision-making and response planning. IT and third-party dependencies will be on display, and business priorities will determine response objectives.
How long will the TTX last?
The exercise is expected to last 4.5 hours, including scenario discussions and a debrief.
Will there be a post-exercise report?
Yes, an After-Action Report (AAR) will be provided to participants, capturing key findings, lessons learned, and recommended actions.