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The Gap

The technical team has rehearsed.
Has leadership? 

Decisions no one has rehearsed 

Materiality, disclosure timing, board escalation — these are executive decisions, and most leadership teams have never practiced them together. 

A governance gap, not just a security gap 

SEC rules require disclosure of a material incident within four business days of determining materiality — few executive teams have rehearsed getting there under pressure. 

AI raises the stakes 

AI-enabled social engineering and unsafe AI behavior can force business and disclosure decisions before the technical facts are even settled. 

Leadership readiness is now part of cyber readiness. NCUA guidance
recommends regular tabletop exercises so boards and management can
practice their roles.

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Solutions

An executive decision exercise,
not a technical workshop 

A facilitator-led simulation tailored to your governance structure and regulatory context,
testing how the C-suite, board participants, General Counsel, Communications, and security
leadership align on materiality, escalation, and messaging while facts are still emerging. 

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Executive- and board-centered scenario design 

Frames the exercise around the decisions senior leaders actually own — materiality, escalation, continuity tradeoffs. 

Decision-forcing crisis injects 

Each inject forces a decision with a named owner and timeframe. No decision becomes a documented finding. 

Disclosure & communications workflow validation 

Tests how Legal, Communications, Finance, Security, and the C-suite align on timing, messaging, and spokesperson authority. 

AI-assisted exercise support 

AI accelerates inject drafting and decision capture; facilitators retain control over every conclusion. 

Executive debrief & action plan 

A board- and leadership-ready summary of decision gaps and improvement actions — grounded in observed behavior. 

Modern scenario
coverage 

Ransomware, third-party incidents, AI-related exposure, and reputational risk — handled in one executive conversation. 

HOW THE ENGAGEMENT WORKS 

From intake to board-ready readout

Phase 1

Pre-session intake 

Define objectives and regulatory drivers. Review IR and crisis governance plans; map decision authority. 

Phase 2

Scenario configuration 

A structured platform generates a scenario mapped to the executive decisions leadership must make. 

Phase 3

Live session 

A time-compressed, facilitator-led session. Injects force decisions on materiality, disclosure, and escalation. 

Phase 4

Post-session 

Evidence-based gap analysis tied to specific injects, plus a board-ready readout with a prioritized action plan. 

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DISTINCT SERVICE OFFERINGS 

One exercise, scoped to whoever owns
the highest-consequence decisions 

Tier 1

C-suite readiness tabletop 

An executive simulation focused on leadership decisions during a disruptive cyber incident. 

  • Leadership findings summary
  • Decision-gap analysis
  • Next-step actions
Best for: CEO staff, CISO, General Counsel, Communications. 
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Most common fit
Tier 2

Board / risk committee readiness tabletop 

A cyber-governance simulation for directors or risk-committee members overseeing a high-consequence incident. 

  • Board-ready summary
  • Oversight observations
  • Governance recommendations
Best for: boards, risk committees, senior executives. 
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Tier 3

Disclosure & communications readiness tabletop 

A focused exercise for materiality, public communications, customer messaging, and regulator-facing decisions. 

  • Disclosure-readiness observations
  • Communications improvement plan
  • Executive summary
Best for: General Counsel, IR leadership, Communications, Finance.  
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WHY GRUVE

Built for the decisions leaders
actually own 

Built for executive decision-making,
not technical response

Designed for leaders who own governance, disclosure, and continuity decisions. 

Decision-driven,
not discussion-based

Every inject forces a real decision with a named owner. No decision means a documented finding. 

Evidence-based findings

Every observation ties to a specific inject and logged decision, defensible for audit and board conversations. 

AI-augmented, human-led

AI speeds up pacing and reporting; every readiness judgment stays human-led. 

Successful Stories

Learn how Gruve drives impact

Public technology

Getting the board aligned before a live event forced it 

A public technology company's technical response process was mature, but its executive team and board risk committee had never rehearsed a fast-moving incident forcing disclosure, communications, and continuity decisions at once. Gruve ran an executive tabletop around a ransomware-and-data-theft scenario with the CISO, General Counsel, IR leaders, and selected directors. 
Key results
  • Clarified timing and ownership of materiality discussions and board escalation 
  • Identified a gap between technical update cadence and what executives needed to decide 
  • Exposed ambiguity around spokesperson authority and customer-notification sequencing
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FAQs

Frequently asked questions about
Executive readiness tabletop 

What is an Executive Readiness Tabletop? 

A facilitator-led simulation that tests how your C-suite, board participants, General Counsel, and Communications leadership align on materiality, disclosure, and escalation decisions during a realistic cyber event. 

How is this different from a technical IR tabletop? 

It’s not a responder exercise. It’s built for the decisions leadership actually owns — materiality determination, board escalation, disclosure timing, and public messaging — not how the SOC investigates. 

Who should be in the room? 

Typically the CEO’s office, CISO, General Counsel, Communications, and — depending on the tier — board or risk-committee members. The exercise is scoped to whoever owns the highest-consequence decisions. 

Does AI drive the exercise? 

No. AI accelerates inject drafting and decision-thread capture, but the scenario is directed by experienced facilitators, and every observation and recommendation is human-led. 

What do we walk away with? 

A board- and leadership-ready summary of decision gaps and improvement actions, tied to specific injects and observed behavior — suitable for governance, audit, and insurance conversations. 

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Prepare your leadership team for the
cyber decisions that cannot wait

See how Gruve's Executive Readiness Tabletop helps the C-suite and board rehearse materiality,
communications, and governance decisions before a high-stakes incident forces them. 

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