In the early 1800s, Prussian officers began rehearsing battles around sand tables. They called it Kriegsspiel, and it worked because it forced them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure. Fast forward to today, and that same concept has become cybersecurity’s go-to tool for crisis preparedness: the tabletop exercise. For good reason: it still works. Full disclosure: we are actively building in this space. That’s partly why we’ve spent so much time dissecting where these exercises fall short. The observations below come directly from the trenches. Lee and I have spent years facilitating these scenarios for everyone from growth-stage technology startups to massive global enterprises in h...