72-Hour Breach Tabletop Exercise
Run a facilitated simulation of a major personal data breach, testing your team's ability to execute the GDPR 72-hour notification workflow under pressure.
Facilitated 4-hour tabletop exercise simulating a major GDPR breach: your team executes the full IRP under time pressure, tests the 72-hour notification workflow, identifies gaps, and receives a debrief report with recommendations. Delivered in 10–15 business days prep + 1 session. Fixed price €1,100–1,800.
📋Why this service exists
Article 32(1)(d) requires 'regularly testing, assessing and evaluating' technical and organisational measures. A tabletop exercise is the standard method for testing the organisational side — it reveals process gaps that technical testing cannot detect: unclear responsibilities, communication failures, slow decision-making.
What you get
- Custom scenario scripted for your industry/stack
- 4-hour facilitated tabletop session (remote or on-site)
- Scenario injects (simulated events during exercise)
- Participant observation and timing notes
- Post-exercise debrief (90 min)
- Exercise report with gap analysis
- Recommendations for IRP improvement
How we deliver
- Day 0You request quote → reply in 4 business hours
- Day 1–2Discovery call & scope clarification
- Day 3–5Contract signed, kickoff scheduled
- Day 5–7Implementation begins
- Day NFinal deliverables + walkthrough call
- +30 daysFree post-delivery support
Tools & technologies
Prerequisites
- Incident response plan documented
- Key stakeholders available for 4-hour session
- GDPR breach notification procedures defined
Pricing
✓ Within scope:
- •Up to 8 participants
- •One breach scenario
- •Remote facilitation (on-site available for additional travel costs)
⚠ Outside scope (additional quote required):
- •Live technical simulation (red team exercise — separate)
- •More than 8 participants
- •IRP update based on findings (additional consultation)
📋Final price confirmed in proposal within 4 hours of your request.
Realistic timeline — what to expect
- T+0hSubmit request
- T+4hInitial proposal (business hours)
- T+1–3dDiscovery call
- T+2–3dFinal invoice
- T+3–5dContract signed
- T+4–6dPayment received
- T+5–7dService kickoff
- T+5–7d+NService complete
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