Tabletop Exercises for Fraud and Sabotage

Fraud and sabotage incidents can escalate quickly from an isolated operational issue into a broader organizational crisis. What begins as connectivity problems or customer complaints may soon raise concerns about financial loss, internal compromise, reputational damage, and possible criminal activity. Leadership may be forced to respond before the full scope of the incident is understood.

These fraud and sabotage tabletop exercises are designed to help organizations test how management will respond when a deliberate act begins affecting operations, customer trust, and business stability. The focus is not on technical investigation alone. It is on leadership coordination, communications, decision-making, and continuity as the situation unfolds.

What This Scenario Tests

• Leadership decision-making during a suspected fraud or sabotage event
• Coordination between leadership, operations, security, IT, legal, and communications
• Internal communications during a high-pressure and potentially sensitive incident
• External communications with customers, regulators, law enforcement, media, or other stakeholders
• Operational continuity while systems, services, or trust are disrupted
• Escalation, authority, and crisis management during a deliberate attack or internal compromise

Each exercise below applies this scenario to a specific industry context, helping teams evaluate how fraud or sabotage would affect their operations, responsibilities, and response priorities.

 

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The following exercises apply this scenario to different industries, helping organizations evaluate how fraud or sabotage would affect their operations, responsibilities, and response priorities.