Dispatches
Dispatches: articles on cyber exercises and security training
Articles for security leaders who buy, plan or sit in exercises. Each one is written from public sources, dated, and lists those sources at the end. Start with the buyer's checklist if you are comparing platforms this quarter, or the news recap for what changed in 2026.
Editorial assessment · Assessed from vendor sites, product pages and published pricing, September 2026
- 2026-09-29MythsTabletop
Six cyber tabletop exercise myths, checked against published facts
Six beliefs about tabletops and security training, each set against a public source.
- 2026-09-29PricingBuying
What cyber range and tabletop exercise platforms cost in 2026: every published price
The prices vendors publish, what each one is per, and how to get a comparable quote from the rest.
- 2026-09-29NewsAI
Security training and cyber exercise news, January to September 2026: what changed
Dated vendor and industry announcements from the first nine months of 2026, grouped into five themes, with what each means for a buyer.
- 2026-08-26Buying
How to evaluate a tabletop exercise or cyber range platform: 12 questions for vendors
Twelve questions on format, realism, evidence, effort and price, and what vendors in this category publish before a sales call.
- 2026-07-29Buying
How to run a proof of concept for a crisis simulation or cyber range platform
Five steps to test a platform on your own scenario with your own people, and the measures that separate vendors.
- 2026-07-08ScenariosTabletop
Five cyber tabletop exercise scenarios for 2026, and the decision each one tests
Five scenarios tied to 2026 attack data and CISA's exercise topics, each with three injects and the decision it should force.
- 2026-06-10RegulationTabletop
SEC cyber disclosure rules: how to rehearse the materiality decision in a tabletop exercise
What the SEC's 2023 rules require, why the materiality decision is the step to exercise, and a session plan that tests it.
- 2026-04-15StandardsRegulation
CISA, NIST and the SEC: the public sources behind a cyber exercise program
Four public documents, what each one is for, and how they fit together in one program.