Test your plan under pressure and fix gaps before an incident does
An incident response plan is only as strong as its execution: without real-world testing, gaps remain hidden until it’s too late. Lack of tailoring of crisis simulations often leads to employees underwhelmed and unable to apply the practical lessons learned to their own job.
Lockdown work with internal stakeholder teams to develop Crisis Simulations built around an organisation identified risk register and incorporating their business continuity and incident response plans. Our experienced consultants are able to utilise sophisticated software solutions or develop exercises and curveball injections in a more traditional tabletop format, depending on the organisations wishes or existing access to technologies. This process then reinforms the Incident Response or Business Continuity plans, with full reporting issued post simulation in a feedback loop for improvement purposes and refining of Incident Response plans.
- Bespoke scenarios built to the customer risks and sector
- Highly interactive and designed to mimic real life incidents
- Tests the effectiveness of Incident response plans
- Creates a feedback loop to improve Incident Response function and redrafting of plans
- Format: tabletop exercise or software-supported simulation
- Duration: scoped engagement
- Audience: leadership, IT, security, risk, operations, comms
- Ideal for: organisations that want proven readiness, not assumptions
- What's included: bespoke scenario + facilitation + curveballs + reporting + plan improvements
Crisis Simulations
Common problems
“We’ve never tested our incident response plan.”
Explore problem →Recommended focus: stress-testing the plan with a realistic scenario
You’ll get: gaps found early, not during an incident“We don’t know if our comms would hold up.”
Explore problem →Recommended focus: testing internal and external communications
You’ll get: clearer messages and smoother stakeholder handling“Exercises feel generic and don’t match our risks.”
Explore problem →Recommended focus: tailoring to your risks and sector
You’ll get: learning that applies to real roles and decisions“We need evidence of readiness for leadership or audit.”
Explore problem →Recommended focus: reporting actions after the exercise
You’ll get: documented improvements and clear next steps“People freeze under pressure or don’t know what to do.”
Explore problem →Recommended focus: practising roles, escalation and decision points
You’ll get: clearer execution and faster coordination“We want the exercise to improve the plan, not sit on a shelf.”
Explore problem →Recommended focus: feeding lessons back into plan updates
You’ll get: a stronger plan after every simulationWhat this training covers
- Bespoke scenarios built around your risks, sector and risk register
- Facilitation with realistic curveballs to simulate real pressure
- Tabletop format or software-supported simulation options
- Testing of incident response and business continuity plans
- Post-simulation reporting with findings and recommendations
- Plan updates and refinements based on lessons learned
Ask for price
Tell us your sector, key risks, and whether you want a tabletop exercise or a software-supported simulation. If you’d like a call back, leave your phone number in the optional message field and we’ll get back to you. We’ll recommend the best-fit option and send a clear quote.
