An immersive, role-based cyber crisis simulation where an AI-driven adversary adapts to your decisions, so boards and executives practice faster, better choices under pressure.
Built for Board/Executive, Security & OT/IT, Finance, Legal, and Communications, together in one experience.
Executive Summary
CyberTactik is an executive cyber crisis simulator where an AI game-master observes choices and reacts like a real adversary, while leaders coordinate responses across business, legal, finance, communications, and security. Sessions run in an immersive boardroom environment (in-room/VR/AR/mobile) or remotely, with clear feedback and measurable outcomes.
Board & Executive Teams
Practice governance, oversight, and strategic decision-making under the pressure of evolving cyber threats.
CISO and OT/IT Leadership
Coordinate technical response while effectively communicating impact to business stakeholders.
Finance (CFO)
Navigate financial implications, fraud attempts, and resource allocation during crisis situations.
Legal & Communications
Balance disclosure requirements, stakeholder communications, and reputation management in real-time.
The simulator uniquely couples technical impact with reputational pressure and fraud scenarios (like Business Email Compromise), mirroring the complex dynamics executives face in real-world cyber incidents.
What Makes CyberTactik Different
Coupled Technical + Reputational Simulation
Attacks and public rumor dynamics evolve together, creating realistic pressure on disclosure timing and communications strategy—just like in the real world.
AI Adversary Director
Our proprietary system adjusts tactics, stealth, dwell time, exfiltration, and media pressure based on your team's decisions, creating a truly adaptive challenge.
Role-Aware Experience
Every participant receives targeted prompts and decisions relevant to their function—Board/Execs, CISO/OT/IT, Finance, Legal, and Communications each see what matters to them.
Additional innovations include our SocialPulse™ media simulator where journalists, customers, regulators and trolls react to your actions, complete OT/ICS readiness with industry-specific scenarios, and actionable analytics that translate decisions into measurable business outcomes.
How a CyberTactik Session Works
Set the scenario and roles
Choose from ransomware, supply-chain compromise, business email compromise, cloud/SaaS account takeover, ICS/OT incident, or DDoS + extortion. Assign leaders to their real-world roles for maximum relevance.
Experience the crisis
The AI adversary triggers events while leaders decide, coordinate, and communicate. SocialPulse™ reflects public reaction in near-real time, adding authentic pressure to your response.
See the impact
Technical and reputational effects are surfaced as simple KPIs—so executives can learn which decisions actually reduce risk and protect enterprise value.
Capture lessons
You receive a board-ready timeline and SMART recommendations to close gaps across governance, finance controls, communications, and operations.
What You'll Practice
Decision-Making Under Pressure
Make rapid, effective decisions while balancing regulatory compliance, business continuity, and reputational concerns—all with incomplete information, just like a real crisis.
Cross-Functional Coordination
Practice seamless collaboration across Board/Executive, Security/OT/IT, Finance, Legal, and Communications functions to ensure aligned response.
Fraud Prevention
Identify and contain financial fraud attempts such as business email compromise, payment diversion, and ransom demands under extreme time pressure.
Strategic Communications
Develop and deliver clear, timely communications that reduce rumor spread, protect stakeholder trust, and maintain regulatory compliance.
Each session builds muscle memory for crisis response, improving your organization's readiness for real-world cyber incidents while identifying specific improvement areas in your governance and response capabilities.
Executive-Ready Scenarios
Ransomware (Double Extortion)
Face the dual threats of data encryption and exfiltration, with attackers threatening to publish sensitive information unless demands are met.
Supply-chain Trojan
Experience the fallout from a compromised software update that enables lateral movement and access to core systems—testing your third-party risk response.
Business Email Compromise
Respond to sophisticated CFO targeting, fraudulent payment instructions, and time-sensitive financial threats requiring cross-functional coordination.
Cloud/SaaS Account Takeover
Navigate the complex challenges of token/OAuth abuse and MFA fatigue attacks targeting your cloud infrastructure and critical applications.
ICS/OT Anomalies
Address production and safety impacts across operational technology environments without requiring deep technical expertise from executive participants.
DDoS + Extortion
Manage service disruption alongside reputational ransom demands, balancing technical mitigation with stakeholder communications.
Each scenario is tailored to executive decision-making needs, focusing on business impact, governance requirements, and strategic choices rather than technical minutiae.
Measuring Progress with Executive KPIs
Detection & Response
Track Time to Detect (TTD), Time to Respond (TTR), containment effectiveness, and disaster-recovery readiness across multiple functions.
Fraud Control
Measure Time to First Response in finance operations (TTFR-FIN), payment-block success rate, and avoided false positives that could disrupt business.
Governance
Evaluate board decision latency and alignment of actions to established response plans and regulatory requirements.
Reputation Management
Assess communications response time (TTFR-Comms), sentiment trends, rumor containment, and policy compliance throughout the crisis.
All metrics are surfaced live in an executive-friendly dashboard during the simulation and summarized in a comprehensive report featuring timeline analysis, decision points, performance against plans, and SMART recommendations for improvement.
Trust, Safety & Privacy Commitments
Closed Simulation Environment
Our platform operates in a fully isolated environment with no offensive instructions or capability to publish real content. All simulation elements remain within the controlled exercise boundaries.
Enterprise-Grade Controls
We implement comprehensive security measures including role-based access control, SSO/IdP integration, end-to-end encryption, and tamper-evident logging to protect your data and simulation content.
AI Safety Guardrails
All AI components feature rigorous safety filters, comprehensive prompt logging, and supervised facilitation to ensure appropriate simulation content and behavior.
Privacy Protection
Your simulation data is protected through anonymization practices, configurable retention policies, and complete erasure options upon request, maintaining compliance with privacy regulations.
Flexible Delivery Options & Accessibility
Run Anywhere
CyberTactik adapts to your environment, with options for traditional boardroom/desktop delivery, VR or AR companion experiences, and mobile companion apps. Remote delivery seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Teams, with transcripts feeding our notes AI for enhanced reporting.
Scalable Participation
Accommodate 30–150 participants with our facilitator console that intelligently paces and branches scenarios based on group size and composition, ensuring every participant remains engaged regardless of total headcount.
Inclusive Design
Our platform features high-contrast UI, comprehensive captioning, keyboard navigation, and dynamic text sizing. We currently support English and French languages, with additional language support in development.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from a tabletop exercise?
Unlike static tabletops, CyberTactik features an AI adversary that adapts to your decisions in real-time. Our SocialPulse™ media simulator creates dynamic reputational pressure, and all actions generate measurable KPIs that translate directly to business outcomes—creating a much more realistic and valuable learning experience.
Can we include our governance or crisis playbooks?
Yes. CyberTactik can incorporate your existing playbooks, response plans, and governance frameworks into the simulation, allowing you to test their effectiveness and identify improvement opportunities in a realistic environment.
What changes for our board reporting cadence?
CyberTactik provides a board-ready timeline and SMART recommendations that can enhance your existing reporting processes. Many clients find the KPI framework valuable for ongoing board updates, creating a consistent measurement approach across simulated and actual incidents.
How do you address fraud/BEC and payment controls?
Our scenarios include sophisticated financial fraud attempts that test payment verification processes, authorization controls, and cross-functional coordination between finance and security teams—providing realistic practice for increasingly common financial attacks.
For additional questions about data protection, session formats, or board briefing options, please contact our team using the buttons below.
Ready to Prepare Your Leadership Team?
Cyber resilience isn't just about technology—it's about leadership decisions when they matter most.
CyberTactik provides your executive team with the practice environment they need to make faster, better decisions during cyber crises. Our immersive simulation platform creates muscle memory for response, strengthens cross-functional coordination, and identifies specific improvement areas before a real incident occurs.
Want a personalized briefing for your board? Contact us to arrange a board-level presentation on cyber crisis preparedness.
CyberTactik :
Train Leaders to win the next Cyber Crisis