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The Case for Practicing Response Before You Need It

SpecterOps argues that building security programs and stress-testing them are distinct investments—a timely reminder as NIS2 and DORA explicitly require demonstrated response exercises, not just documented runbooks.

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TL;DR: Building a security program and exercising it are not the same investment. Most organizations prioritize the first and defer the second. This post explains what structured practice requires and why it belongs in every mature security program.  Most security teams have runbooks, escalation procedures, and documented response processes. Far fewer have practiced executing those processes under realistic […] The post The Case for Practicing Response Before You Need It appeared first on Specte

Editorial Analysis

Why it matters

With NIS2 and DORA mandating demonstrable incident-response capability, organisations that only have paper-based runbooks face both regulatory and operational risk.

What to do

Audit the frequency and quality of your IR exercises against NIS2 Article 11 and DORA Chapter IV requirements.

Board brief

Regulators now expect proven response capability, not just plans—structured exercises reduce both regulatory and operational exposure.

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