You wouldn’t ask a basketball coach to improve a team without ever watching the team play?

 That’s the shift cybersecurity needs. Tabletop exercises test theory, not execution.

 For MSSPs and CISOs, that distinction is critical. You build resilience by responding, not just by talking about the response. You build it by seeing where coordination breaks, where decisions slow, and where key decisions need to happen. You then use hard data to determine how to improve next time.

 Check out my MSSP Alert article Moving Beyond Tabletop Exercises: How MSSPs Can Strengthen Client Readiness to learn why stronger client readiness starts with seeing the team play.