On Tuesday, 17 November 2026, PrivacyRules will deliver an exclusive Live Cyber Crisis Simulation in collaboration with some of its European member firms.
This immersive online exercise is designed to provide participants with a realistic experience of managing a rapidly evolving cyber incident within a secure and controlled environment. Working through a dynamic crisis scenario, participating teams will make critical decisions under pressure while responding to developments involving regulators, the media, service providers, customers, employees, and other key stakeholders.
Test your crisis preparedness
Effective cyber incident response requires more than technical expertise. It depends on close coordination between legal, IT, cybersecurity, compliance, risk, communications, and senior management teams.
The simulation will enable participants to test how effective is their capability to:
- Assess and respond to an evolving cyber incident;
- Coordinate decision-making across different business functions;
- Manage legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations;
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders;
- Address operational, reputational, and cybersecurity risks;
- Identify gaps in existing incident response plans and procedures
The exercise will take place through an immersive online platform designed to recreate the complexity, uncertainty, and time pressure of a real cyber crisis.
NIS2 preparedness and governance
The exercise is also designed to support organisations and professionals in assessing their readiness under the NIS2 framework.
Participants will be challenged to address issues directly relevant to NIS2, including:
- Incident escalation and reporting processes;
- Coordination between management, legal and technical teams;
- Governance and accountability obligations;
- Third-party and supply-chain considerations;
- Documentation of decisions during a crisis;
- Organisational preparedness and response capabilities.
Whilst this simulation is not a formal compliance assessment, it provides a highly practical opportunity to evaluate how existing governance structures, procedures and decision-making processes would perform during a real cyber incident.
Practical insights from international experts
Following the simulation, participants will join a live debrief and discussion with legal, cybersecurity, and crisis communications experts from multiple jurisdictions.
Participants consistently describe the final debrief as the most valuable part of the experience. Beyond reviewing the key decisions taken during the exercise, it creates a unique opportunity to learn both from leading specialists and from the perspectives, approaches and experiences shared by fellow participants.
The debrief will explore the decisions made during the exercise, highlight effective response strategies, identify practical opportunities to strengthen organisational resilience, and discuss key governance and preparedness considerations, including topics relevant to NIS2 readiness.
Participation also includes:
- A practical Cyber Incident Response Workbook;
- A post-exercise report containing lessons learned, observed strengths, recommended improvements and practical actions to enhance future preparedness;
- Expert insights covering legal, cybersecurity, regulatory, and crisis communications considerations;
- An opportunity to evaluate internal coordination and preparedness in a safe environment;
- A certificate of completion highlighting the capacity-building and learning areas which can have high value in case of real future incident and following regulator investigation.
Who should participate?
The simulation is particularly relevant for:
- Legal and General Counsel teams;
- IT and cybersecurity professionals;
- Data protection and privacy specialists;
- Compliance and risk teams;
- Crisis communications professionals;
- Business continuity teams;
- Senior executives and organisational decision-makers.
The greatest value is typically achieved when several of these functions participate together, allowing individuals and organisations to test real-world coordination and decision-making across legal, operational, technical and executive teams. So feel free to join with other members of your team and ask to be secured in the same working group. Participants registering through the same organisation may request to be allocated to the same working group
Organisations are encouraged to bring together participants from different functions to test cross-functional coordination and decision-making in real time.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2026
Time: 10:30 am CET (3 hours: 2 hours of simulation followed by 1 hour of expert debrief and discussion)
Format: Live online simulation
Price: 250€
Registration: Please register using the web form below. If you have any questions or would like to bring additional members of your team, feel free to include a note in the comments section. If seats are still available, we will get back to you with full details regarding payment, invoicing, technical requirements, and other practical information.
Register your interest
Registering your interest will:
- Secure eligibility and notification for the early-bird rate;
- Reserve your place pending final confirmation;
- Ensure that you receive further information as event details become available.
Places will be limited to preserve the interactive and immersive nature of the exercise.
Register here:
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Inside the cyber crisis simulation
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Follow PrivacyRules for a hands-on opportunity to test your organisation’s preparedness, strengthen cross-functional coordination, exchange experiences with peers and international experts, and experience the realities of managing a cyber crisis before facing one.