Strategic Security Planning and Scenario Design

Day 1: Security Planning Fundamentals

• Purpose and elements of a security plan
• Understanding assets, threats, and exposures
• Principles of prevention, detection, and response
• Roles and responsibilities for planning teams

Day 2: Understanding the Operating Environment

• Mapping critical functions and dependencies
• Internal and external factors that shape risk
• Gathering information from reliable sources
• Prioritizing areas that matter most

Day 3: Defining Assumptions

• What assumptions are and why they matter
• Differentiating facts from beliefs
• Documenting assumptions clearly
• Methods for reviewing and challenging assumptions

Day 4: Building the Security Plan Structure

• Setting objectives and measurable outcomes
• Developing policies, procedures, and checklists
• Aligning resources with plan priorities
• Version control and plan ownership

Day 5: Threat Identification and Evaluation

• Recognizing potential events and triggers
• Considering likelihood and impact
• Identifying vulnerabilities in people, process, and technology
• Ranking priorities for action

Day 6: Scenario Development Techniques

• Types of scenarios and their purpose
• Writing scenario narratives that feel realistic
• Introducing uncertainty and alternative paths
• Criteria for evaluating scenario quality

Day 7: Response Planning Within Scenarios

• Decision points and escalation paths
• Communication during disruptive events
• Coordination across teams and locations
• Resource allocation under pressure

Day 8: Testing and Exercising Plans

• Designing table-top walkthroughs
• Observing performance indicators without blame
• Recording findings and improvement needs
• Updating plans based on lessons learned

Day 9: Implementation and Governance

• Rolling out plans across the organization
• Training requirements and awareness building
• Monitoring plan effectiveness over time
• Review schedules and continuous updates

Day 10: Integration and Future Readiness

• Linking security plans with daily operations
• Maintaining a living library of assumptions
• Refreshing scenarios as conditions change
• Building a roadmap for ongoing resilience