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Rising Tension: Missile Strike

At a glance

Rising Tension: Missile Strike is an upcoming simulation from iluminr in the Geopolitical category for Executive & Board, Risk and Crisis Management. It will test how your team protects cross-border operations & payments, with indicative mapping to OCC / Fed / FDIC Sound Practices, EU DORA and UK PS21/3 Operational Resilience.

Escalating geopolitical tension culminates in a missile strike near one of your operating locations. Your team must account for staff, protect critical services and manage sanctions, market and supply chain effects.

What it will test

  • Account for and support staff in an affected region.
  • Maintain critical services when a location or provider is lost.
  • Assess sanctions, market and supply chain impacts of a geopolitical event.

Questions about Rising Tension: Missile Strike

What will Rising Tension: Missile Strike test?

Rising Tension: Missile Strike will test whether your team can account for and support staff in an affected region, maintain critical services when a location or provider is lost and assess sanctions, market and supply chain impacts of a geopolitical event.

Who is Rising Tension: Missile Strike for?

It is designed for Executive & Board, Risk, Crisis Management, Communications and People & HR.

Which regulations and standards does Rising Tension: Missile Strike support?

Rising Tension: Missile Strike supports testing expectations in OCC / Fed / FDIC Sound Practices, EU DORA, UK PS21/3 Operational Resilience, APRA CPS 230, Basel Principles for Operational Resilience, ISO 22316, AU SOCI Act, ISO 22398 and NIST SP 800-84. Mapping is indicative, so confirm scope against your own obligations.

When will Rising Tension: Missile Strike be available?

Rising Tension: Missile Strike is in development. Register your interest and we will contact you when it is ready, or about running a customized version sooner.

Can it be run individually or as a team?

It will run as a team exercise in a shared event room, and can be extended into a full-scale simulation.

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