How to answer 'How often do you conduct incident response tabletop exercises?' on a SIG Lite
I. Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls
State that tabletop simulation exercises are conducted at least annually to test incident management readiness across engineering and executive leadership.
II. Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit
Compliant Response
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Incident response tabletop exercises simulating ransomware, credential compromise, and data breach scenarios are conducted annually and documented in our audit evidence (SOC 2, CC7.3).
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