Muscle Memory in the Boardroom: Why One-Size-Fits-All Tabletops Fail

In this blog, CXO Co-Founder Martin Bally discusses the necessity of a tiered tabletop exercise (TTX) strategy to build organizational "muscle memory" for cybersecurity crises. He argues that resilience requires separate but overlapping simulations for technical, operational, and executive layers to expose misalignments between paper plans and technical realities. Ultimately, Bally emphasizes that true readiness comes from hyper-realistic practice that transforms security from a compliance checkbox into a core business discipline.