Immersive exercising, grounded in assurance.

QinetiQ’s Cyber Exercising & Assurance Service helps organisations prepare for cyber-attacks by rehearsing realistic scenarios and validating operational responses. We engage at every level — from boardroom to technical teams — to coordinate proportional responses, minimise impact and accelerate recovery. The outcome is not only greater confidence in resilience but measurable assurance for stakeholders.

Our approach is built on more than 20 years’ experience delivering exercises for the UK Ministry of Defence, government departments and commercial organisations. Exercises are planned and executed with the same discipline we apply in test and evaluation programmes — using proven methods to de-risk new technologies, validate procedures and strengthen operational readiness. Each engagement is tailored in scale and complexity, from tabletop sessions to fully immersive technical campaigns.

By testing people, processes and technology end-to-end, we provide a closed assurance loop: identifying weaknesses, recommending improvements and validating fixes. This enables organisations to demonstrate to customers, regulators and shareholders that they can operate with confidence in cyberspace — protecting reputation, revenue and national security.

• Scenario-driven exercising aligned with operational realities
• Test & Evaluation principles applied to cyber resilience
• Validation of response and recovery procedures
• Tailored delivery, from tabletop to technical immersion
• Experienced facilitators with deep operational knowledge
• Integration with wider assurance activities, including red teaming and penetration testing

Confidence in every mission. Resilience in every system.