Space ISAC Crisis Simulation Tabletop Exercise

Space ISAC’s immersive exercise is designed to challenge and enhance the incident response capabilities of the global space community. Sponsored by

Back by popular demand in 2025: Space ISAC’s Crisis Simulation Tabletop Exercise! This exclusive, limited-seat tabletop exercise puts you at the center of a global crisis scenario – testing your ability to respond to cyber threats, human search and rescue challenges, and high-risk launch and re-entry situations.

This year’s crisis scenario:

A multinational crew is in cislunar space aboard an imperiled spacecraft, and you are part of the ground team responsible for guiding them to safety. Do you have what it takes to bring them home? This experience will challenge your ability to respond to an incident in cislunar space and choose a course of action that safeguards human life. You will be a critical decision maker in a fictional commercial space company that’s faced with an unprecedented problem.  

Throughout the exercise, participants will grapple with issues of coordination, uncertainty, and fractured trust—requiring innovative thinking and cross-sector collaboration. You’ll also have the opportunity to explore emerging mission capabilities, including the use of quantum entangled networking as a secure channel for restoring trust and ensuring mission continuity. Work closely with your teammates, the Space ISAC Watch Center, and a dedicated government cell to chart a path forward and bring the crew home safely.

Audience for the Tabletop Exercise:

What to Expect:

• Crisis Simulation: The exercise will focus on simulating a crisis, such as an attack on a space system, followed by an incident response. Participants will be divided into teams, each representing a different commercial company with specific roles in the scenario.
• Interactive Participation: Teams will work through a series of modules during the 3-hour exercise, responding to simulated crises and coordinating with other stakeholders, including government representatives.
• Team Dynamics: Each team will have a facilitator to guide them, but participants are encouraged to think critically and make decisions independently. The exercise will culminate in team reports and a group discussion involving government input.
• Multinational Focus: The exercise will attract multinational companies, especially those looking to enhance their reputation in the U.S. market. These companies will have an opportunity to engage in a consultative role, showcasing their alignment with U.S. cybersecurity goals.
• Limited Attendance: The exercise is capped at 50 participants to ensure an intimate and focused experience, with a balance between government and commercial attendees.
• Technology and Setup: The room will be equipped with multiple large screens for displaying information, with tables arranged in rounds to facilitate discussion, and watch center analysts joining virtually from around the globe.
• Sponsor Integration: The exercise may be sponsored, with sponsors playing an integral role in the exercise, potentially co-leading parts of the exercise.

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The Space ISAC serves to facilitate collaboration across the global space industry to enhance our ability to prepare for and respond to vulnerabilities, incidents, and threats; to disseminate timely and actionable information among member entities; and to serve as the primary communications channel for the sector with respect to this information.

Space ISAC is the only all-threats security information source for the public and private space sector. It will be the most comprehensive, single point source for data, facts and analysis on space security and threats to space assets. Space ISAC will also provide analysis and resources to support response, mitigation and resilience initiatives.

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