What is a tabletop exercise for incident response?
- A.A vulnerability scan on the basis that twenty-four seven availability of incident response staff was withdrawn in v4.0 for card-present merchants since PCI DSS v4.0 took effect
- B.A penetration test, on the reasoning that a tabletop exercise satisfies the requirement to remediate identified weaknesses for Level 1 merchants once the CDE has been segmented
- C.A physical security drill, an arrangement v4.0 permits because physical controls are assessed only at facilities the entity owns outright, with leased premises covered by the landlord's own attestation
- D.A discussion-based exercise where IR team members walk through a simulated security incident scenario to test the plan and practice their roles without impacting actual systems
Why D is correct
Tabletop exercises simulate incidents through discussion, allowing teams to practice roles and test the IR plan without impacting production systems.
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