Free 8-K Tabletop Exercise for Financial Firms | IT Vortex
Financial Services · Tabletop

Rehearse the 4-day clock. Before it starts ticking.

Under the SEC 8-K rule, your next material cybersecurity incident becomes a public filing within 4 business days. Most boards have never seen what that filing looks like for their own firm. This tabletop exercise produces one — confidentially, no recording, no sales motion.

  • 2-hour confidential session — CIO, GC, CFO, board members
  • Custom scenario tailored to your firm's environment
  • No recording, no notes shared outside your team
  • Written readout delivered within 5 business days
Run twice per quarter for qualified U.S. financial services firms. Confidential by default.

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2hr
Session Length
$0
Cost to Qualified Firms
5Day
Written Readout Window
100%
Confidential
Financial Services · SECaaS · Managed IT

Why most firms haven't rehearsed this

The SEC 4-day clock isn't hypothetical. The disclosure becomes a public filing, an analyst call topic, and a permanent SEC record. Most boards have internalized this in the abstract but never simulated what their firm's filing would actually look like. The tabletop fills that gap before a real incident does.

Custom scenario for your environment

We don't run a generic ransomware drill. We build the scenario around your firm's actual risk profile — vendor exposure, insider threat patterns, regulatory complexity.

Strategic, not technical

The tabletop isn't a SOC drill. It's a board-level governance exercise covering materiality determination, disclosure timing, and stakeholder communication.

Confidential by design

No recording, no notes shared outside your team. The written readout we deliver belongs to you; we keep nothing.

Strategic deliverable

Boards that run the tabletop typically reallocate budget within 30 days. The exercise produces clarity about gaps the firm needs to close — separate from any IT Vortex engagement.

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Common Questions

Quick FAQ

The questions we get most often about this asset and what comes after.

How do firms qualify for the free tabletop?
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U.S.-based registered investment advisors, wealth advisors, broker-dealers, and other FINRA-regulated firms with 50-500 employees. Public companies and near-public firms preparing for IPO especially. We confirm fit on a 15-minute scoping call.

Who from our firm should attend?
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Typically CIO, GC, CFO, and one or two key board members or risk committee chairs. 4-6 people is ideal. We can adjust based on your governance structure.

Why do you offer this free?
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Honestly — because firms that run a real tabletop with us are more likely to engage us for managed services later. But the offer is real. We run it for firms that never become clients, and the written readout is yours regardless. No strings.

How long until we can schedule one?
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Most tabletops are scheduled 3-6 weeks out. We run two per quarter for qualified firms, sometimes more depending on capacity. The scoping call clarifies timing.

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The 15-minute scoping call is the only step that requires your time before we commit to a date. Lou runs it directly. Confidential, no recording, no sales pitch.

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