Designed for regulated european organisations

Across the EU and UK, regulators are increasing scrutiny on how organisations test and evidence their crisis and operational resilience capabilities.

What organisations can demonstrate

By fostering cross-functional integration among cyber, IT, operations, and executive leadership, organizations can ensure effective Tier 3 strategic decision-making during severe but plausible scenarios. Supported by structured escalation and governance discipline, this approach provides clear evidence of resilience testing under DORA and related frameworks while ensuring seamless alignment between operational resilience design and live crisis performance.

This provides assurance for regulators, boards, insurers and auditors.

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Frameworks including:

Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
 Directive on the Resilience of Critical Entities                                 (CER Directive)
NIS2 Directive

Regulators and cyber insurers now expect organisations to demonstrate that:

Crisis and continuity arrangements are regularly exercised

 

Senior leaders and Tier 3 teams are trained to make decisions under stress

Critical dependencies and third-party risks are understood

Lessons are formally captured and acted upon

 

Operational resilience is demonstrably embedded - not theoretical

The existence of plans alone is no longer sufficient.

Social Simulator enables regulated organisations to produce structured, defensible evidence of crisis preparedness through immersive, regulator-aligned simulation.

Supporting regulatory and assurance requirements

Our services support compliance across key regulatory and risk frameworks by addressing DORA testing and operational resilience requirements alongside evolving financial services supervisory expectations. We help organizations align with critical infrastructure regulatory frameworks and meet rigorous cyber insurance assurance standards, while strengthening internal governance, audit capabilities, and board-level oversight.

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All simulations are underpinned by good practice, aligned to:

ISO 22362 (Crisis Management)
ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management Systems)
ISO/IEC 27001 / ISO/IEC 27035


Incident Command System (ICS) principles

Incident Action Plan (IAP) development and execution

Evidence-based outputs for audit

Every simulation generates tangible evidence, including:
Logged decisions and rationale
Escalation timelines
Incident Action Plans (IAPs) and updates
Observations mapped to ISO and regulatory expectations
Clear improvement actions with named ownership
Organisations can prove compliance - not simply assert it
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