Compliance is not readiness.
Rebel Privateers helps organizations design and test disaster recovery and crisis management processes that work in the real world — under pressure, with imperfect information, and real consequences.
We focus on exercises, simulations, and controlled drills that expose gaps early and turn plans into executable runbooks your teams trust.
Typical outcomes: clearer decision rights, faster recovery steps, fewer “unknown unknowns,” and confidence across leadership & ops.
Our value
Most organizations already have plans. What they lack is proof. We turn documentation into demonstrated capability by testing decision-making, communication, and recovery steps in realistic scenarios.
Test-first planning
We design procedures with the test in mind. If it can’t be exercised and measured, it isn’t finished.
Decision clarity
We make authority and escalation explicit—then verify it works when the situation is messy.
Operational realism
We test with constraints you actually face: missing people, unclear data, vendor delays, noisy comms.
Measurable readiness
Concrete findings, prioritized fixes, and a repeatable cadence—so readiness improves every quarter.
Runbooks that run
Short, executable runbooks built around triggers, checklists, and outcomes—not 80-page PDFs.
Team confidence
Practice removes panic. Teams know what to do, how to coordinate, and when to escalate.
Services
Choose a starting point or combine these into a program tailored to your architecture, risks, and constraints.
NIS2 interpretation & implementation
Make sense of NIS2 and related European requirements, then translate them into practical processes, ownership, and an implementation roadmap that fits your organization.
Deliverables: interpretation brief, gap analysis, prioritized roadmap.
Tabletop simulations
Pressure-test crisis leadership, comms, and recovery without disrupting production.
Deliverables: scenario pack, injects, scoring, after-action report.
DR process buildout
Align RTO/RPO, map dependencies, and convert them into runnable recovery steps.
Deliverables: service tiering, runbooks, restore workflow.
Game days & controlled failures
Safe drills (staging or production where feasible) to validate tooling and coordination.
Deliverables: guardrails, rollback plan, measurement & findings.
Command structure & comms
Incident command, stakeholder comms, legal/regulatory coordination, and vendor handling.
Deliverables: templates, call trees, escalation paths, decision logs.
Role-based enablement
Practical training for executives, responders, and comms teams—based on your scenarios.
Deliverables: facilitation kit, role checklists, drill templates.
How we work
Iterative by design: test, learn, tighten, repeat—until procedures are calm, clear, and executable under stress.
Start with what would actually hurt
We align on critical services, dependencies, constraints, and notification timelines.
- ✓Service tiering + dependencies
- ✓RTO/RPO and assumptions
- ✓Stakeholder/regulatory clocks
Pressure-test decisions and execution
We inject ambiguity on purpose to reveal weak points before real incidents do.
- ✓Tabletops, simulations, game days
- ✓Comms gaps, vendor delays, staffing issues
- ✓Measure: time-to-decide, time-to-restore
Convert findings into fixes
We turn learnings into runbooks, ownership, tooling improvements, and a roadmap.
- ✓After-action review with clear owners
- ✓Executable checklists + decision guides
- ✓Repeatable quarterly test plan
Make readiness sustainable
Readiness isn’t a project—it’s a practice embedded into operations.
- ✓Lightweight governance and reporting
- ✓Scenario library + facilitation kits
- ✓Progress you can track and show
FAQ
Quick answers about exercises, drills, and “real-life” testing.
Do you replace compliance frameworks?
No. Frameworks are useful; we make them operational. You’ll still meet requirements, with much stronger real-world execution.
Will this disrupt production systems?
Not unless you want it to. Many engagements start with tabletops. For live drills we define guardrails, rollback plans, and tight scope.
What do you need from us to start?
A short discovery: key services, ownership, any existing plans, and 1–2 business constraints. Then we propose scenarios and format.
What’s a realistic first engagement?
Often a 2–3 week “reality check”: discovery → exercise design → facilitation → after-action report and prioritized roadmap.
Book a readiness test
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What you’ll get
A focused exercise plan, a facilitated run, and an after-action report with prioritized improvements. If you want, we’ll help implement fixes and set up a repeatable testing cadence.
Typical first engagement:
Week 1: Discovery + scenario selection
Week 2: Exercise design + stakeholder prep
Week 3: Facilitation + after-action + roadmap
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