AutoTableTop Scenario
Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa (MWAA) 2023 Scenario
The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa (MWAA), a public utility that provides water service to residents and business in Aliquippa, PA experienced a cyberattack on November 25, 2023. This scenario recreates that attack.
Summary
The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa (MWAA) cyberattack from November 2023 is a significant incident that highlights the vulnerabilities in critical water infrastructure. ThreatGEN provides a Settings File, a sample Incident Response Plan, and a sample Network Map that can be used by an AutoTableTop™ facilitator to run an exercise based on the situation that the MWAA team faced during the attack.
By uploading the three files into the AutoTableTop™ setting screen, ThreatGEN ran the exercise 4 times with varying outcomes with one outcome displayed in the Transcript provided.
MWAA Facility
We have also created a case study using this scenario to study how iteration improves performance within tabletop exercises. Take a look at Better Outcomes through Iteration with AutoTableTop™ and especially the Google NotebookLM Deep Dive:
Google NotebookLM "Deep Dive" derived from the case study and AutoTableTop™ product presentation
Sample Exercise Files
New AutoTableTop™ facilitators can use all of these files to execute their own exercise and compare their outcomes with those included in the Case Study. This approach is designed to help users become comfortable with the tool and determine effective responses.
Save these files to your PC to recreate the MWAA cyberattack exercise yourself:
File Description — Description
A Settings File that can be uploaded into AutoTableTop™ settings window to execute an exercise based on the MWAA attack.
A sample Incident Response Plan that can be uploaded into AutoTableTop™ settings window in conjunction with the Settings File so that your actions can be judged against the plan.
A Scenario Document discussing each setting within the Settings File, both general settings and specific to this scenario's real-world event at MWAA.
A sample Transcript from an exercise run with the above Settings File and Incident Response Plan.
An example Network Map that can be used in conjunction with the Settings File to ensure effective network nodes described in the attack at MWAA.
Files for the MWAA Water Utility Scenario for AutoTableTop™
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