Alliancy: Preparing for the unthinkable: Alcyconie tests decision-making resilience at the InCyber Forum

At the InCyber Forum Europe, Alcyconie reached a new milestone in cyber crisis management training by orchestrating an unprecedented exercise bringing together four crisis cells and one international observation cell simultaneously.

Facing a scenario combining geopolitical tensions, critical industrial dependencies and cyber vulnerabilities affecting a European New Space player, nearly thirty executives, CIOs and CISOs were plunged into a high-pressure decision-making environment.

Four activated cells faced the same events, the same uncertainties and the same strategic trade-offs in parallel. This approach made it possible to observe in real time the diversity of decision-making mechanisms, organizational modes and responses to a systemic crisis.

A fifth cell, dedicated to observing and decoding the situation, brought together representatives from the Ministry of the Interior, Joffrey Célestin-Urbain for Campus Cyber, as well as several Balkan delegations under the aegis of the C3BO, notably from Montenegro, North Macedonia and Kosovo.

The scenario itself broke with the classic patterns of cyberattack. No ransomware. No clearly identified attacker. No technical perimeter to isolate.

Participants had to deal with a strategic supply disruption against a backdrop of economic warfare, compromising the ability of a European space operator to keep its satellites in operational condition. A situation in which cybersecurity becomes inseparable from issues of technological sovereignty, industrial dependency, crisis communication and governance.

The exercise highlighted a reality that can no longer be ignored: cyber crises no longer play out solely in operational centers or IT departments. They play out at the level of decision-making bodies, where operational, economic, regulatory and reputational risks must be weighed simultaneously.

Through this masterclass, Alcyconie reaffirmed a conviction that guides its work: tomorrow’s crises will be hybrid, and will not resemble those of yesterday, nor those our minds imagine. 

In a world shaped by technological interdependencies, geopolitical tensions and accelerating transformations, training on known risks and predictable scenarios is no longer enough. Organizations must develop their ability to face unprecedented, ambiguous and evolving situations.

The challenge is no longer just to manage an identified crisis. It is to prepare for the unthinkable. That is the very purpose of a foresight-driven approach to crisis management training.