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# [Don’t trust it. Test it — with DECIDE® - NUARI](https://nuari.org/news/dont-trust-it-test-it-with-decide)

 Written by [Jakon Hays](https://nuari.org/news/author/jakon-hays) | Mar 2, 2021 5:00:00 AM

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Having the right response protocols in place and the coordination and communication capabilities to implement them quickly and effectively is essential to withstanding a significant threat incident. Without regular exercises, your organization’s response may be out of sync and a step too slow. The DECIDE® Platform delivers on-demand and customized exercise solutions to stay ahead in an escalating threat landscape.

DECIDE® facilitates hands-on, live exercises that engage human decision-making and communications to drive scenario events and situational developments.

**D**istributed

**E**nvironment for

**C**ritical

**I**nfrastructure

**D**ecision making

**E**xercises

- Exercise response protocols and coordination with critical partners. Go beyond technical solutions and test decision-making capabilities at multiple levels to improve business survival and decrease risk.
- Increase situational awareness of how complex cyber incidents unfold in a multi-dimensional environment through exposure to real-time threats. Custom after-action analyses provide insight on how to counter attacks.
- Measure response reflexes and capability gaps to improve preparedness and strategic communication for organizational survival. Improve your organization’s response playbook to enhance decision-making.

Initially conceived and started independently by NUARI and developed with funding from the Department of Homeland Security, the DECIDE® platform has been a trusted cybersecurity live exercise solution for more than ten years. DECIDE® equips organizations, critical infrastructure sectors, the military, and the government with the situational awareness, strategic communications capabilities, and digital response playbooks needed to prevail against serious cyber threats. DECIDE® brings actors from across sectors, geographies, and roles together into a distributed environment to participate in critical infrastructure exercises.

NUARI has completed 100+ DECIDE exercises to serve 1500+ organizations. The raw exercise data is available immediately following the exercise with prescriptive recommendations within two weeks

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