SERIOUS GAME: DIVE INTO THE HEART OF A CYBER CRISIS IN AN NGO
Thursday, 6 November 2025 - 13h30-17h00
Impact Hub - Geneva - Rue Fendt, 1 – 1201 Genève (Next to Cornavin)
About
As cyber threats grow, nonprofits are not immune to digital crises. This serious game places you at the center of a simulated cyber crisis inspired by real scenarios. Over three hours, you’ll work in small groups and face strategic and operational decisions for a collaborative, hands-on experience. This is a great opportunity to understand the real stakes of a cyber crisis, strengthen your crisis management skills, and prepare to minimize financial, legal, and reputational impacts for your nonprofit.
Designed specifically for nonprofit leaders and managers who are not cybersecurity specialists, the workshop offers practical tools to anticipate and better manage digital challenges.
This is an in-person event only.
Date: Thursday 6th of November 2025 - 13h30-17h00 Followed by an apéro
Location: Impact Hub Geneva, Rue Fendt 1, 1201 Genève
Remark: This event is free, places are limited and only available for nonprofit staff.
Format
The exercise is divided into three key phases, each corresponding to a crucial moment in crisis management:
- Initial Response: Analyze the situation and identify first strategic actions.
- Crisis Management: Develop strategies to limit impact and manage stakeholder communications.
- Post-Incident Recovery: Work on a recovery plan and strengthen long-term resilience.
Objectives
- Prioritize immediate actions in the event of a digital crisis, such as effective communication to reassure staff, clients, and partners.
- Identify critical resources and know when to engage external experts.
- Integrate lessons learned into future cybersecurity policies.
Prerequisites
General awareness of cybersecurity issues is recommended, but not obligatory. Also, participants do not need to bring a laptop with them. This Serious Game is for NGO leaders and managers who want to:
- Discover how a cyber crisis unfolds through an immersive experience.
- Build capacity to manage a digital crisis while strengthening their organization's security posture.
Workshop Facilitators
This workshop is facilitated by experts from the CyberPeace Institute, bringing their unique experience and insights to guide the session.

Fabien Leimgruber
Fabien joined the CyberPeace Institute in 2020, where he works to strengthen the cyber resilience of public interest organizations and leads the development of the CyberPeace Builders’ network. He brings extensive experience across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, having managed the Cyber Threat Intelligence Unit at Kudelski Security before serving as Information Security Awareness Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Fabien holds a Master’s degree in Law, specializing in Criminality and Information Security, from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Alexandru Lazar
Alexandru joined the CyberPeace Institute in 2021 and focuses on engaging humanitarian NGOs in Switzerland and Europe to join the CyberPeace Builders program. He previously worked with several international organizations, including the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and Interpeace, where he conducted research on cybersecurity policy and program management for peacebuilding operations. Alexandru holds an Erasmus Mundus International Master’s degree in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies from the University of Glasgow, completed in 2020.
Recognition
A certificate of participation will be issued at the end of the session.
Testimonials
“It was a great experience - informative, practical, and easy to follow. ”
“The session was very clearly executed and very timely! Thank you!”
“Animation was lively and enthusiastic. The session was very interactive!”