# CISA Prepares Cyber Recovery Exercises

CISA is preparing its CI Fortify tabletop exercise program to help critical infrastructure operators test cyber recovery, maintain essential services, and prioritize systems during a crisis. Acting Director Nick Andersen described the program as an actionable toolkit nearing launch, but no launch date, solicitation, funding, or contract details have been announced. For procurement professionals and contractors, the development points to potential demand for recovery planning, exercise design, and resilience support for critical infrastructure operators, rather than a current competed opportunity.

- Contractors serving critical infrastructure operators can assess whether their existing cyber recovery planning, tabletop exercise design, and resilience capabilities align with the program’s stated aims.
- No procurement timeline or funding is specified, so the signal does not establish a current solicitation or a date by which companies must act.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 13, 2026

### Government Entities
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

### Key Quotes
> We’re providing actionable toolkits to them, like our CI Fortify tabletop exercise program that’s getting ready to launch, and a couple of other capabilities to be able to put directly in their hands.
> — Nick Andersen, Acting Director of CISA

### Sources
- [CISA Readies CI Fortify Cyber Recovery Exercises – MeriTalk](https://www.meritalk.com/articles/cisa-readies-ci-fortify-cyber-recovery-exercises) - MeriTalk