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Simulation Services

Practice is the Proof of Resilience.

iluminr designs and facilitates scenario exercises that build measurable capability and deliver clear evidence of readiness.

Trusted worldwide by organizations of all sizes

Simulation Services

Where expert facilitation meets measurable capability.

iluminr’s Simulation Services deliver structured, evidence-driven exercises that test leadership coordination and decision-making under pressure. Designed for boards and executives, each engagement produces measurable insights, validates response capability, and builds confidence with regulators and stakeholders.

Immersive Engagement
Reduced Time Committment
Immediate insights

Dan Shields

Dan is a globally recognised expert in threat management, risk, and governance. He advises executive teams and Boards on risk mitigation and loss prevention, and regularly speaks on crisis management and cyber resilience at leading industry events.

APAC

James Hardy

James is a seasoned leader committed to enhancing resilience across financial services, consulting, and tech. Formerly Chief Resilience Officer and Chief Data Officer at State Street, he also served as COO and CIO at State Street Global Markets, driving innovation and operational excellence.
North America

Dr Rebecca Hoile

Rebecca is a global expert in CBR terrorism, biosecurity, and crisis coordination. With 25+ years’ experience, she advises critical sectors, shapes risk frameworks, and has led initiatives with INTERPOL, WHO, and the UN on threat mitigation and resilience.

APAC

Mark Heywood

Mark led global specialist teams of crisis management and resilience experts dealing with extreme risk events (e.g. terrorism, natural disasters, cyberattacks, and active shooter scenarios) on behalf of large multinational organisations.

EMEA

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Consultation

Engage with a facilitator matched to your industry, risk profile, and governance expectations. Each engagement is tailored to your objectives and regulatory context.

2

Preparation

Collaborate on scenario design that reflects your strategic priorities. We handle the logistics and planning so your team can focus on outcomes.

3

Facilitation

Participate in immersive, decision-focused exercises that reveal strengths, expose gaps, and test real-world readiness.

4

Debrief & Analysis

Receive concise, evidence-based insights, documentation, and recommendations that strengthen accountability and compliance.

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Ongoing Development

Track performance over time and access follow-up tools to evolve leadership capability and organizational resilience.

Why iluminr for Simulation Services

Capability isn’t built in a meeting. It’s revealed under pressure. iluminr  Simulation Services turn that pressure into intelligence - giving leaders the visibility and confidence to act before it’s tested in the real world.

Simulations Built for Every Level of Leadership

From boardrooms shaping strategic direction to teams managing real-time response, iluminr designs simulations that meet each group where their decisions matter most.

Every session is calibrated to your people, your risks, and your objectives. Scenarios evolve with the organization, helping leaders and teams strengthen capability and confidence through experience, not theory.

Team Readiness

Board & Executive Teams

Boards want assurance. Executives want proof that strategy holds under pressure. iluminr brings structured intelligence to decision-making, so leadership teams can see where their confidence is earned - and where it’s assumed.

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Team Readiness

Operational Leaders

When disruption hits, leaders need clarity, not noise. Our facilitated simulations build shared understanding across functions and surface the capabilities that drive faster, smarter responses.

Team Readiness

Site & Response Teams

Build front-line capability through immersive, scenario-based training. Develop the reflexes and communication needed when every second counts.

Team Readiness

Risk, Resilience, & Compliance Teams

Demonstrate resilience, accountability, and assurance across the enterprise. Convert exercises into defensible proof of organizational capability.

Scenarios

Scenarios You Can Run Today

Our simulation library helps you test, train, and prove organizational capability across the full spectrum of risk - from cyber and operational disruptions to governance and regulatory events. Each scenario builds evidence of readiness and strengthens your capability intelligence baseline.

Vendor Outage: System Down

Navigate a high-impact vendor breach disrupting core services. Teams must assess operational risk and act fast to stabilize the business.

Inside Job: Data Breach

Uncover and respond to a trusted insider leaking sensitive data. Builds detection awareness and response discipline.

Extortion: Ransomware Invasion

Negotiate, contain, and communicate during a global-scale ransomware attack. Stakeholders are watching.

Proof that practice works.

These scenarios are very real! Microsimulations are a such great way to build that “muscle memory” for crisis response.

Risk Manager
Retail Property Group

These Microsimulations look great. I’m looking forward to engaging the broader team (recovery managers and new CMT members) more often.

CMT Advisor
Financial Services

We’re using iluminr to train the team to be on their toes at all times.

Specialist Business Continuity Manager
Financial Services

The end to end training and implementation of iluminr has been great as the support team really know their product. We deployed around the same time we revisited our BCP and received executive engagement straight away.

Information Security Manager
Financial Services

iluminr is a game-changer for my organization and will serve to lift the overall organizational maturity in the Resilience space.

Business Continuity Manager
Government
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