The execution of security preparedness exercises has been identified as a priority at both national and international level since they can train the operators of Critical Infrastructures and test the procedures that are followed during contingencies. Such tests could reveal important details that can negatively affect detection, coordination and response capabilities.

Exercises aim to raise the level of preparedness by confronting participants, i.e., the players, with artificial events and studying their reactions. These hypothetical events are structured around an exercise scenario. The process of presenting these events to the players according to the scenario is called "event injection".

EXITO, the EXercise event Injection TOolkit, has been developed by the JRC in order to help the moderators of large scale, multi-party exercises. It has been designed as a communication and coordination tool to keep in track the execution of complex exercises with large number of injects and players. It enables the exchange of events and reports among users by managing a Master Event List (MSEL); massively injecting events; and collecting feedback from the exercise players. EXITO is web based and can be integrated with a Content Management System (CMS) like Drupal.

EXITO can be used:

EXITO is free, open-source and licensed under the EUPL v1.1. In order to download it please fill in this form.