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ORX Scenario Development Handbook: Cyber Risk Events
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Handbook - October 2025
The Cyber Risk Events Scenario Development Handbook leverages ORX News case studies and ORX Cyber classifications to deliver clear example scenarios and actionable guidance for building cyber risk scenarios grounded in current industry events. It combines resources from all three services, ORX Scenarios, ORX News and ORX Cyber, to offer robust, practical support for operational risk management.
Using data from publicly reported cyber-related loss events covered in ORX News between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025, this handbook offers practical guidance for developing a cyber risk event scenario, a standardised view of recent real-world data, and example scenarios covering key cyber themes.
This Scenario Development Handbook is available for free to all ORX Scenarios, ORX News and ORX Cyber subscribers.
About the handbook
This handbook is one of a number of complementary ORX outputs on cyber risk scenarios which, taken together, provides practical guidance to support the development of cyber scenarios, a standardised view of current data and detailed cyber risk scenario examples by drawing on both the ORX Scenario Library and real-life events reported in ORX News. Our complementary resources are highlighted below.
This document, like others in our series of handbooks and workbooks, provides:
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Disclaimer: ORX has prepared this resource with care and attention. ORX does not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions. ORX does not warrant the accuracy of the advice, statement or recommendations in this resource. ORX shall not be liable for any loss, expense, damage or claim arising from this resource. The content of this resource does not itself constitute a contractual agreement, and ORX accepts no obligation associated with this resource except as expressly agreed in writing. ©ORX 2025
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Simon Johnson
Head of Services, ORX

Robert Reay-Jones
Scenarios Senior Manager, ORX

Edward Brighton
Research Analyst, ORX

Barney Wardale
ORX News Researcher, ORX

Nikki Truss-West
Research Senior Manager - Cyber, ORX
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