Cybersecurity · Executive / Managerial · 6 live learning hours

Certificate of completion

Learners who meet the course participation and practical assessment requirements receive a Solid Elf certificate of completion.

What you will learn

Understand cybersecurity risk in business and operational terms without technical jargon
Identify the data, systems, identities and suppliers whose failure could materially affect the organisation
Ask stronger assurance questions about controls, backups, access and recovery
Make clearer escalation, communication and restoration decisions during an incident
Translate tabletop findings into practical leadership and governance actions

Course outline

Session 1: Cybersecurity as organisational risk, critical data and systems, executive accountability and control priorities
Session 1: Identity, privileged access, ransomware, supplier risk and the questions leaders should ask technical teams
Session 2: Incident escalation, crisis communication, service shutdown and restoration decisions
Session 2: Backup and recovery confidence, interpreting assessments, risk registers and security metrics
Session 3: Executive tabletop exercise covering a realistic disruption scenario
Session 3: Governance actions, investment priorities and post-exercise leadership decisions

Practical project

Participate in an executive cyber-incident tabletop exercise and produce a concise leadership action plan covering decision rights, escalation, recovery and assurance priorities.

Before you start

No technical cybersecurity background is required. Designed for executives, directors, senior managers and board-level participants.

Learning format

6 live learning hours delivered as two 3-hour executive sessions or three 2-hour sessions. Delivery can include a leadership tabletop exercise. Cohort dates are agreed during enrolment.

Exercises should use synthetic, de-identified or otherwise authorised material. Do not bring confidential client records or live credentials into a training session.

What the fee includes

Live executive instruction, briefing materials, leadership checklists, a tabletop exercise where scheduled, after-action findings and a certificate of completion for participants who meet participation requirements. Internet access is not included.

Software and reference material

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Cybersecurity for Executives & Decision-Makers