Programme aim
Build executive understanding of cyber security as a business, governance, resilience and leadership issue, then translate that understanding into practical board-level questions, priorities, evidence requirements and actions.
Executive Cyber Security Training
Boardroom Cyber Resilience for Executives
A practical one-day executive programme for leaders who need to understand cyber risk, strengthen resilience and ask the right questions at board level.
7 Executive Sessions
One-Day Programme
Board-Level Focus
Scenario-Based Learning
CYBER RESILIENCE / EXECUTIVE VIEW
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RISKMONITORED
ACCESSSECURED
RECOVERYREADY
RISKBOARD LEVEL
GOVERNANCEACTIVE
RESILIENCE98%
THREATCONTROLLED
Cyber resilience command viewThreat · Governance · Response · Recovery
Executive programme
Boardroom Cyber Resilience for Executives
Seven connected sessions taking participants from cyber context and threat awareness through governance, resilience, crisis leadership and a practical boardroom action plan.
DeliveryOne-day intensive
FormatExecutive workshop
FocusRisk & resilience
Course pricing
From £700
Face to face: 10–15 people in a room. For 50+ people, please email us.
Secure course enquiry · Executive delivery options available
Course overview
From cyber awareness to confident boardroom action.
The programme is structured as a progressive executive journey: establish the business context, understand the threat landscape, strengthen governance, build organisational resilience, prepare for incidents and turn learning into measurable action.
This course is for…
Board members, Non-Executive Directors, Executive Managers and senior leaders who need to provide governance and support strategy for cyber risk, resilience, data protection and organisational continuity.
Learning outcomes
What participants will be able to do
The supplied module map defines seven outcomes that connect cyber understanding with practical executive decisions.
OUTCOME 01
Board Oversight
Explain why cyber security and cyber resilience require board-level oversight and executive accountability.
OUTCOME 02
Threat Awareness
Describe major cyber threats and relate them to financial, legal, operational and reputational business impacts.
OUTCOME 03
Governance & Assurance
Apply executive principles of governance, risk appetite, assurance, compliance and supplier oversight.
OUTCOME 04
Organisational Resilience
Identify measures supporting prevention, detection, response, recovery and security culture.
OUTCOME 05
Incident Leadership
Explain the executive role during incidents, including escalation, regulatory considerations, communications and learning.
OUTCOME 06
Strategic Priorities
Prioritise resilience improvements using control evidence, maturity indicators and measurable actions.
OUTCOME 07
30 / 60 / 90-Day Plan
Produce a concise boardroom cyber resilience action plan with priorities, owners, timescales and follow-up questions.
Programme structure
Seven sessions. One executive journey.
Short, focused and facilitated learning blocks combine discussion, realistic scenarios, tabletop exercises, reflection and action planning.
Course orientation: cyber as a boardroom risk and resilience issue, with NCSC Cyber Essentials introduced as a guiding principle.
Cyber as a business risk; attacker motivation; ransomware and malware; phishing and social engineering; supply-chain exposure; and financial, legal, reputational and service-disruption consequences.
Board responsibility, cyber governance, risk appetite, assurance reporting, data protection, breach notification, contracts, supplier assurance, identity, accountability, metrics and board reporting.
Prevention, detection, response and recovery; security culture; stakeholder engagement; access control; secure-by-design thinking; network resilience; backup, recovery and operational dependency.
Incident preparation and escalation, ransomware tabletop decision-making, legal and regulatory considerations, digital evidence, communication, stakeholder management, recovery and post-incident learning.
Cyber resilience roadmap, board-level cyber questions, control-effectiveness evidence, supply-chain priorities, strategic investment, maturity, metrics and drafting a 30/60/90-day action plan.
Identify the organisation's top three cyber risks and priority governance questions, define the evidence the board should seek, and assign owners, timescales and follow-up.
Build the next board conversation around evidence and action.
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Learning design
Practical executive learning, not technical overload.
How the day is delivered
- Facilitator input and guided discussion
- Scenario-based activities and tabletop exercises
- Collaborative workshops and structured reflection
- Board-level questions and evidence-focused thinking
- Action planning connected to the organisation's context
CyBOK knowledge areas represented
Risk Management & Governance; Law & Regulation; Human Factors; Malware & Attack Technology; Adversarial Behaviours; Secure Operations & Incident Management; Forensics; Authentication, Authorisation & Accountability; Secure Software Lifecycle; and Network Security.
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