ZX Security


Cyber Security for Boards

This course is tailored for Directors and those who support them in Board activities.

Overview

This course is tailored for Directors and those who support them in Board activities.

Who should attend?

  • Directors
  • Other Board members
  • Senior Executives who engage with Boards

Duration

  • Two hours

Course content

The course is broken into three modules:

Module 1: Cyber Threats and Actors

  • The nature of cyber threats that businesses commonly face
  • Types of threat actors
  • Opportunistic vs Targeted attacks

Module 2: Cyber Risk

  • Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability and what they mean to you
  • Understanding your legal and regulatory obligations
  • Supply-chain risk
  • Assessing impact
  • To avoid, accept or treat?

Module 3: Governance and Cyber

  • Cyber security as an enabler
  • Security is not just an IT issue
  • Accountability
  • Leading security from the top table
  • Cyber risk management frameworks
  • Oversight principles
  • What questions should you be asking?

Upon course completion, you will be able to:

  • Understand the types of threats that may face your business and why they matter
  • Appreciate the value to your business of being cyber secure
  • Determine your risk appetite for a compromise involving your key information assets
  • Make informed decisions about how to manage identified risks, based on your risk appetite, budget and capacity to treat them
  • Seek and understand the right information from your Executive about information security risks that could impact your business