Governance & Cybersecurity for Executives

What you will be able to do

• You will be able to articulate the board's fiduciary duties as they apply to cyber oversight and distinguish oversight from management.
• You will be able to define and approve a cyber risk appetite statement and interpret a board-level risk report.
• You will be able to frame cybersecurity as an enterprise business risk and connect it to strategy, capital, and reputation.
• You will be able to summarize key regulatory and disclosure obligations, including the SEC cybersecurity rules, and ask the right questions about materiality.
• You will be able to lead a coordinated incident escalation and crisis response from the executive seat.
• You will be able to evaluate a proposed security program budget and weigh investment against residual risk.
• You will be able to identify the small set of cyber metrics executives should track and reject vanity metrics.

What is inside

4 modules, 8 lessons. Each module ends in a graded quiz and most carry an assignment.

1. 01

   Board Duties and Cyber Oversight

   Establishes the legal and structural foundation for board-level cyber governance. You will learn what fiduciary duties require, how oversight differs from management, and how boards organize themselves to govern cyber risk well.

   2 lessons · 5 quiz questions

2. 02

   Risk Appetite, Reporting, and Security as Business Risk

   Connects cyber to enterprise risk by teaching executives to set risk appetite, interpret board-level risk reporting, and frame security as a business decision about acceptable loss rather than a technical project.

   2 lessons · 5 quiz questions · assignment

3. 03

   Regulatory Obligations and Crisis Leadership

   Covers the executive's responsibilities under modern disclosure regimes, including the SEC cybersecurity rules, and how to lead incident escalation and crisis response from the top when a serious event hits.

   2 lessons · 5 quiz questions

4. 04

   Funding the Program and Metrics That Matter

   Closes the loop on execution: how executives sponsor, fund, and structure a security program, and which small set of metrics actually informs board-level decisions while avoiding vanity numbers.

   2 lessons · 5 quiz questions · assignment