Board & Executive Cyber Risk Education Program
Specialized education program designed to help boards of directors and executive teams understand, govern, and communicate about cybersecurity risks and their fiduciary responsibilities. Our expert-led program addresses the growing regulatory requirements for cyber risk oversight, SEC disclosure obligations, and provides practical frameworks for effective security governance at the highest organizational levels.
In scope
- Board cyber governance assessment
- SEC disclosure requirements review
- Cyber risk quantification training
- Board reporting framework development
- Crisis response role-playing
- Legal and fiduciary responsibility education
- Cyber risk communication workshop
- Industry-specific threat briefings
- Comparative peer analysis
- Executive tabletop scenario
You receive
- Board cyber governance playbook
- Executive briefing materials
- Cyber risk dashboard templates
- SEC disclosure guidance
- Crisis communication framework
- Board committee charter recommendations
- Governance maturity assessment
- Quarterly reporting templates
- Year-long education roadmap
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Essential Board Cyber Education
$45K
Core education program with fundamental cyber risk governance training and basic reporting frameworks
- participants
- 12
- sessions
- 4
- Objectives
- 1
- — Cyber risk quantification with the organisation's own figures
- — Custom governance playbook and committee charter recommendations
- — Peer comparison analysis
- — Advisory support after the final session
Comprehensive Board Governance Program
$75K
Complete education program with detailed risk quantification, sophisticated reporting, and customized governance frameworks
- participants
- 15
- sessions
- 6
- Objectives
- 2
- — Quarterly briefings after the programme ends
- — On-call advisory to the board or committee chair
- — Industry benchmarking refresh
- — Drafting of actual SEC filings
Premium Board & Executive Cyber Program
$125K
Advanced program with ongoing advisory support, quarterly updates, industry benchmarking, and tailored committee structures
- participants
- 20
- sessions
- 10
- Objectives
- 4
- — Drafting of actual SEC filings or legal opinions
- — Serving as a board member or named CISO
- — Security awareness training for general staff
Members: engagement coupons from the CISO Marketplace coupon book apply to services. There is no blanket discount.
What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a advisory & fractional leadership engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Onboarding & baseline
Current program, risks, commitments and stakeholders reviewed.
You see · Access to leadership and existing documents.
02Priorities & roadmap
A risk-ranked roadmap agreed with leadership.
You see · Decisions on priorities and budget.
03Ongoing cadence
Regular working sessions, decisions and deliverables to the agreed scope.
You see · A named advisor and a standing rhythm.
04Reporting to leadership
Board and executive reporting in business terms.
You see · Board-ready updates.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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