Cybersecurity for Leaders

Secure Your Knowledge and Govern Cyber Risk

Cyber threats affect every industry, endangering businesses and their employees worldwide. Cybersecurity for Leaders is a course designed to equip aspiring and current leaders, lawyers, consultants, and more with the tools, essential language, and strategies to protect their organizations from evolving cyber threats. The comprehensive course teaches participants how to leverage their existing business and risk management skills to oversee cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity Challenges that Business Leaders Face Today

Jerry Perullo explains how Scheller prepares leaders to address cybersecurity challenges.

What is the Cybersecurity for Leaders Course?

The Executive Education open enrollment course was developed by renowned faculty and industry experts in cybersecurity, data privacy, and corporate policy. The course will cover how participants can ensure regulatory compliance, mitigate risks, and safeguard organizational assets and reputation. Top cyber professionals will teach about the challenges of managing an enterprise cybersecurity program, tools to identify cultural and organizational challenges, and cyber-related standards from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and global counterparts.

How Will You Benefit

Develop critical insights and practical skills to fulfill governance roles more effectively concerning cybersecurity.
Gain an understanding of how to navigate and manage cybersecurity risks.
Enhance your ability to protect an organization's digital assets, comply with regulatory standards, and safeguard shareholder value.
Learn to mitigate personal liability in case of cybersecurity incidents.

The Changing Face of Cybersecurity

97%

Organizations Have Gaps in Cloud Risk Management

PwC

51%

Enterprises Reported a Breach in the Past Two Years

Pentera

74%

Organizations Say Insider Attacks Have Become More Frequent

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Course at a Glance

Cybersecurity for Leaders is a two-day course that covers responsibilities in enterprise cybersecurity management, the role of leaders in cybersecurity oversight, and practical steps to enhance governance regarding cybersecurity risks.

Dates and Times

Format

On-Campus: Scheller College of Business

Registration and Cost

Cost: $4,700
Registration Deadline: TBD

Course Schedule

	Day 1	Day 2
Introduction	Welcome 8 - 8:30 a.m.	Debrief of Day 1 and Preview Day 2 8 - 8:15 a.m.
Session A	The Cyber Threat Landscape 8:30 - 10 a.m.	Enterprise Risk Management 8:15 - 10:15 a.m.
Session B	Enterprise Cybersecurity Strategy 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Cyber Testing and Third-Party Analysis 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Lunch	Lunch and Class Picture 12 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch 12 - 1 p.m.
Session C	Enterprise Cyber Org Structure and Cyber Operations 1:15 - 3:45 p.m.	Cyber Governance and Oversight 1 - 3 p.m.
Session D	Fireside Chat: Panel Focused on Real Incidents 4 - 5 p.m.	Course Concludes 3 p.m.
Closing	Reception 5:15 - 6:30 p.m.

More About Cybersecurity for Leaders

You will leave this course with an understanding of:

Threats
- What should be expected of management in establishing the organization’s threat profile, along with skills and experience that directors can apply in validating or challenging that profile.
Roles and Departmental Structure
- Common roles and departmental structures in organizations of different sizes to help participants visualize capabilities commonly present in organizations of differing maturity levels.
- Practical examples highlighting the expectations and activities of operational and risk management teams in an organization with an emphasis on how those tactical matters might manifest in board-level discussions.
Cyber Management
- Reasonable cyber management expectations of senior managers and executive leaders and how that expectation might call for board oversight.
We highly recommend sending multiple individuals from your organization and board so they can develop a shared language and understanding of concepts.
- Directors from various sectors who oversee cybersecurity risk management
- Sitting and aspiring board members
- CEO, CFO, CIO, COO, CMO, CTO, senior vice president, vice president, chairperson, and vice chairperson roles
- Lawyers, consultants, board advisors, and auditors who oversee an organization's cybersecurity

Faculty and Industry Experts

Jerry Perullo

Professor of the Practice, Georgia Tech School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and former 20-year CISO of the NYSE and its parent company, ICE

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Cliff Baker

Two-time CEO and founder in healthcare cybersecurity and the author of the HITRUST cybersecurity framework

Kim Keever

CISO and SVP, Cox Communications, and the presidential appointee to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council

Cybersecurity for Leaders

Secure Your Knowledge and Govern Cyber Risk

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