Cyber Security for Executive Management Self-Paced Online Training Course

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Train with cyber security experts to get an understanding of your legal, regulatory and contractual responsibilities in relation to cyber security.

Learn about the biggest threats in cyber security today and find out how you can mitigate the risk of cyber attacks.

Work at your own pace with self-paced online training, a more affordable, flexible and less disruptive way to study. Find out more.

Learn from anywhere with our Self-Paced and  Live Online options that allows you to study your way, keeping travel and costs to a minimum.

Training course outline

You will be hard-pressed to find any organisation that doesn’t have an IT infrastructure or doesn’t rely on the Internet. Advances in technology offer new opportunities, but also introduce new and ever-changing cyber threats. Senior managers need to understand and know how to mitigate the cyber security threats that organisations face on a daily basis.

This course covers:

The threat landscape and your legal, regulatory and contractual obligations.

The different types of cyber attack, malware and social engineering.

The risks associated with remote working, mobile devices, supply chains and social media.

Cyber Security for Executive Management Self-Paced Online Training Course benefits

Bite-sized learning

Pre-recorded online course, enabling you to learn in easy, manageable, bite-sized chunks.

Study at your own pace

Learn at a time, place and pace that suit you.

Learning support

Comes with a learner guide to be read alongside the video modules.

Test your knowledge

Knowledge-check questions at the end of each module to help gauge what you’ve learned.

Designed by experts

Designed by acknowledged leaders in the cyber and information security industry.

Delivered by professionals

Taught by a real-world practitioner with extensive experience of delivering effective cyber security programmes to global organisations.

See what our previous learners think about this course

“Alan was extremely knowledgeable in the subject matter and this made it a lot easier to understand and keep up with information being delivered.”

- Shona Pointon, Data Quality Project Lead, Kent Police Headquarters

Who should attend this course?

Anyone involved in the management of an organisation who wishes to understand their legal, contractual and regulatory responsibilities for cyber security.

Executives

Directors

Senior managers

Board members

Business owners

Your Learning Path

Find out how the Cyber Security for Executive Management Training Course will help you start or enhance your knowledge and career.

This course is an essential component of the following learning path:

Information Security roles

Why choose IT Governance for your training needs?

We’re internationally recognised as the authority on ISO 27001 – Our team led the world’s first ISO 27001 certification project, and since then we have trained more than 8,000 professionals on information security management system (ISMS) implementations and audits.

Trained by industry experts – our trainers are working consultants with years of practical, hands-on experience.

Pass first time or train again for free – we have trained more than 17,000 people and we’re confident you’ll pass with us first time. If you don’t, we’ll train you again for free.*

Choose the method that suits you – we offer classroom, instructor-led online, self-paced online, e-learning and in-house training options.

Access your training anywhere – all our course materials are provided as a digital copy, allowing you to access them anywhere and at any time. Documents will be made available 20 days before your course.

Business solutions to suit you – whether you’re a multinational wanting us to manage all your training needs or a small business wishing to boost your workforce skills, we offer a range of training solutions.

* conditions applicable

Course details

What does this training course cover?

What cyber and information security are, and how they differ from one another.

The threat landscape and potential impacts.

Your legal, regulatory and contractual obligations.

Remote working and the associated risks.

The different types of malware, including DDoS (distributed denial of service), ransomware, cryptojacking and zero-day infections, and how these affect the operation of your organisation.

Humans and social engineering, and what you can do to stop your staff being your biggest threat.

Mobile devices, social media and safe browsing.

Cloud security.

Supply chain security.

Secure software development.

How you (as a senior leader) can make a difference to your organisation’s cyber security.

What’s included in this course?

Full course materials (digital copies provided as a PDF file).

Access to our LMS (learning management system) for one year.

A certificate of attendance.

Access to a monthly security bulletin from our in-house information security experts to keep you up to date with the latest threats. To see an example, click here .

What equipment should I bring?

You will need a laptop for the duration of your course.

Course duration and times

This self-paced online course consists of six modules (three hours) of pre-recorded video modules and exercises, which are available at any time for one year.

Are there any prerequisites for this course?

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Is there any recommended reading?

We recommend that you purchase and read the following textbook after the course:

The Cyber Security Handbook – Prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber attacks

Fulfilment

Fulfilment of your self-paced training course

After you have completed your order, you will receive a sales receipt and a “Thank you for your order” confirmation email with the following steps (if you don’t receive these emails, please check your junk folder).

Delegate information

You must provide the required delegate information and a valid email address that the delegate can access during the course. This applies whether you have made the booking for yourself or on behalf of someone else.

Please note: You are unable to change the email address of the delegate once it has been added. Please ensure it is correct before submitting.

Accessing the course

If the delegate(s) is a new customer, they will receive an email from noreply@grcelearning.com with instructions on how to access the LMS (learning management system). If they don’t receive this email, please ask them to check their junk folder.

If you have accessed the LMS previously, please log in using your existing credentials. You can access the LMS any time from your My Account page .

Once you have logged in to the LMS, you can download the course material immediately.

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