Week 1 Preview: Cyber Leadership Program Overview
The Cyber Leadership Program is an intensive 8-week course designed to equip cybersecurity professionals with the skills needed for leadership roles in the dynamic field. Unlike traditional cybersecurity training, the program emphasizes the importance of soft skills such as persuasion, communication, and team leadership in addition to technical expertise. The course is structured into two phases: the first four weeks focus on fundamental aspects like understanding the role of a CISO, developing a resilient cybersecurity strategy, fostering a cyber-aware culture, and building a high-functioning cybersecurity team. The subsequent four weeks delve into advanced topics, including strategic stakeholder management, agile cyber governance, maintaining operational excellence, and maximizing leadership impact.
Throughout the program, participants will engage in a variety of learning methods, including online training videos, recorded lectures, live-streamed sessions, and weekly Zoom calls to foster interaction and real-world application of knowledge. The course also provides a platform for participants to showcase their skills through practical assignments, such as developing and presenting a cyber strategy. Furthermore, the program offers additional benefits, including digital credentials through Credly for enhanced online visibility, access to a Cyber Leadership Hub, private industry forums, 12 months of continued access to resources & mentorship opportunities.
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This is an eight-week program with various modules that will be running through each week. Each modules approximately between 10-15 minutes long. Self-paced, and this will give you an opportunity to do these in your own time. You can watch the video, but there’ll also be a transcript and MP3 available. Mark complete after each of the modules that you’ve completed. Action Items at the end of each week at the bottom of the modules.
Introduction: Housekeeping
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In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, success depends less on technical skills and more on your ability to persuade, communicate with business leaders, lead large teams, and position cyber security as a strategic business enabler.
The Cyber Leadership Program runs over 8 weeks and has been specifically designed to unlock your potential teaching you practical insights required in todays most demanding environments.
Our program has already trained hundreds of cyber leaders from over 47 countries and multiple industries.
With our help, you can gain the competitive edge you need to land a high-impact CISO or cyber executive role and quickly establish credibility. A real opportunity to take your career to the next level and thrive.
Cyber Leadership Program Overview
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Introduction to Cyber Leadership Program’s Week 1 Modules 1 to 8
Introduction: Modules 1 to 8
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Cyber Resilience Mindset – shifting from just an organization to an ecosystem, how do you work with key stakeholders and working with everyone. It’s about strategic business disciplines and about talking about business first and enabling technology decision making but in a way that’s understood by leaders right across the organization.
Introduction: Cyber Resilience Mindset
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Discover what the realities of becoming a CISO really are. And the importance of learning through failure as you progress through your career. And a deep dive into some of the key lessons learned that can help you be most successful.
1.1. Becoming a cyber executive – a CISO story
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Top 10 essential lessons for success in becoming a CISO.
1.1.a. Essential Lessons for Success
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This module will look at the different types of CISO role, different reporting lines, how this is different depending on the industry that you're in. You'll also learn why it's important to understand your own personal key strengths and weaknesses and know where you should position yourself as a CISO to have the greatest impact. We'll also look at the different types of roles, industries, importance of reporting lines, and then finding the best match for you in the type of role that is available.
1.2. Exploring the many types of CISO role
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This module will discuss and explore the job opportunity landscape for the CISO. You'll learn about what are the key skills that are required of a CISO in the current marketplace, and what can you do better to align yourself to these market needs. We'll talk about some of the high demand skills, what are executive search firms and headhunters really looking for, and how you can prepare yourself now, so that you're ready when the opportunity presents itself.
1.3. Finding your ideal CISO role
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This module will discuss how to build your personal brand, you'll learn why it's so important to do that in such a crowded market space. Understanding the power of social media, the key areas that are important to highlight in your personal brand and experience and the importance of networking, how that can be more effective. How to build your profile so that you can attract great job opportunities. But more importantly, getting you noticed within the community that you're a part of, which is information cyber security more broadly
1.4. Building your personal brand, get noticed and stand out
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This module will talk through the end to end process of preparing for and being successful at interviews for CISO roles or even senior executive roles within cyber security. You'll learn why it's important to prepare, in great detail, before applying. And what methods you can use to adopt and impress your new employer, what can be done to prepare for an interview? What can you expect during an interview? And the seven questions that help you just think about preparing and getting you best prepared, more broadly, for interviews.
1.5. Preparing for and being successful at interviews – get the top job!
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This module will discuss the various stages you'll need to go through in the first few months of starting your role as a CISO. Some of the important elements that you'll need to have included in your 100-day plan. Learning from CISO's mistakes they've either made or successes that they've had during their hundred days. Deeper dives into the subgroups and the importance of socialization throughout the process of the 100-day plan. The importance of tracking your progress will be also talked about. And then we'll walk through a 100-day plan example that you can use during the interview process
1.6. Essential tasks in your first 100 days as a CISO
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This module will discuss the importance of C-suite and business leader engagement and what the role of the CISO can do to enhance their standing with this executive group. You'll learn why it's so important to engage them and their teams, see things from their perspective and what key areas you can work on to turn cyber into a positive business growth opportunity.
1.7. Engaging as a business, enhance your standing in the C-suite
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This module will cover some of the key areas to avoid making mistakes on and learning from mistakes from a leadership perspective and a cybersecurity professional lens. How can you apply any key learning, so you can avoid making similar mistakes? And how you can achieve this level of personal resilience, something that's becoming increasingly more important for every, any senior executive.
Avoid these mistakes, build personal resilience for the inevitable
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In this module, we are talking about what additional supplementary learning you should undertake, various options available and to become a more well-rounded cyber security executive and CISO. Some of the different educational routes that you can take, but also understanding why it's important to take a more balanced approach to this.
1.9. What additional supplementary learning should you undertake
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Week 1: Action Items
