Turbo charge your transformation program
Assure program success by mastering the skills to build unshakeable cross-functional alliances, dismantle cultural barriers, drive unstoppable momentum, and communicate change with clarity and persuasion.
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Become the Obvious Choice to Lead Large Cyber Transformation Programs
Despite their strategic significance, 70% of major cyber transformation programs fail — losing executive support or never delivering promised benefits.
CSTP gives you the proven methodology to break that pattern: develop board-endorsed strategies, secure unwavering executive buy-in, and sustain serious program momentum.
- Next cohortMonday 25 January 2027
- Program feeUS$2,100 excl. GST/VAT
- Course length8 weeks · 2–3 hours per week
- CPE credits40
Program alumni across 90+ countries
As featured on
- Forbes
- Bloomberg
- World Economic Forum
- ISC2
- CIO SEA
- CSO Online
- SC Magazine
- ISACA
- IFSEC Global
- ET CIO
The transformative power of CSTP
Break the 70% failure pattern
Most transformation programs don’t fail on technology — they fail on leadership.
Lost executive support, cultural resistance and benefits that never materialise sink even well-funded programs. CSTP is a battle-tested methodology for designing high-value roadmaps, securing executive funding, mobilising cross-functional teams, and sustaining resilience beyond implementation.
The result: board-endorsed strategies, unwavering executive buy-in and transformation programs that deliver measurable business value.
Deliver irrefutable business value
Establish fully funded, board-endorsed programs tightly aligned to business goals — underpinned by clear metrics that demonstrate ROI and keep executives invested in long-term success.
Accelerate your career
Build credibility as a trusted transformation leader with senior executives and clients, unlocking bigger roles, board-level visibility, and more strategic consulting engagements.
Proof points
90+ Countries with program alumni
8 weeks 2–3 hours of focused learning per week
40 CPE points Recognised professional development credit
12 months Of access to all program content
How you’ll learn
A format built for busy transformation leaders
CSTP combines flexible online learning with live, highly interactive discussions that challenge you to think and operate like a transformation leader.
Self-paced online lectures
Lectures packed with compelling case studies you can consume anytime, from any device — 2 to 3 hours every week across 8 weeks.
Weekly live Zoom calls
Join a deep and diverse pool of experienced peers who share practical experiences and challenge each other’s assumptions through highly interactive calls.
Transformation capstone
Develop a comprehensive cyber transformation roadmap and simulate pitching it to a Cyber Risk Governance Committee — sharpening strategy design, executive communication and influencing skills.
Hundreds of premium toolkits
Threat & Risk Assessment tools, security risk management presentation templates, process templates and more — ready to deploy in your own program.
What you will learn
Eight weeks. From strategy to sustained resilience.
CSTP walks you through your organisation’s end-to-end cyber transformation — developing high-impact strategies, converting them into roadmaps, plans and budgets, leading the delivery, and sustaining resilience beyond implementation.
The Goal: Accelerating Your Cyber Resilience
The key success factors of rapid transformation, the five essential disciplines of high-impact programs, and a proven approach to developing a high-value cyber resilience strategy — and getting it approved.
Where Do You Want to Be? Defining Your Target State
Win stakeholder agreement on goals and outcomes, define a measurable target state, and implement the KPIs and metrics that let you defend your cyber posture.
Where Are You Now? Measuring Your Current State
Accurately baseline your cyber posture, spend, risk profile and maturity — and whether your organisation meets its regulatory obligations.
Developing a High-Value Cyber Resilience Strategy
Create cost-effective, high-impact strategies focused on the business functions, systems, information and people that underpin your strategic advantage.
How Do You Get There? Roadmap and Budget
Build the cyber resilience roadmap and budget: plan to deliver value quickly, assess build-versus-buy options and fast-track partner selection.
Making It Happen: Mobilizing the Transformation
Win buy-in across business units, stand up a cross-functional steering committee and assemble a delivery team that manages risk proactively.
Delivering Value Quickly: Accelerating Execution
Lay foundations that deliver value early, track progress against your target state with the right KPIs, and communicate it to build trust.
Lock In the Value: Sustaining Your Cyber Resilience
Adapt your strategy to changing circumstances, monitor emerging threats and keep momentum by constantly testing, learning and looking ahead.
The case-study method
You’ll be placed in the transformation leader’s hot seat
Every week, you will step into facilitated, high-pressure case discussions — dissecting real strategies, solving live dilemmas, and making high-stakes calls under scrutiny.
Highly interactive
Live, facilitated discussion — not a lecture. You speak, you are challenged, you respond.
Peer-based
Debated with experienced transformation leaders from other industries, markets and jurisdictions.
Weekly case-study calls
One realistic case every week for eight weeks, drawn from what transformation leaders actually face.
In every case you will encounter
Real program management dilemmasPush-back from key decision makersHigh-stakes decisions with insufficient information
And you will learn to
- Analyse complex and conflicting information
- Defend your position under scrutiny
- Influence experienced peers with clarity and conviction
- Adapt your recommendations as new variables emerge
- Make difficult decisions when the pressure is real
Learning by doing, not by listening.
Who should attend
Built for the people who carry the transformation
CSTP attracts professionals united by one goal — to lead complex, enterprise-wide cyber transformation with confidence.
CISOs and cyber leaders
Charged with delivering complex enterprise-wide cyber transformation.
Virtual CISOs
Leading transformation across multiple client environments.
Cyber security managers
Stepping into strategic, cross-functional leadership.
Cyber transformation leads
Driving change across business units and complex programs.
External consultants
Advising clients on transformation strategy and execution.
Learn from an elite faculty
Distinguished global leaders who have done the job
Your faculty is made up of accomplished cybersecurity and business leaders who have built, transformed and led security functions across some of the world’s most demanding organisations.
You will learn from their experience, challenge your assumptions and receive guidance grounded in the realities of senior cyber leadership.
Phil Zongo
CEO & Co-Founder
Three-time bestselling author, named one of the Top 7 Global Cyber Leaders in 2023 by Security Magazine and ISACA. Member of the Forbes Business Council and listed in the Global Top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent. Co-author of The Cyber Leadership Imperative.
Darren Argyle
Chairman & Co-Founder
Four-time Group CISO at S&P Global, Qantas, Standard Chartered and IBM. Ranked among the Top 100 CISOs globally and Top 30 in Australia by SC Magazine and CSO, and named Innovator of the Year by the SANS Institute. Co-author of The Cyber Leadership Imperative.
Julie Chatman
Faculty Member
Former Associate Partner at McKinsey, with leadership roles at the FBI, Deloitte and GSK. Over 13 years building enterprise security programs and advising Fortune 100 executives on cyber risk management.
Testimonials
In their own words
Hear how experienced cybersecurity professionals have used CSTP to broaden their perspective, strengthen their transformation capability and lead with greater confidence.
★★★★★
It is an amazing opportunity to discuss with excellent cybersecurity leaders from all over the world, exchanging ideas about the latest trends and priorities. The continuous learning during the weekly calls — a chance to learn from each other and strengthen our capabilities.
MC
Magda Chelly Former CISO, Top 50 Cybersecurity Influencer | Singapore
★★★★★
On a personal level, my very fiber of belief as a security practitioner has been challenged, humbled, and reassembled. Cyber resilience, particularly under pressure — what a great concept and practice.
CI
Chethan Iyengar AVP, Cyber Security Services, Data Protection | India
Your digital accreditations
Credentials you can show, not just claim.
The Cyber Strategy & Transformation Program is fully CPD-accredited, so the hours you invest count towards your continuing professional development — and on completion you earn a verified Credly digital badge.
A mark of excellence you can show on LinkedIn, in your résumé and in your email signature.
Your Credly badge is issued and verified by Credly by Pearson, alongside credentials from thousands of professionals at leading global brands — and the program's CPD accreditation means every hour counts towards your continuing professional development.
CPD accredited
Verified digital badge Next cohort starts Monday 25 January 2027
Secure your place in CSTP
Join an intimate global cohort of experienced cybersecurity professionals and develop the methodology, influence and confidence required to lead enterprise-wide transformation.
Program feeUS$2,100
Excluding applicable GST or VAT
Join the January cohort, or reserve your place in any 2027 cohort on the registration page.
Your enrolment includes
- Self-paced lectures packed with case studies
- Weekly facilitated case-study Zoom discussions
- Premium toolkits: risk assessment tools, board-ready templates
- Capstone: transformation roadmap pitched to a simulated governance committee
- 40 CPE credits and a digital badge on completion
- Access to a global network of cyber leaders
- 30-day full money-back guarantee
- Cohorts capped at fewer than 20 participants
- Multiple-enrolment discounts available
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know
How is CSTP different from the Cyber Leadership Program (CLP)?
CLP helps aspiring cybersecurity executives ace CISO interviews, build high-value strategies, build executive credibility, and build high-performing teams. CSTP equips cyber transformation leads with practical skills to turn strategies into concrete deliverables — mastering stakeholder alignment, delivery execution, and sustaining resilience. Many participants complete both programs.
What happens if I can’t complete the program in 8 weeks?
You can request a deferral to the next cohort at no extra cost.
How is the program delivered?
All learning happens online. Self-paced video modules can be accessed anytime. Weekly Zoom calls bring the cohort together for case discussions and Q&A with faculty.
What time are the Zoom calls?
We schedule calls based on cohort time zones once enrolment is finalised.
How long will I have access to the materials?
You retain access to all program content for 12 months after completion, plus ongoing access to the Cyber Leadership Hub with active membership.
Is there an exam?
No exam. To earn your digital badge, you must complete the Capstone Project — developing and presenting a cyber transformation roadmap.
Can my employer pay for the course?
Yes. Download our sample funding request letter to help make your case — most participants are employer-funded.
What if I’m not satisfied?
If you’re not fully satisfied within the first 30 days, we’ll issue a full refund.
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