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Cyber Security Briefing for Executives

Cybersecurity stopped being just an IT issue a couple of years ago. Today, it's a critical business concern. A single cyberattack can cripple operations, damage reputation, and lead to significant financial losses. That's why it's crucial for business executives and senior leaders to have a strong understanding of cyber risks and how to effectively mitigate them.

Our Cybersecurity Briefings for Executives are designed to equip your leadership team with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate the complex world of cyber threats. 

The CEO, senior management and board need to know if their business is prepared for and capable of carrying on business operations during and after a cyber crisis. To survive and even grow your business, an organisation must put cyber resiliency at the heart of its cyber and digital strategy.

Our Executive Briefing and Awareness Session (EBAS) is specially designed for executive management, CEOs and boards of directors, engaging them in a business context to help explain the threats and risks from cyber-attacks. In a condensed, time-effective format, we provide them with simple, tactical and strategic steps to help improve business resilience to reputation-damaging cyber crises.

Session Details

The Cybersecurity Briefings for Executives are structured around key topics and based on our experience with clients from different sectors around the globe. However, they are flexible and can be tailored to the type of audience and business.  

Duration: 45 minutes, followed by a dedicated Q&A session.
Delivery: Remote (via video conferencing) or onsite at your location.
Cost: Starting at £750 / $949 (price may vary depending on customisation and delivery method). 


Target Audience for the Session

  • C-Suite Executives
  • Senior Management
  • Board of Directors

Benefits of our Cybersecurity Awareness Briefings for Executives

Enhanced Cyber Leadership

Executives gain a clear understanding of the current cyber threat landscape and the specific risks faced by the organisation.

Informed Decision-Making

Senior Management develops the ability to make informed decisions about cybersecurity investments and strategies.

Stronger Incident Response

Leadership teams understand the critical steps involved in responding to a cyber incident and minimising its impact.

Improved Risk Management

Business executives master the art of identifying, assessing, and mitigating cyber risks effectively.

What to Expect from a Cybersecurity Executive Briefing Session?

Critical Threat Insights

Learn about real-world incidents and the current threat landscape. Executives are engaged in a business-relevant and non-technical context.

Strategic Risk Management

Discover the most urgent vulnerabilities facing your modern business learn and how to address them. The Executive Briefing Session on Cybersecurity Awareness will help you make confident security investments and empower you with better cybersecurity leadership skills. 

Executive-Level Action Plans

Receive concise, boardroom-ready recommendations, covering everything from best practices for incident response to practical steps for achieving cyber resilience. 

Short and Focussed Format 

We understand and respect the paucity of time that senior leadership faces. Our tight, engaging sessions fit seamlessly into packed schedules, ensuring you gain essential knowledge and action items—fast. 

Interactive and Engaging Sessions

Our briefings are designed to be interactive and engaging. Delivered by experienced cybersecurity professionals with real-world expertise, our sessions are delivered in the business-focussed language that Executives and Board of Directors speak. 

Cybersecurity Awareness Session for Executives

Why Choose CM-Alliance for Cybersecurity Briefings for Executives?

Expert-Led Session

With a highly respected, practising CISO at the helm, our sessions ensure your executives learn directly from an industry leader who speaks their language and earns their trust.

Practical Focus

We provide actionable insights and tools that can be immediately applied within your organisation.

Time-Efficient

We condense our years of real-world expertise into brief, compelling sessions for your busy executives, ensuring top-tier cyber resilience for your business.

Customised Content

We tailor the briefing to your specific needs and your business priorities.

Engaging Delivery

We use interactive methods to ensure participants are actively involved and retain the information.

Cost-Effective

Our briefings offer exceptional value for money, providing a high-impact learning experience at a competitive price.
We've helped 750 businesses across all sectors.

Flexible, Bespoke Cybersecurity Briefings for Executives


We understand that every organisation has unique cybersecurity needs. That's why our briefings are fully customisable. You can select modules from our existing courses to create a bespoke briefing that addresses your specific priorities.

Opt for a Bespoke Session or You May Select Modules from the following Programmes:

  • Cyber Security Training for Executives
    Introduction to Cyber Threats: Overview of the cyber threat landscape, types of cyber criminals and their motivations. Common cyber attacks including Phishing, Ransomware, and Business Email Compromise. 

    Cyber Criminals and Their Attack Methods: Profiles of different types of cyber criminals, common attack vectors and techniques. 

    Ransomware Response: Understanding ransomware attacks, prevention strategies, incident response and recovery steps.

    Business Email Compromise: Identifying BEC attacks, impact on organisations and best practices for email security.

    Staying Safe Online: Personal cybersecurity best practices, safe browsing and social media usage and protecting personal information online. 

    Fundamentals of Information Security: The CIA Triad, privacy principles and relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) and the role of human error in cybersecurity incidents. 

    Cybersecurity Governance and Risk Management: Basics of cybersecurity governance, risk assessment and management principles, compliance requirements and their importance. 
  • Cyber Incident Planning and Response
    Introduction to Cyber Incidents: Foundational knowledge on identifying, analysing, and responding to cyber incidents. 

    Threat Actors - Who they are & How they Attack: An introduction to threat actors, intent and attributes. Threat actor library and its purpose. Building the Threat Actor Profile.

    Case Study: Understanding the importance of effective cyber incident response through real-world examples and client case studies. 

    The Golden Hour: The critical 'golden hour' of cyber incident response, focusing on taxonomy, communication, triage, standards and workflows.

    PR & Communications: Essentials of public relations and communications protocols during a cyber incident, focusing on effective messaging, stakeholder engagement, and reputation management. Strategies to handle media, internal communications, and public disclosures seamlessly.
     
    Legal & Regulatory Considerations: The legal, financial or reputational impact that a business can suffer on account of incorrect actions in the aftermath of a cyber crisis. A look at some common regulations and standards that businesses should be aware of. 

    Customised Training on Policies & Procedures: Fundamentals of designing and implementing tailored policies and procedures for effective cyber incident management. Importance of aligning organisational needs with best practices to enhance preparedness and response capabilities.

    Incident Response Framework: The core components of an effective Incident Response Framework, including its design, implementation, and alignment with industry standards. How to build a structured approach to managing cyber incidents efficiently.
  • Crisis Management Awareness for Senior Executives

    Crisis Preparedness: Key components of crisis preparedness, including cyber risk evaluation,  forming effective crisis response teams and the essential elements of crisis communication protocols.
     
    Decision-Making Under Pressure: Recognizing common cognitive biases that impact crisis decision-making. Understanding techniques for rapid analysis during crises. Building awareness of decision-making challenges during cyber incidents.

    Strategic Communication: Strategies for effective stakeholder management during crises. Techniques for handling media relations and press conferences and principles of internal and external communication during crisis situations.
     
    Crisis Leadership and Recovery: Key principles of crisis leadership. Strategies for guiding an organisation through the recovery phase. Techniques for conducting effective post-crisis analysis. 

    Case Studies Review: Real-world crisis management cases, including cyber crises. Effective strategies and potential pitfalls in crisis response. Insights from both successful and unsuccessful crisis management efforts. 

Executive Business Awareness and Cyber Crisis Management Sessions

Options

Executive

£999
INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC
INCLUDES

A focus on the sector-relevant challenges

Focus on the real threats and risks to your sector

Highlighting the importance of privileges and credentials

Highly engaging delivery tailored to the audience

Estimated duration 30 - 45 mins

Suitable for C-Level and Exec leadership team.

Cybersecurity Training for Executives

£2750
CLIENT-SPECIFIC
INCLUDES

A focus on the business-relevant challenges

Focus on the real threats & risks to the organisation

Highlighting organisation-specific threat actors and their motives

A discussion on key strategies to ensure your organisation is better prepared

Estimated duration 180 mins

Ransomware
Exercise

£1995
CLIENT-SPECIFIC
INCLUDES

For both Executives and Senior Leadership teams

A focus on your business relevant challenges

Focus on the real threats of a Ransomware attack on your organisation

Verbal simulation of a Ransomware cyber attack

Estimated duration 60 - 120 mins

Tabletop
Exercise

£4395
SCENARIO-BASED
INCLUDES

Detailed Planning

Management discussion & review of their actions & decisions

Realistic business-impacting scenario

Verbal simulation of the cyber-crisis scenario

Estimated duration 60 - 120 mins

Mudassar Ulhaq
“The overall objective was to demonstrate & raise awareness amongst the board members. It is a regulatory obligation to ensure that the board are aware of their duties when it comes to incident response & cyber management. It was very important to run this workshop in my opinion."
Mudassar Ulhaq
CIO, Waverton Investment Management
Kanoksak Keekarjai
"Amar Singh is an excellent facilitator and is highly experienced which makes his insights useful to all participants. Importantly, Amar knows how to engage a room full of business executives and is able to present highly technical concepts in a nontechnical, easy to understand manner."
Kanoksak Keekarjai
Head of Global Security, Risk and IT Compliance, SIG Global

 

Meet the Facilitator

Amar Singh has a long history and experience in data privacy and information security. Amar has served as CISO for various companies, including News International (now News UK), SABMiller, Gala Coral, Euromoney and Elsevier. Amongst various other activities, Amar is a Global Chief Information Security Officer and Trusted Advisor to a number of organisations including a FTSE100 firm, and is chair of the ISACA UK Security Advisory Group. He also founded the not-for-profit cybersecurity service for charities, Give01Day.

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Amar has the highest integrity and is trusted by FTSE100 companies with some of the most sensitive commercial information. He has been involved with highly sensitive forensic investigations.

He has the ability to deal with both technically-astute, board-level executives and lead an organisation's information security direction. Apart from his experience and abilities, Amar holds a number of industry-recognised certifications, such as ISO 27001 Certified ISMS Lead Implementer, MoR, CRISC and CISSP certification.

Amar is an industry-acknowledged expert and public speaker and is regularly invited to speak and share his insights by some of the largest and most respected organisations in the world including The BBC, The Economist’s Intelligence Unit, The Financial Times, SC Magazine, InfoSec Magazine, Computer Weekly, The Register and the AlJazeera English Channel.

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