Leadership in Cybersecurity Oversight

In this course, you’ll learn to lead cybersecurity with clarity and strategy—building actionable plans, communicating effectively with stakeholders, and fostering a security-first culture.

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Course curriculum

1. Segment 00: Reading - Welcome to the Course: Course Overview
2. Segment 01: Course Introduction
1. Segment 02: Chapter Introduction
2. Segment 03: Introduction to Strategic Leadership
3. Segment 04: Impacts of Leadership
4. Segment 05: Build a Cybersecurity Strategy
5. Segment 06: Reading - Measuring the Whole Hole
1. Segment 07: Establish Key Cybersecurity Metrics
2. Segment 08: Revising Metrics for Your Board
3. Segment 09: Communicating Metrics to Leadership
4. Segment 10: Reading - Introducing Engineering Metrics to Your Organization
1. Segment 11: Leadership Action Plan
2. Segment 12: Cybersecurity Strategy in Action
3. Segment 13: Leadership Engagement in Action
4. Segment 14: Reading - How to Build an Incident Response Plan, with Examples, Template
5. Segment 15: Hands-On-Learning - Creating a Strategic Leadership Project in Cybersecurity Management
6. Segment 16: Quiz - Strategic Leadership Fundamentals in Cybersecurity
1. Segment 17: Chapter Introduction
2. Segment 18: Communicating with Dashboards and Sprints
3. Segment 19: Communicating with Roadmaps
4. Segment 20: Communication Fundamentals
5. Segment 21: Reading - Communicating Cyber Risk at the Board Level: 7 Lessons for 2025
1. Segment 22: Philosophizing About Communication
2. Segment 23: Understanding Individual Communication
3. Segment 24: Understanding Team Communication
4. Segment 25: Reading - Communication in the Software Development Workplace
1. Segment 26: Creating Effective Board-Level Communication
2. Segment 27: Beginning the Stakeholder Communication Plan
3. Segment 28: Communicating Cybersecurity to Shareholders
4. Segment 29: Reading - Cyber Crisis Communications: How to Communicate During a Cyber Attack
5. Segment 30: Hands-On-Learning - Designing a Cybersecurity Communication Plan
6. Segment 31: Quiz - Communicating Cybersecurity Effectively
1. Segment 32: Chapter Introduction
2. Segment 33: Intro to Cybersecurity Culture
3. Segment 34: What Makes a Cybersecurity Culture
4. Segment 35: Starting a New Cybersecurity Culture
5. Segment 36: Reading - Transforming Security Awareness into a Culture: A Strategic Approach
1. Segment 37: Creating a Cybersecurity Training Program
2. Segment 38: Adjusting Cybersecurity Training for Professionals
3. Segment 39: Modifying Cybersecurity Training for New Users
4. Segment 40: Reading - The Complete Guide to Creating a Security Culture
1. Segment 41: Integrating Cybersecurity Training into Culture
2. Segment 42: Developing Effective Cross-Communication
3. Segment 43: Establishing Sharing, Knowledge Spaces and Lessons Learned
4. Segment 44: Reading - Building Cybersecurity Resilience with the Power of Habit
5. Segment 45: Hands-On-Learning - Design and Implement a Training Plan for Cybersecurity
6. Segment 46: Quiz- Understanding, Creating, and Adapting a Cybersecurity Culture
1. Segment 47: Chapter Introduction
2. Segment 48: Measuring Cultural Success
3. Segment 49: Developing Qualitative Experimentation Techniques
4. Segment 50: Implementing Sensing Sessions for Cybersecurity
5. Segment 51: Reading - Transforming Security Culture: 5 Proven Communication Tactics
1. Segment 52: Implementing Security Cultural Metrics with Change
2. Segment 53: Develop Effective Surveys for Cultural Metrics
3. Segment 54: Establishing Cultural Benchmarks
4. Segment 55: Reading - A Guide to Measuring Your Security Awareness Training Program Culture
1. Segment 56: Reporting Cultural Progress in the Team
2. Segment 57: Reporting Cultural Progress to the Board
3. Segment 58: Communicating Cultural Results
4. Segment 59: Reading - Five Steps for Managing Culture Change
5. Segment 60: Hands-On-Learning - Developing a Security Culture Plan for a Hypothetical Organization
6. Segment 61: Quiz - Measuring Cultural Success
7. Segment 62: Course Wrap-up Video
8. Segment 63: Project - Developing a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Culture Plan

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Leadership in Cybersecurity Oversight

Course curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Strategic Cybersecurity Leadership

Chapter 3: Cybersecurity Metrics

Chapter 4: Creating the Leadership Action Plan

Chapter 5: Communication Fundamentals

Chapter 6: Understanding Communication

Chapter 7: Communicating with Shareholders and Stakeholders

Chapter 8: Understanding the Cybersecurity Culture

Chapter 9: Establishing a Cybersecurity Training Program

Chapter 10: Embedding Cybersecurity Training into Organizational Culture

Chapter 11: Measuring Culture Success

Chapter 12: Defining Cultural Metrics

Chapter 13: Measuring and Communicating Cybersecurity Culture

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Discover your potential, starting today