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The Board of Directors Role in Cybersecurity

  • Training

  • 60 Minutes
  • Compliance Online
  • ID: 5974268
This webinar will break down the Board’s role in effective cybersecurity oversight, the 12 questions a board member should be knowing to answer, key principles of oversight, tips and resources for board.

Why Should You Attend:

There’s so much buzz today about cybersecurity, cyber-breaches, cyber-attacks, cyber-assessments, and cyber-threats that it’s easy to get lost and hard to uncover exactly what you need to understand as a board member or what to present to your board. All the buzz can create cyber-fatigue if you let it.

This session separates fact from hype and examines key aspects of what board members need to understand about cybercrimes and cybersecurity. Attendees will leave this session with actionable items, valuable resources, and key questions to ask to help measure your organization’s cybersecurity success.

Learning Objectives:

  • Assess the Board’s role in cybersecurity
  • Record action and oversight items
  • Document critical questions to ask of the organization
  • Identify valuable resources

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

  • What the Board does (and doesn’t) need to know about cybersecurity
  • Key principals for effective oversight
  • Guidance including the FFIEC, banking Regulators, ISACA, National Association of Corporate Directors and NIST
  • State initiatives for increased cybersecurity
  • Cyber risks in a nutshell
  • 12 questions every Board member should know the answer to (updated for 2018!)
  • Action items
  • Tips for the Board
  • Routing updates vs. actual incident
  • What should regularly be presented to the board regarding cybersecurity
  • Tips for responding to board inquiries
  • Resources

Who Will Benefit:

This course is beneficial for board members and anyone tasked with the responsibility of reporting to the board, including information technology, information security, executive management, and internal trainers:
  • Internal Auditors
  • Regulators
  • Legal Departments
  • Compliance Officers
  • Purchasing Managers
  • QC Managers
  • QA Managers
  • Quality and Sales Department Staff
  • Compliance Consultants
  • Senior Management

Course Provider

  • Rayleen M Pirnie
  • Rayleen M Pirnie,