Cyber Risk Resilience for Directors | Module 2

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About our course

Our online course Cyber Risk Resilience for Directors contains essential cyber risk education in language participants can understand.

This second module of our two module course: 

Provides an overview of directors' duties and cyber risk governance

Explains relevant legal duties for organisations in Australia including the Privacy Act and Security of Critical Infrastructure legislation 

Provides an easy to apply 5-step framework for enhancing cyber resilience in your organisation.

Appeals to all participants by avoiding technical jargon while incorporating relatable scenarios through a thoughtful, logical structure. 

Course duration:

Module 1 - 1 hour
Module 2 - 1 hour

What you will learn

Our unique and up-to-the-minute course provides up to the minute guidance for directors and business owners using real-life case studies. You will learn:

  • Why cyber resilience, rather than cybersecurity only, is the focus for businesses today

  • Why cyber resilience is a governance issue

  • Directors' duties and cyber risk governance in Australia

  • Legal duties, including Privacy Law, and the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act

  • How to apply our cyber resilience framework to your organisation

Course structure

  • Our interactive course is divided into five concise chapters that you can work through at your own pace

  • It contains around one hour of video content, broken into shorter videos of around 5 minutes each

  • The content is current and relevant, using recognisable and relatable industry examples

  • There are short quizzes to reinforce learnings as you progress through the course

  • Participants must pass all the quizzes to receive a certificate of completion

Cyber Risk Resilience for Directors | Module 2

Enrol today to learn about directors' duties, cyber risk governance, relevant legal duties in Australia and frameworks you can apply to support cyber resilience in your organisation.

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What our participants are saying:

Since the launch of our education portfolio in 2020, more than 10,000 business professionals have completed our offerings, with 98% saying our courses increased their understanding of cyber risk.

  • This is a highly informative course

    Tackles some very technical issues in cyber security and provides practical examples of how to deal with potential and existing threats.

  • On point, thorough, well presented

    Easy to follow, thorough and certainly very relevant today. I was very impressed by the detail.

  • Fantastic course!

    The course content was current, on point, easy to follow. Interesting and disturbing case examples were provided and it is something I can draw on in my role very easily.

"As lawyers we need to understand the risks and impacts involved in cyberattacks both for our own cyber security and that of our clients. This course has provided us with practical, relatable and valuable information to enhance the knowledge of both our professional and support teams. We required every member of our teams nationwide complete this excellent course."

Geoffrey Connellan – National Managing Partner, Moray & Agnew Lawyers (commenting on our previous course, Cyber Risk for Law Firms)

Your instructor

Simone Herbert-Lowe, Director

Simone is the legal practitioner director of Law & Cyber (L&C), an incorporated legal practice which provides risk management education about cyber events and email fraud, legal and insurance advice, executive briefings, and the facilitation of cyber incident tabletop exercises. She has nearly 30 years of experience as a lawyer including 20 years managing legal claims against professionals. She is the author of numerous articles on professional responsibility, particularly in relation to cyber risk, which have been published in leading professional journals, and she speaks regularly at conferences and via webinars for organisations on topics related to professional duties, cyber risk and privacy. Simone has presented educational seminars on the topic of cyber risk and email fraud for leading Australian lawyers’ professional associations, education providers and industry bodies. Simone is passionate about protecting Australians from cybercrime and is a thought leader in the area of professional responsibility and cyber risk.
Learn more about Simone here

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 01: Welcome

    • Using the course player

    • Welcome

    • The concept of cyber resilience

    • Check in
  • 2

    Chapter 02: Directors' Duties and Cyber Governance

    • Directors' Duties and Cyber Governance - Part 1

    • Directors' Duties and Cyber Governance - Part 2
  • 3

    Chapter 03: Legal and Compliance Risk

    • Legal and Compliance Risk

    • Check in
  • 4

    Chapter 04: Cyber Resilience Framework

    • People & Culture

    • Processes

    • Technology

    • Incident preparation and response

    • Risk Transfer

    • Check in
  • 5

    Chapter 05: Course Summary

    • Summary

    • One minute survey - help us provide the education that directors need
  • 6

    About L & C

    • About L&C

    • Recognising Phishing Emails

    • Password Checklist

    • Our Education Portfolio

    • Author and Presenter

Module 2

Directors' duties, legal duties and building a cyber resilience framework

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