Cyber Risk Resilience for Directors | Module 1

Enrol today to explore why managing cyber risk is now a governance issue. You'll learn about cybercrime globally, cybercrime methods, and how to analyse the specific first party risks your business faces so you can help guide cyber governance in your organisation.

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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 first module of our two modules course provides up-to-the-minute education about risks related to cyber risk and email fraud. 

You'll learn about cybercrime globally, cybercrime methods, and how to analyse the specific first party risks your business faces so you can help guide cyber governance in your organisation. 

The content 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 focuses on cyber goverance including directors' duties. In this first Module, you'll learn:

  • Why cyber governance is a board issue

  • That managing cyber risk is everyone's responsibility in a business

  • How cyber events and human error occur

  • To analyse the specific types of risks presented, so you can focus risk management activities where they matter most

  • Questions to ask management

Course structure

  • Module 1 of 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 approximately 5 minutes each

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

  • 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 1

Enrol today to explore why managing cyber risk is now a governance issue. You'll learn about cybercrime globally, cybercrime methods, and how to analyse the specific first party risks your business faces so you can help guide cyber governance in your organisation.

Enrol me now

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

  • 2

    Chapter 02: Cyber Risk Today

    • Cyber Risk Today

  • 3

    Chapter 03: Cybercrime costs and methods

    • Typical ways that cybercrime and data breaches occur

    • Check in
  • 4

    Chapter 04: First Party Risks

    • 4.1 | Theft of Confidential Information

    • 4.2 | Loss of business systems

    • 4.3 | Cyber Extortion

    • Check in

    • 4.4 | Business email compromise

    • 4.5 | Funds transfer frauds

    • 4.6 | Risks to Physical Assets

    • 4.7 | Reputational Damage

    • Reflection: How would you rank these risks for your business?
  • 5

    Chapter 05: Summary

    • Module Summary

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

    Free Resources | About L&C

    • Recognising Phishing Emails

    • Password Checklist

    • Other useful Information

    • Our Education Portfolio

    • Brochure: Cyber incident tabletop exercises for Board and Executive Leadership Teams (note this brochure is draft only)

    • Author and Presenter