Governance Education
for the Board

Educate your whole organization.

Cybersecurity, AI, and data privacy are now board-level responsibilities. Your board cannot rely solely on the CISO, CTO, or CIO to manage these risks. Directors must understand enough to ask the right questions, oversee risk effectively, and fulfill their fiduciary duties.

Just as board members are expected to understand financial statements, they also need a foundational understanding of cybersecurity, AI, and data privacy governance.

The challenge? Technical leaders and board directors often speak different languages. Without a shared understanding, critical risks, compliance obligations, and strategic decisions can be misunderstood or overlooked.

It’s mission-critical to level-set your entire board.

Who This Program Is For

Designed for organizations looking to level-set their board’s understanding of cybersecurity, AI, and data privacy governance in today’s evolving regulatory environment. This program helps boards strengthen fiduciary oversight, improve risk governance, and create a shared language for more effective executive and board-level decision-making.

  • Boards seeking to strengthen collective oversight of cybersecurity, AI, and data privacy risks

  • Organizations looking to help directors better fulfill their fiduciary duties and governance responsibilities

  • Companies wanting to reduce potential liability exposure and better understanding D&O and cyber insurance considerations

  • Boards seeking to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats, regulatory requirements, compliance obligations, and governance expectations

  • Companies wanting to create a shared understanding and common language between board directors and technical leadership

  • Organizations seeking to reduce risk exposure and improve board-level decision-making around cyber, AI and data privacy governance

  • Companies looking to provide governance-focused education and professional development for their board directors

Enrollment includes

  • Individual access for each board director seat
  • Transferable seats if a board member vacates their role
  • An advisory session tailored to your organization's board priorities
  • Access to the proprietary CyberAI Risk Score tool to assess your cybersecurity, AI, and data privacy posture on a scale of 1–10
  • Equip your board with a shared understanding of cybersecurity, AI, and data privacy governance 
  • Strengthen board-level fiduciary oversight and enterprise risk decision-making 
  • Help directors stay aligned with evolving regulatory and compliance expectations 
  • Create a common language between the board, CISO, CIO, CTO, and executive leadership team 
  • Access to valuable downloadable board-ready resources and materials
  • Receive a monthly newsletter with the latest regulatory updates, peer insights, and emerging governance trends 
  • Have access to support if you have questions throughout the program
  • Certificates of completion for each director
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Understand the risks. Lead the response.

Module 1: Cybersecurity & Fiduciary Duties

 Board's Fiduciary Duties

 Prioritizing Cybersecurity

 Top Cybersecurity Threats: Case Studies & Lessons Learned

 Peer Group Studies

 Role of the Board in Compliance

This module explores the board’s fiduciary duties, examines the business judgment rule limitations, how to integrate cybersecurity into strategic oversight, and reviews top threats through case studies, peer insights, and lessons learned—equipping you to navigate today’s complex cyber landscape with confidence.

Module 2: Navigating the Language of Cybersecurity

 Brief History of Cybersecurity

 Understanding the Threat Landscape & Attack Surface

 Essential Cybersecurity Terms for Board Members

 Incident Response Readiness

 Cybersecurity & AI Frameworks

This module is designed to equip board members with essential cybersecurity knowledge and discusses how effective cybersecurity and AI frameworks strengthen oversight. It covers the evolution of cybersecurity, the modern threat landscape, and key terms necessary for effective communication.

Module 3: Data Security & Privacy Regulatory Compliance

 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Regulations Governance

 U.S. Cybersecurity & Data Breach Regulatory Requirements

 U.S. Data Privacy Regulations

 International Regulatory Requirements

 Implications for Multinational Companies

This module is tailored to help board members navigate industry-specific and location-specific compliance frameworks and the intricate landscape of U.S. and international cybersecurity, data breach, and data privacy laws and regulations.

Module 4: Cybersecurity & AI Governance

 Cybersecurity Governance

 The Board’s Pivotal Role in Compliance

 Evaluating Your Current Cybersecurity Governance Program

 Security Risk Assessments & Management

 Staying Ahead of Emerging Threats

This module is designed to help board members understand their organization’s cybersecurity governance program, the board's role in cybersecurity governance, strengthen security risk management strategies, and address emerging threats such as AI.

Module 5: Cost, Legal & Insurance Implications

 Direct and Indirect Costs of a Data Breach

 Legal and Compliance Implications

 Cybersecurity and D&O Insurance

 M&A Due Diligence

 Asset-Based Approach to Securing Your Valuable Data

This module is tailored to help board members understand the direct and indirect costs of data breaches, assess the legal and compliance implications, cybersecurity and D&O insurance, M&A due diligence, and explore strategies for mitigating financial and reputational risks.

Module 6: Risk Management & Organizational Governance

 Risk and Organizational Governance

 Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Insights and Tools

 Incident Response Management

 Securing Your Supply Chain: Vendor & Third-Party Risk Oversight

 Collaboration Between the Board, Executive Management, and IT Leaders

This module is designed to equip board members with critical insights into Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) frameworks, incident response management, vendor & third-party risk oversight, and collaboration strategies between the board and IT, enabling effective oversight and decision-making.

Level-Set Your Board on Cybersecurity

This 6-module cybersecurity governance program translates complex digital risks into informed decisions. It includes individual director seats, transferable access, and a 1-hour advisory session. Select the number of seats for Enrollment.

2 or MORE SEATS

For Organizations

  • Purchase seats for your board members. Each seat provides individual access to the program and if a board member vacates you can add a new board member to the seat.

  • By enrolling your board, you’ll also receive a 1-hour live session with our CEO, Christine Baird to guide the board members through the eLearning program, address organization-specific concerns, highlight key concepts, and answer questions - all tailored for your board.

Board of Directors Cybersecurity Governance Program

This program includes six modules and will equip you with the strategic insight, practical tools, and board-level expertise needed to proactively govern cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI risks and governance, fulfill fiduciary duties, and oversee cybersecurity governance effectively.

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