This is a non-technical course designed to develop awareness of cybersecurity risks for elected officials, appointed officials and other senior managers so that they are better informed to properly protect the jurisdiction/organization during a cybersecurity incident. It is designed to help officials and senior management work more effectively with their Information Technology (IT) departments to mitigate cyber threats.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants shall have a better understanding of the cybersecurity risks that their jurisdiction or organization faces and how to work with their IT teams and other departments to mitigate those risks.
Objectives
- Explain how cybersecurity is not just an IT issue
- Define the types of cyber threats
- Describe the common types of cyber attacks
- Discuss special considerations for critical infrastructure
- Assess cyber risks from a senior official’s perspective
- Discuss the importance to prioritize jurisdictional/organizational business functions
- Determine the threshold of acceptable risk
- Examine the best practices for an effective cybersecurity program
- Evaluate the pros and cons of cyber insurance
- Discuss the questions that senior managers should ask
- Discuss next steps
Target Audience
Anh person who works for a public or private organization in an executive or upper management capacity. This includes elected officials, such as city council, mayor, county commissioner, county judge; city managers; chief information officers; risk managers; emergency management coordinators; jurisdictional department heads; directors of critical infrastructure, such as power, water/wastewater, healthcare and transportation; school district and higher education officials; and private company C-suite.