Cybersecurity for Executives
Leadership learning for boards and executive teams on cyber and AI risk: accountability, proportionate decisions, incident leadership and responsible AI adoption.
Who it's for
Board members, directors and senior leaders without a technical background. Available as two private packages.
Learning outcomes
- Recognise the cyber and AI risks most relevant to your organisation
- Understand leadership roles before, during and after an incident
- Set practical governance and accountability for AI adoption
- Ask sharper questions of security teams, suppliers and AI vendors
Curriculum
What the course covers.
- 01
The risk picture
What cyber risk actually looks like for an organisation of your size and sector — without jargon.
- 02
Accountability & governance
Who owns what, what good oversight looks like and how board papers should report it.
- 03
Practical AI governance
Approving use cases, named owners, human review points and when to pause or stop.
- 04
Vendor & model dependence
Questions to ask about data use, model changes, lock-in and exit before you depend on an AI supplier.
- 05
Agent permissions
What AI agents may read, change or send — and who approves widening those permissions.
- 06
Deepfake-aware leadership
Verification routines for unusual payment, data or instruction requests that appear to come from leaders.
- 07
Incidents & leadership
The decisions that land on leadership in the first hours of an incident, rehearsed calmly.
- 08
Adoption accountability
How leaders measure whether AI adoption is safe and worthwhile, and who answers for it.
Delivery options
Choose how you'd like to learn.
These are the formats we propose for this course. Dates agreed on enquiry; availability and duration are always confirmed on enquiry.
On completion you receive Kagi course participation, not a third-party certification.
Live online
Real-time classes with a practitioner, in a small group, from wherever you work. Schedule agreed together.
Enquire — Live onlineFor teams
Delivered privately to your organisation, online or in person, with content tuned to your context.
Enquire — For teams
Executive packages · Foundations & Executive
Two private formats for leadership teams.
Agreed scope, scheduling and the delivering expert are confirmed in writing before any commitment.
Executive Cyber & AI Decision Programme
Leave with clear, owned decisions on cyber and AI risk — and the documents to act on them — for about three hours of each executive's time.
Boards and executive teams who want tailored decisions and practical artefacts without a heavy time commitment.
- Time:
- About 3 hours live per participant, plus one 15-minute intake questionnaire
- Format:
- 90-day advisory-supported programme · Private leadership group of up to 8
- Board-ready decision pack with prioritised actions and owners
- Ranked shortlist of up to 3 AI use cases with guardrails
- Tailored first-hour crisis decision guide
- 90-day roadmap and three monthly written progress reviews
- Live time per participant
- About 3 hours, plus one 15-minute intake questionnaire
- Support window
- 90 days
- Preparation & input
- Kagi does the desk research and preparation from client-supplied evidence. Optional: two 30-minute interviews with nominated operational owners — not the whole board
- Live sessions
- 90-minute tailored cyber & AI decision briefing; 60-minute facilitated leadership scenario; 30-minute decision & roadmap handover
- Exposure & dependency review
- Concise tailored cyber & AI exposure and dependency review based on client-supplied evidence (not a technical audit)
- Board-ready decision pack
- Prioritised actions with named owners
- AI use cases & guardrails
- Ranked shortlist of up to 3 AI use cases with acceptance measures and guardrails; draft AI acceptable-use / approval checklist and agent-access decision matrix
- First-hour crisis guide
- Tailored to your organisation
- 90-day roadmap
- Included
- Written progress reviews
- One written progress review / update each month for 3 months
- Materials
- Tailored drafts; your team approves or adapts every document
Not included: Unlimited advice; Legal opinion or compliance guarantee; Penetration testing; Incident response service; Done-for-you production implementation.
Enquire about Executive Cyber & AI Decision ProgrammeExecutive Essentials
A focused, practical grounding in cyber and AI leadership responsibilities in a single session.
Leadership teams wanting a clear introduction before deciding on deeper work.
- Time:
- 4 hours live per participant (one workshop)
- Format:
- Single session · Private group of up to 8
- One private 4-hour cyber & AI leadership workshop
- Standard learning materials and a practical leadership checklist
- Live time per participant
- 4 hours (one workshop)
- Support window
- Single session — no follow-up
- Preparation & input
- 30-minute scoping call with one organiser
- Live sessions
- One 4-hour private cyber & AI leadership workshop
- Exposure & dependency review
- Not included
- Board-ready decision pack
- Not included
- AI use cases & guardrails
- Not included
- First-hour crisis guide
- Not included
- 90-day roadmap
- Not included
- Written progress reviews
- Not included
- Materials
- Standard learning materials and a practical leadership checklist
Not included: Bespoke outputs or review; Tailored simulation; Individual coaching; Follow-up.
Enquire about Executive Essentials
View indicative investment
- Executive Cyber & AI Decision ProgrammeEUR 24,500 excluding VAT, per private leadership group of up to 8
- Executive EssentialsEUR 3,500 excluding VAT, per private group of up to 8
Indicative investment, excluding VAT, per private group of up to 8. Scope, expertise and availability are confirmed in writing on enquiry. This is a design proposal, not verified market pricing.
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