Program Management for Cybersecurity Managers: From Planning to Cross-Functional Coordination

Program Management for Cybersecurity Managers: From Planning to Cross-Functional Coordination

1h 25mBeginner2025-09-04

Authors

Kip Boyle

Kip Boyle

Founder and CEO of Cyber Risk Opportunities

Course details

This course offers a thorough exploration of designing and managing effective information security programs that meet customer expectations and ensure cyber-attack and failure resilience. Gain insights into compliance with laws and regulations, while learning how to secure executive and board of directors’ support for security initiatives. Instructor Kip Boyle covers essential functions such as security budget development and defense, team building, and resource management, emphasizing the critical roles of both management and leadership. Kip helps you develop skills in security project planning, communication with executives, stakeholders, and auditors, and organizing around cyber resilience. Additionally, learn about constructing an annual program of work and leveraging security metrics and reporting to drive continuous improvement. By the end, you should be better prepared to lead comprehensive security efforts aligned with organizational goals.

Learning objectives
Develop and defend security budgets aligned with organizational priorities.
Design and manage comprehensive information security programs focused on cyber resilience and compliance.
Build and lead effective security teams while coordinating resources efficiently.
Communicate security strategies and metrics clearly to executives, stakeholders, and auditors.
Construct and implement an annual program of work that supports continuous security improvement.

Concepts

Introduction

  • Protect against cyber attacks

Overview

  • What is information security
  • Cybersecurity overview
  • Cyber resilience overview
  • Risk management overview
  • Challenge - Prepare and recover
  • Solution - Prepare and recover

Cybersecurity Program Goals

  • Achieve your customers expectations
  • Cyber attack and failure resilience
  • Compliance with laws and regulations
  • Executive and BOD support
  • Security budget development and defense
  • Challenge - Customer security requirements
  • Solution - Customer security requirements

Cybersecurity Program Components

  • Essential functions of a program
  • Determine your role
  • Build a team
  • Resource and team management
  • The need for management
  • The need for leadership
  • Challenge - Core competencies
  • Solution - Core competencies

Structuring a Cybersecurity Program

  • Sources of controls
  • Organize around cyber resilience
  • Information security program design
  • Security project planning

Demonstrate Compliance and Progress

  • Communicate with executives
  • Communicate with stakeholders
  • Communicate with auditors
  • Construct an annual program of work
  • Security metrics and reporting
  • Challenge - Optimize cybersecurity program
  • Solution - Optimize cybersecurity program

Conclusion

  • Next steps for cybersecurity programs
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