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Executive & Board-Level Table-top Simulation: Anti-Phishing & Social Engineering

Equip directors and senior executives to recognise phishing attacks, understand cyber risk, and make informed cybersecurity decisions under NIS2

Course Details

Why This Intervention Matters

You already know who your high-risk executives and board members are. This course ensures that the seniority that makes them valuable to your organisation doesn't make them the most expensive click on your network.

Session Overview

This is not another generic cybersecurity awareness briefing. It is a discreet, high-impact and targeted intervention designed specifically for senior leaders who are disproportionately targeted by sophisticated phishing, spear-phishing, MFA-bombing, contextual phishing, AI-powered vishing and business email compromise attacks such as email thread hijacking and invoice fraud.

Who Should Attend

This programme is designed for Very Attacked Persons such as C-suite executives, board members, or senior civil servants. These are the individuals within your organisation who, by virtue of their seniority, public profile, or financial authority, are disproportionately targeted by sophisticated threat actors. VAPs are not necessarily the most technically vulnerable people in your organisation. They are the most valuable. Any profile visible on LinkedIn, in the press, or in public filings gives a threat actor everything they need to craft a convincing, highly personalised attack in minutes. The question is not whether your VAPs are being targeted. They are. The question is whether they're prepared enough.

This session is also suitable for executive assistants. To a sophisticated attacker, the person with delegated access to your CEO's inbox is not a gatekeeper. They are a viable entry point. And it is one of the most consistently overlooked vulnerabilities in even the most security-conscious organisations.

Business Outcomes

Reduced Executive and Board Member Susceptibility to Phishing and Social Engineering

A breach at the top costs more than anywhere else. A taken-over Microsoft 365 executive account isn't just a breached inbox. It's a skeleton key to your organisation's entire ecosystem, from SharePoint and Teams to finance approvals and supplier communications. By the time your IT team flags the anomaly, the attacker might have been inside for weeks.

Compliance with NIS2

For governance and NIS2 compliance purposes, the organisation can demonstrate that its highest-value targets received targeted, role-appropriate security intervention satisfying the Article 20 requirement for management-level training that goes beyond general staff awareness obligations.

Reduce the risk of identity compromise leading to financial fraud, ransomware, data breaches, or regulatory exposure

Addressing the silent nature of identity attacks, where weak cyber hygiene such as password reuse and contextual phishing can lead to undetected compromise. Using real-world examples that show how easily these attacks succeed.

How Success is Measured

Behaviour change at the point of highest risk.

Senior leaders are not put through an assessment. They are given a clearer picture of their own exposure.

Through a series of discreet, role-specific and scenario-based exercises designed around the threats they are most likely to face. Each participant develops a sharper instinct for where they are most vulnerable. The process is low-friction and entirely confidential.

What emerges is not a score. It is a personal risk profile, built with care, that reflects their specific role, habits, and threat environment.

At an organisational level, you will have:

  • A before-and-after view of awareness and response behaviour across the leadership team
  • Individual profiles held with full discretion
  • A board-ready summary of resilience at the most targeted level of your business

We coordinate closely with your IT and security teams throughout — quietly, and without disruption to your leaders' time.

Delivery

Delivered via secure, enterprise-grade video conferencing platform by a SANS-certified human risk instructor.

Duration

60 minutes

Format

Instructor-led sessions delivered one-to-one or in small groups, focused on realistic scenarios that reflect current cyber threats.

Are Your Executives Ready to Make That Call?

The attack on your CEO won't feel like anything they've read about in the news. There will be no misspelled words, no suspicious sender address, no offer of a free gift card. It will arrive as a board paper, a legal notice, or a message from a trusted adviser and it will look exactly right, because the person who sent it spent time making sure it did. It will sail past your secure email gateway and your endpoint protection. And then it will land in your executive's inbox. At that moment, technology steps aside. There are no more filters, no more alerts. There is just a senior leader, a convincing email, and a decision that could cost your organisation millions.

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