CYBERSECURITY STRATEGIC
LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME 

An Exclusive and Holistic 5-month Programme
Designed for Current and Aspiring Cybersecurity Leaders

 

 

Course Dates

Module 1: 4–7 Jun 2024
Module 2: 22–26 Jul 2024
Module 3: 16–18 Sep 2024
Module 4: 13–15 Nov 2024

Location

For Module 1, 3 and 4
SMU Administration Building

For Module 2
Overseas Immersion Week
All travel arrangements, include flight and hotel accommodation will be at own expense.

Registration

Deadline for Registration:
3rd May 2024

Chief Executive’s Foreword:

Cybersecurity is an important growth sector in Singapore’s economy and digital future. As organizations digitalise further and cyber threats continue to grow in scale and sophistication, there is a growing need to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce by identifying and training individuals to lead cybersecurity functions in organizations. The CSLP aims to strengthen local cybersecurity leaders’ strategic and leadership capabilities to influence strategy, drive organizational cybersecurity posture and resolve cybersecurity challenges through innovation and partnerships.

Overview of the
Cybersecurity Strategic Leadership Programme

The Cybersecurity Strategic Leadership Programme (CSLP) is a 15-day learning journey designed for cybersecurity leaders who are responsible for making cybersecurity business critical and an integral part of their organization’s strategy. This programme is jointly offered by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and Singapore Management University (SMU). It is delivered by SMU’s renowned faculty, a global pool of cybersecurity industry experts and senior executives from various industries with established experience in the field.

Summary of the learning journey of our second CSLP cohort.
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To be equipped with capabilities to influence organizational strategy and drive organizational security through best in class practices.

Programme Learning Outcomes


Growing a C-Suite Mindset

  • Understand what a mindset is and how it can be developed
  • Discover the “center of gravity” of your mindset and identify your potential for development
  • Maximise your resilience, focus and attention
  • Develop gravitas and become an influential C-suite while staying true to your values
  • Maximise the performance and resilience of your team
  • Contextualise your leadership approach to the needs and maturity of your people
  • Recruit, grow and retain talents


Overseas Immersion Week (University of Cambridge & London UK):
Elevating Technical Leaders into Transformational Business Leaders

  • Align on a common understanding of ‘resilience’ and specifically how it relates to the cyber domain. Explore how cyber resilience differs from cybersecurity and what is driving this change.
  • Deep dive into how corporate governance concepts apply to cyber risk management and have been challenged by emerging trends in Board and Regulatory requirements.
  • Explore the concept and theory of strategy, what it is and what it is not within a business context and then craft a business-centric cyber resilience strategy to take back to organizations.
  • Provide a framework and understanding of how power and influence are structured within corporate organizations to aid participants return to the workplace when implementing their resilience strategies.
  • Engage with leading cyber security executives, industry leaders and government decision makers in the United Kingdom to explore and learn from best practices in enterprises and in public-private partnerships.


Leading the Organization

  • Master the language of finance to better pitch to C-suites and the Board
  • Make the changes happen in your organization to support your strategy
  • Use multi-stakeholder engagement practices using the skills of persuasion and influence without formal authority
  • Develop a security culture in your organization
  • Be adaptive and agile to tackle complex challenges


Leading the Ecosystem

  • Mega and local trends that impact the cybersecurity sector
  • How to leverage an innovation cybersecurity ecosystem
  • Develop skills and techniques to influence the future state of your organization
  • Learn how to better manage crises
  • Moving on Ceremony and closing Cocktail

Programme Features

  • Highly experiential delivery formats well suited to executive education and development
  • Live Case Studies', with some featuring protagonists as guest speakers
  • Transferable learnings from industry leaders
  • Simulations to stimulate safe experimentation with new behaviours, initiatives and ideas
  • Immersion Programme in a country at the forefront of cybersecurity
  • Moving On Ceremony at SMU

Who Should Attend

The programme is targeted at senior cybersecurity leaders of C and C-1 levels with substantive cybersecurity responsibility. Participants to be based in Singapore. Selected applicants (Singaporeans only) may qualify for a subsidy of up to 75% of the course fee.

Programme Directors
François Bogacz
Head of Learning and Innovation,
SMU Executive Development,
Singapore Management University

François has a deep hands-on knowledge of the challenges of the IT industry leaders, having spent the first part of his life in management positions at Philips, Hitachi and Microsoft and then in a web agency he co-founded with 3 business partners. He is Head, Learning and Innovation, at SMU ExD.

Will Dixon
Director of the Academy and Community,
ISTARI Academy


William Dixon is the Director of the Academy and Community. Previously he was Head of Future Networks and Technology at the World Economic Forum's Centre for Cybersecurity. Will held senior leadership positions at Barclays Bank, helping lead a programme to defend the Bank and its clients from major cybercriminal, cybersecurity and physical threats.

Testimonials About Run 2

Programme Fee
SGD 26,500 (Excluding 9% GST)*
SGD 28,885 (Including 9% GST)+

Eligible candidates may receive co-funding support from CSA up to 75% of the course fee.
For Module 2, all travel arrangements, including flight and hotel accommodation will be at own expense.
 
+ GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies. 
* Fee is subject to change. GST is not applicable to foreign based companies.
Deadline for Registration: 3rd May 2024

Documents Required for Registration

  1. Click here to download the Nomination/Referral template.
  2. CV/Resume

For enquiries on this programme, please contact, Mr Desmond Ng at +65 6808 5393 or email to desmondngjj@smu.edu.sg to find out more!

 

 

ABOUT SMU EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Singapore Management University Executive Development (SMU ExD) is dedicated to international talent development in a contemporary Asian setting. Integrating the best of Asian and Western practices and theories, our Open Enrolment and Custom Programmes deliver outstanding returns on investment for individuals and organizations, leveraging meticulously-designed curricula which address business challenges in the context of Asia.

ABOUT THE CYBER SECURITY AGENCY OF SINGAPORE

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) was formed in 2015 and has been given the task of protecting Singapore’s cyberspace. It is part of the Prime Minister’s Office and is managed by the Ministry of Communications and Information. CSA’s core mission is to keep Singapore’s cyberspace safe and secure, to underpin our National Security, power a Digital Economy, and protect our Digital Way of Life. To power a Digital Economy, CSA is building a vibrant cybersecurity ecosystem comprising skilled professionals, strong research and development expertise, and companies with deep cybersecurity capabilities to meet Singapore’s security and economic needs.

 

ABOUT THE ISTARI ACADEMY

At ISTARI, we believe that investing in collective wisdom and promoting knowledge sharing as a community can accelerate the path toward greater digital and business resilience. Cybersecurity is one of the most systematically important challenges business leaders are facing, and in a globally interconnected world, no single entity can solve cybersecurity challenges alone. Individual and collective leadership matter more than ever.We convene global thought leaders and experienced practitioners to deliver immersive programmes combining theory and real-world practice. We call this the ISTARI Academy.

 

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