Strategic Cyber & AI Mandate: From Boardroom Decisions to Measurable Risk Reduction

Online, Available in English and Arabic

Topics:

• Cyber & AI Risks, Threats, and Business Impact
• Threat landscape evolution (AI-powered attacks, nation-state actors)
• GCC-specific cyber risks and trends
• Mapping cyber risk to financial and operational impact
• Cybersecurity as business enabler and trust driver
• Zero Trust as leadership-driven strategy
• AI fundamentals (practical, non-technical)
• AI risks: bias, hallucination, privacy leakage, shadow AI
• Lab: Board-level ransomware + AI data leak simulation

Overview

Cybersecurity and AI are no longer technical domains; they are board-level responsibilities. This training equips senior leaders to translate cyber and AI risks into business impact, define governance structures, and make measurable decisions. 

Participants will work through real-world scenarios including ransomware crises, AI misuse, and governance failures, and leave with a clear operating model and decision framework.

By the end of this course, the participant will be able to: 

• Translate cyber and AI risks into measurable business impact
• Define AI governance structures aligned with industry frameworks
• Design a cyber and AI operating model with clear roles and accountability
• Lead decision-making during cyber and AI crisis scenarios
• Define KPIs to measure cyber resilience and AI risk management.
• Governance, Operating Model & Leadership Execution
• AI governance frameworks (aligned with NIST/ISO concepts
• Ethics, trust, and public confidence
• Cyber crisis management and leadership communication
• Cyber & AI operating model (CISO, CIO, AI roles)
• Embedding AI into enterprise risk frameworks
• KPIs and success metrics
• Decision-making under pressure