Cyber security leadership workshop for managers – cyber security training
Companies are under massive pressure: cyber attacks are becoming more precise, faster and more individualized. Deepfakes, multi-channel scams, voice fraud and AI-supported attack strategies no longer only target IT departments, but also managers directly. A single misclick, a wrong decision or a delayed report can cost millions – and trigger personal liability risks. Our Cyber Security Leadership Workshop is a highly effective form of cyber security training for executives, managers and multipliers – not technical, but strategic, behavioral and decisive. The three levels build on each other and cover different roles: C Level, operational management and multipliers.
What our Cyber Security Leadership Workshop offers you
Our Cyber Security Leadership Workshop offers you clear benefits and practical results – beyond buzzwords and hype:
- Reality check: Understanding how modern attacks work - e.g. deepfakes, multi-channel scams
- Decide with confidence: Clear guidelines and management framework without detailed technical knowledge
- Strengthening risk competence: making organizations, teams and processes resilient to attacks
- Build governance & culture: Reporting culture, secure communication and sustainable security routines
Contents and procedure of cyber security leadership workshops
Level 1
C Level Cyber Security Workshop
Target group: Management, Board of Directors, C Level
Purpose: Risk competence, decision-making ability, governance
Duration: 4 hours
BSI compliant: Yes
Deliverables:
- BSI-compliant proof according to §38 para. 3 BSIG (detailed content documentation)
- CISO Challenge Framework (10 questions, 5 warning signals, quarterly check)
- Sector-specific business impact scenario
- Personal 90-day plan
Block 1 – Why cybersecurity is a matter for the boss
- Real examples (Deepfake CFO, Ferrari CEO, Pepco Phishing)
- Liability risks, personal responsibility, §38 BSIG
- Result: Awareness of risk, responsibility & decision-making pressure
Block 2 – Experience the threat
- OSINT risk profile of a participant
- Live Deepfake Call
- Multi-channel attack chain
- Result: Understanding of real threats & decisive action points
Block 3 – Management decision framework
- “10 questions for your CISO”
- “5 warning signals for risk management”
- Quarterly Governance Check
- Result: Management toolbox for well-founded security decisions
Block 4 – Governance & 90 day plan
- Governance anchoring
- Compliance verification according to §38 BSIG
- Result: Clear 90-day plan for immediate impact
Level 2
Operational Management Cyber Security Workshop
Target group: CISO, IT management, divisional managers
Purpose: Operational management, KPIs, action planning
Duration: 4 hours
Focus on assessment (preparation): Selection of the 3-4 most relevant Art. 21 measures.
Deliverables:
- 90-day roadmap for your own unit
- KPI dashboard template (reporting KPIs, MTTD, Human Firewall Index)
- Incident response checklist
- Focus on assessment with prioritized measures
Regulatory context
- Article 21(2)(g): Mandatory training for all employees compact
- Focus on priorities instead of complete lists
- Result: Clear orientation on duties & fields of action
Operational control
- Live Dashboard: Human Firewall Index, reporting data
- KPI framework: Success metrics for awareness
- Multi channel reporting channels
- Result: Leadership ability in operational security management
Business game
- Incident response under time pressure (ransomware / deepfake / supply chain)
- Result: Decision-making strength under uncertainty
Level 3
Multiplier Workshop Cyber Security Workshop
Target group: Team leaders, middle management
Purpose: Management of reporting culture & awareness
Duration: 4 hours
Deliverables:
- Champion Toolkit (discussion guidelines, team meeting impulses, reporting culture checklist)
- Role play scenarios for your own team exercises
- Guide to psychological safety
The reality of the threat
- Simulations or interactive case analyses
Result: Pattern recognition & awareness Confidence
Leadership skills Safety culture - Psychological safety (Amy Edmondson)
- Role plays for real leadership situations
- Result: Strengthen reporting culture, blame-free leadership
Awareness Champion Training
- Interpreting simulation results
- Monthly impulses & safety rituals
Result: Multipliers who actively support cultural change
Who is the Cyber Security Leadership Workshop suitable for?
- The workshop is aimed at all management levels that not only understand cybersecurity, but also need to actively manage and take responsibility for it. As a cybersecurity training course, it also fulfills key requirements of modern governance. Management & C Level
- CISO, IT management, divisional managers
- Team leaders & multipliers
- Companies that want to anchor cybersecurity as a management task
- Organizations with regulatory requirements (BSI, NIS2, ISO 27001)
Cybersicherheitsschulung - Workshop Formate, Location & Kosten
- Group size: Up to 20 participants (larger on request)
- Location & Format: On-site at your location, remote or hybrid; optional Munich Office; Level 1-3 individually or as a complete package
- Costs: Depending on scope, level, number of people - on request
- Additional services: Optional - Follow ups, governance design, incident simulations, implementations
About Ventum
With over 20 years of consulting experience, we combine in-depth expertise in the introduction of digital innovations such as artificial intelligence with tried-and-tested methods.
Over 20 years of security & leadership experience
We combine management leadership & cyber security.
Behavior first approach
Psychological safety, reporting culture & leadership behavior instead of tools alone.
Realistic simulation methods
Deepfakes, ransomware simulation games, OSINT analyses.
Contents suitable for top management level
Compact, relevant, without technical overload.
Operationally tested
In IT, OT, ERP environments and multinational structures.
Lasting effect
90-day roadmaps, clear roles, measurable KPIs.
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- Strategic: Strengthen decision-making ability, governance and risk competence in the board, management and key roles.
- Secure: Meet requirements from EU NIS2, BSI law, ISO 27001 and modern corporate governance - with verifiable training.
- Proven: Over 20 years of experience at the interface of cyber security, leadership and organizational transformation.
- Effective: Realistic simulations, tangible leadership tools and a 90-day plan for immediate implementation.
- Holistic: behavior, processes, governance and culture - embedded in a modern security ecosystem.
TISAX and ISO certification for the Munich office only
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FAQ - Frequently asked questions about the Cyber Security Leadership Workshop
No. The cyber security training is deliberately designed to focus on decisions, risks and management tasks.
No. Levels 1-3 are designed to be compact and highly focused. The sessions do not interfere with productive systems.
Yes, all scenarios (deepfake, ransomware, supply chain attacks) and business impact models are tailored to your industry.
Yes, each level is independent, together they produce maximum effect.
Yes, Level 1 and 2 strengthen the required leadership and risk competence and serve as recognized cyber security training according to NIS 2.
Yes, from KPI sprints and governance design to regular simulations – we can provide you with long-term support if you wish.
Yes, Article 20 (2) NIS 2 – implemented in Germany by Section 38 (3) BSIG – obliges every management of a company concerned to regularly participate in cybersecurity training. This duty cannot be delegated and therefore applies to board members, managing directors, C-level and de facto bodies.
The workshop is structured in such a way that it is fully compliant with §38 and covers all the required areas of competence.
NIS 2 requires training at least every three years. However, the BSI expressly recommends annual training in order to keep pace with the rapid development of attack methods.
Our Level 1 workshop (four hours) corresponds to the recommended training duration and fulfills the verification requirements.