Developing Strategic Leadership

1.  Understand the role senior leaders and strategic leadership

1. Explain the key roles and responsibilities of senior leaders in a tech sector setting
2. Assess how strategic leadership and core goal-setting can enable stronger security cultures

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2.  Evaluate the management streams and performance monitoring mechanisms that relate to information security

1. Explain the importance of integrating management and operational programmes in relation to optimum levels of performance and cyber resilience
2. Anlayse the performance monitoring mechanisms in place to protect information security
3. Assess how cultural and diversity-related complexities impact on management and performance monitoring

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3.  Understand how threat and risk identification and management is integrated into C-Suite considerations and governance

1. Evaluate risk management and threat identification within the context of wider corporate strategy, responsibilities and governance
2. Explain the impact of poor or ineffective C-Suite understanding and direction
3. Assess the importance of business ethics and leadership in business values, including within end-user environments of ICT systems

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4.  Understand how data protection legislation impacts considerations of strategy-setting and strategic leadership

1. Evaluate how major data protection laws, impact on CSuite strategic level decision making and strategy setting
2. Assess the consequences for individuals and organisations of non compliance with this legislation

• The assessment strategy for this course is designed to test all the learning outcomes.
• Learners must demonstrate successful achievement of all learning outcomes to pass the course.

• The assessment criteria for a pass will be presented with the summative exercise.
• Further information and guidance on the assessment will be made available through the tutor.

To pass the unit a 40% overall grade must be achieved.