How to Improve the Cybersecurity Maturity of your Media Organization

Overview

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Cyber threats have become a major issue for Public Service Media, impacting all functions across the organization. With the widespread adoption of IP-based technologies, production and distribution environments are particularly exposed to cyber risks.

Despite this growing threat landscape, cybersecurity leaders in the media sector often face challenges in securing executive buy-in and maintaining management support when deploying security initiatives.

This Master Class is designed to give CISOs and Cybersecurity professionals in media the tools and skills needed to drive meaningful progress and elevate their organization’s cybersecurity maturity.

During the course, you will learn how to:

Identify, structure, and clearly present your organization’s key cyber risks
Communicate effectively with management and tailor messages to the right audience
Build a cybersecurity strategy that is both pragmatic and actionable, supported by relevant processes and KPIs
Develop and sustain effective staff awareness and training programs
Apply proven best practices and methodologies in a media context

The course is highly interactive and grounded in real-world scenarios from the trainer and the audience, combining practical exercises, participant discussions, and actionable methodologies that can be directly applied in your organization.

Who it's for

EBU Members
Chief Security Information Officers
Cybersecurity Managers & Experts
IT Managers (involved or interested in cybersecurity topics and governance)

Skills learnt

Business: Learn how to link cyber threats to business risks and ensure your media organization clearly understands their impact.
Strategy: Learn how to design a practical, efficient, and actionable cybersecurity strategy.
Leadership: Learn how to develop the tools and the narrative needed to secure executives buy-in and drive your organization’s cybersecurity maturity froward.
Safety & security: Acquire a method and tools to effectively manage cybersecurity risks and respond to incidents.

Programme outline

09:30 – 12:30

Intro: Why cybersecurity is seen as a blocker and how to deal with it?

Identifying and managing business risks linked to cyber threats
Gaining visibility: how to protect what you don’t know exists
Presenting cybersecurity to the board: KPIs, key messages, and effective communication
Strategic thinking: building a top-down approach to improve your organization’s maturity

14:00 – 17:30

Debrief of the top-down strategy exercise
Incident response: from preparation to effective reaction
Building and maintaining the right cybersecurity skillset across teams
Key takeaways and wrap-up

Certification

After completing the modules, you will be awarded an EBU Academy Certificate