Leadership pack: prime targets
Complete plan
The reflexes of leaders and their assistants: cut down what is public about you, travel with a dedicated device, agree a verification word, beat the cloned voice and the urgent transfer, and take on the role NIS2 gives to management.
- 10 min
- 4 modules
- 13-question check
- English · Français
- Attestation
You will be able to
- Understand why leaders and their assistants are targeted, and how their public exposure is used to imitate them
- Know that a voice, an image or an email can be generated by AI
- Recognise CEO fraud and fake-supplier (bank detail change) fraud
- Name the three duties in Article 20: approve, oversee, get trained
Programme
4 modules · 10 min-
You are the target 3 min
- Understand why leaders and their assistants are targeted, and how their public exposure is used to imitate them
- Travel on sensitive trips with a dedicated device holding only the data needed, and have it checked on return
- Agree a verification word with your assistant in advance, for any unusual request
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Deepfakes: the call-back still works 2 min
- Know that a voice, an image or an email can be generated by AI
- Stop relying on the old clues: typos, robotic voice
- Apply the call-back on a known number, the verification question and the second approval, including for a change of bank details
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The urgent transfer 2 min
- Recognise CEO fraud and fake-supplier (bank detail change) fraud
- Apply the callback rule on a known number and the second approval
- Report fast, even after a mistake
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NIS2: the leader's role 3 min
- Name the three duties in Article 20: approve, oversee, get trained
- Know what the directive provides for breaches: supervision, measures, fines, leaders' liability
- Know what delegating to the CIO does not transfer
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Knowledge check
13 questions, pass mark 80 %. Explanations after each answer; you can try again.
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Attestation
One per person, with the date, the score and the frameworks covered — anyone can check it online with its code.
Version 1 · updated October 6, 2026