Cybersecurity expertise is an area of critical skills deficiency amongst corporate boards. An EY survey of board directors polled in 2022 reported that 35% lacked an understanding of AI-related risks faced by their companies. By 2023, 61% of Fortune 100 companies were seeking cybersecurity expertise on their boards - an over three-fold increase from 20% in 2018. The concurrent rapid growth of AI technology in the modern world means that it has never been more important to have proper cybersecurity skils on company boards.

Despite this demand, many of the non-exective directors tasked to oversee cybersecurity concerns lack the knowledge and experience to do so. This skills gap provides an invaluable opportunity for cybersecurity experts to learn the necessary skills to serve as non-executive directors. At L-EV8, we bring our experience of working with individuals and companies in the cybersecurity sector to provide these experts with the training and contacts to facilitate their career progression.

We also provide comprehensive cybersecurity training for prospective non-executive directors. This forms a core component of our Foundation Course, where our experts - such as Jonathan Armstrong - educate participants on the latest and most relevant information in the field. Jonathan’s professional practice has included responses to data breaches, including major ransomware attacks, and he was the recipient of a Security Serious Unsung Heroes Award in 2019 for his work in information security. He also makes regular media appearances to discuss cybersecurity issues - such as his appearance on the ISMG podcast - and he is a co-author of LexisNexis’ definitive work on technology law, "Managing Risk: Technology & Communications". His unique expertise and insights into the key cybersecurity issues that non-executive directors regularly face allows L-EV8 to provide the highest level of cybersecurity training for our clients.