In today's digital world, technology plays a crucial role in organisational success, with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) being a key driver of companies' growth. Simultaneously, the rapid evolution of ICT, marked by emerging technologies like the recent GenAI hype, presents both opportunities and risks. Developing awareness and a deep understanding of the potential of these technologies can provide companies with a competitive edge, enabling them to achieve revenue growth, cost savings, and risk reduction.
This executive learning programme is tailored for board of directors, executive committee members, and C-suite executives, including roles such as CEO, CFO, COO, CMO, HR directors, finance directors, and more. Additionally, it offers valuable insights and updates for CIOs and IT directors, covering topics like regulations and organisational models.
This programme provides a customised opportunity to enhance expertise in the latest ICT technology and regulatory trends. It equips participants with appropriate tools to make informed decisions and effectively steer IT.
The curriculum draws from real-life use cases across diverse companies, offering insights into the practical application of these technologies in different organisational contexts, along with potential benefits and risks. Sessions are thoughtfully organised into thematic modules (3 hours each), customisable to your specific needs, delivering concise executive summaries on various ICT topics.
Reasons why to embark on this ICT Executive Training Programme
- Raise awareness and improve your decision-making capabilities: build strategic understanding of ICT trends, associated risks, and business opportunities to fuel business growth, gain a competitive advantage, and create differential value in an environment of constant changes and new disruptive business models.
- Ensure compliance: acquire knowledge on Luxembourg, European and international regulations pertaining to ICT to ensure adherence to industry standards and legal requirements.
- Enhance cybersecurity resilience and reduce risk: comprehend potential cybersecurity risks and fortify the company's resilience against cyber threats.
- Strategic IT budgets allocation: make informed decisions about technology investments to optimise IT budgets effectively and enable the organisation to allocate resources strategically.
6 complementary building blocks
This learning programme is designed around 6 complementary building blocks, available either as a comprehensive curriculum or under a standalone mode (taken independently from each other).
- IT regulatory update
- ICT positioning
- Cybersecurity and risks
- Emerging technologies
- Cloud awareness
- Data and Artificial Intelligence
IT regulatory update
Objective:
This module offers a high-level overview of key ICT regulations, encompassing their evolution, recent developments, and new regulations like the AI Act. Participants will gain insights to ensure compliance with selected regulations.
Key content:
- GDPR
- Requirements regarding Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and security risk management (CSSF 20/750)
- Outsourcing arrangements (CSSF 22/806)
- Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
- Questions & answers
ICT positioning
Objective:
This executive-focused module delivers insights into the evolving landscape of operating models and strategic positioning within ICT, including aspects related enterprise agility, sourcing and technology partnerships.
Key content:
- Evolution of IT role in organisation
- Capabilities of the future
- Operating models
- IT governance
- ITSM
- Agile
- Enterprise agility
- Sourcing
- Questions & answers
Cybersecurity and risks
Objective:
This module empowers participants with a comprehensive framework, vocabulary, and understanding of cyber risks. It instils the confidence needed to take a leadership role in cybersecurity initiatives.
Key content:
- Cybersecurity
- Governance
- Information security risk management
- Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive
- Questions & answers
Emerging technologies
Objective:
This module provides an in-depth exploration of upcoming IT trends and technologies set to be adopted in the coming years. The course adeptly translates intricate IT concepts for non-IT executives, offering insights into potential use cases.
Key content:
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Data, AI and automation
- Immersive user interface
- Low code
- API
- Neo banking software
- Distributed Ledger Technology, digital assets & metaverse
- Quantum computing
- Questions & answers
Cloud awareness
Objective:
This module focuses on the unique knowledge and skills business leaders need to unlock the value of cloud technologies within their organisations.
Key content:
- Cloud adoption drivers
- Benefits and strategic impacts
- Regulatory aspects
- Cloud risks and mitigation
- Financial concepts
- Questions & answers
Data and Artificial Intelligence
Objective:
This module centers on Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML). It offers strategic questions to guide the evaluation of opportunities for integrating ML processes and AI technology into corporate strategy.
Key content:
- Data-driven organisation
- Data culture and upskilling
- From data to information and knowledge (lifecycle)
- Data skills
- Data management and governance
- Data ecosystem
- Questions & answers
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