Securing Executive & Corporate Communications: Practical Mobile, Messaging and Data Security

Overview

Leaders make high-impact decisions through email, WhatsApp, Teams, phone calls, video meetings and documents shared from mobile devices, and attackers exploit that convenience. This two-day applied workshop moves beyond awareness slides: participants practise defensive actions, compare secure and insecure workflows, and learn exactly what to do when something goes wrong. It is user-focused, so no administration privileges or technical background are needed.

Who should attend

Suitable for all levels, no technical background required. Basic ability to use a smartphone, email and office applications is enough.

• CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, directors and board members
• Executive assistants, personal assistants and chiefs of staff
• Finance, legal, procurement, HR and management staff handling confidential data or payment requests
• Sales, relationship-management and mobile teams who often work outside the office
• IT and security staff who support executives

What you will learn

• Identify high-risk communications and sensitive business information in everyday workflows.
• Secure a mobile device baseline: locking, updates, biometrics and passcodes, lost-device features, app permissions, screen privacy and backups.
• Explain the differences between device security, account security, message encryption and information protection.
• Use password managers, strong unique passwords, passkeys or phishing-resistant MFA where available, and recovery methods securely.
• Detect and independently verify business email compromise, CEO fraud, deepfake voice or video claims, malicious links, QR scams and credential prompts.
• Choose approved channels for confidential email, messaging, meetings and external collaboration.
• Classify, share, revoke and securely retain documents using organisation-approved tools and settings.
• Reduce risks from public Wi-Fi, travel, roaming, shared workstations and unattended devices.
• Follow a clear first-response procedure if a device is lost, credentials are exposed, content is mis-sent or a payment request seems fraudulent.
• Produce a personalised executive communications protection plan and an organisational follow-up checklist.

How it works

• Every topic follows the same flow: scenario, demonstration, apply, verify, decide
• About 75% guided practice, decision exercises and simulations
• Executives and IT work together: business participants decide the operational rule, IT participants identify the support and policy needed
• Each exercise ends with a verified checklist or agreed communication rule
• You never need to share personal messages, accounts or confidential files; all exercises use sample data.

What you take away

• Executive communications risk self-assessment
• iPhone/iPad and Android security checklists
• Laptop and travel security checklist
• Account, MFA and recovery readiness checklist
• Phishing, impersonation and urgent-payment verification card
• Communication-channel selection matrix
• Information classification and sharing checklist
• Secure Teams and video-meeting checklist
• Lost-device and account-compromise first-15-minutes response card
• Executive assistant delegated-access checklist
• A 30-day executive communications security improvement plan

Assessment and certificate

• Guided hands-on exercises: 40%
• Final integrated scenario: 35%
• Short knowledge check: 15%
• Personal 30-day action plan: 10%
• Pass mark: 70% overall, plus completion of the incident-response scenario
• Successful participants receive a Digilink Certificate of Completion, not an accredited professional certification.

What to bring

• Your smartphone and, if possible, a laptop. Personal devices are only used with your consent; demonstration devices and guided simulations are also available.