Cyberwolf.io is the latest expert partner of Management Scope. The Belgian cybersecurity firm focuses on securing devices of individual directors and supervisors. And that is much needed, said the chairman of the Advisory Council, Jo Deblaere. “Your phone contains confidential documents from various companies and your password could be retrieved from a webshop. The biggest risks lie at the boundary between private and business spheres.”

Executive Board members and Supervisory Board members bear the ultimate responsibility for managing cyber risks. In view of the new NIS2 directive, which obliges essential sectors to take measures, this should receive more attention - especially since the directive is being transposed into national legislation. Adherence to security policy only happens when the top sets a good example, but Executive Board members often make exceptions for themselves.

While cybersecurity is a major priority within companies, knowledge on the subject in the Board is often poor. Sometimes Executives and Supervisory Board members themselves are the weakest link in the fight against cyber criminals. This is worrisome, was the message to company secretaries during a master class by Management Scope. ‘Also because Executives will be held liable more often in the future.’

The digital private lives of directors and Supervisory Board members pose a cybersecurity risk. Although cybercrime is high on the agenda of virtually every Board of Directors and Supervisory Board these days, it is often the Executives and Non-Executives themselves who do not have their digital hygiene in order. The boardroom is therefore a cyber risk to its own organization.