Practice, Not Just Policy: Building Board-Level Cyber Judgement

Better Boards is pleased to present Practice, Not Just Policy: Building Board-Level Cyber Judgement with Jason Wilk, Managing Director of Wilk Advisory.

Board-level cyber crisis exercises are becoming a mark of a well-prepared board, and the logic behind them is one every director already recognises. In sport, the outcome on game day is mostly decided by the work done at training. Cyber governance follows the same pattern. Around half of Australian boards have never run a cyber simulation, which leaves a real opportunity: boards that rehearse build the judgement to use their plans when a real incident hits.

Drawing on several years of designing and facilitating board-level cyber crisis exercises, Jason looks at what strong rehearsal builds, including the instinct to reach for the business continuity plan and checklists under pressure rather than improvise, even when a good plan already exists. A live scenario example, including an AI-driven deepfake impersonation case, keeps the discussion concrete. The session closes with a practical question: what does a board take back to start strengthening its own cyber governance?

In this session Jason will:

• Explore why rehearsal, more than documentation, builds board-level cyber judgement;
• Share what boards that test regularly do differently when the pressure is real;
• Walk through a live scenario, including an AI-driven deepfake impersonation case;
• Outline practical ways to build a testing habit at board level without a big budget; and
• Examine how regulatory expectations already push some sectors harder (critical infrastructure, financial services, aged care and disability services) and what that signals for every other board.

About the Presenter

Jason Wilk is Managing Director of Wilk Advisory, a boutique governance, risk and strategy consultancy, and Practice Lead, Governance of Risk at Peakstone Global. A former CISO in financial institutions, he has over 20 years' experience in governance and technology risk. Jason is a Senior Facilitator and Course Author with the Australian Institute of Company Directors, where he has spent more than 15 years developing and delivering director education, including cyber governance training for boards. He has been the author of all of AICD's Cyber for Directors courses since 2017. He designs and facilitates board-level cyber crisis exercises for corporate and membership organisations, and also serves on boards. Jason is a Fellow of the AICD (FAICD), holds the ISACA CGEIT certification and a Bachelor of Science, and is based in Perth.

When

Friday 23 October 2026 @ 1pm - 2pm (AEDT)

What is included:

Everyone who registers for the webinar (even if you can’t make the live stream) will receive access to:

• A recording of the webinar*
• A PDF copy of the slide deck

*for up to one month after the live webinar date

Pricing
All amounts are in AUD

Individual (1 - 3 people): $79.00 per person
Whole board (4 - 10 people): $280.00 for the group
Max. group size of 10 ppl per group registration. Must all be from the same organisation