IDC and DDN Partner to Develop and Certify Boardrooms for the Digital and Cybersecurity Future
Introducing the Corporate Director's Digital Council to Deliver World-Class Director Learning, Development, and Knowledge to Help Boardroom Leaders Shape and Secure the Digital Future
International Data Corporation (IDC) announced the Corporate Director’s Digital Council with its exclusive partner Digital Directors Network (DDN).
IDC today announced the Corporate Director’s Digital Council with its exclusive partner Digital Directors Network.
“This is the first and only corporate boardroom program focused on developing full board and individual director capability to effectively oversee digital and cybersecurity risk. The future is digital and with this program we’re empowering all directors to effectively lead and oversee the digital futures of their companies,” said Per Melker, group vice president and general manager for IDC’s IT Executive Programs & CIO Executive Council.
The Corporate Director’s Digital Council offers a series of high engagement executive learning events to develop core digital and cybersecurity competencies for the full board. The full board will also be certified on DDN’s DiRECTOR framework, the leading systemic risk model for overseeing systemic risk in complex digital business systems.
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Individual director digital development plans will also be a key part of the program along with curated content that will be delivered monthly to the full board on the latest digital issues impacting the organization. Individual directors will also have access to IDC’s extensive knowledge base for self-learning and DDN’s cybersecurity awareness micro-learning episodes.
The program will help create digitally savvy boards that can effectively lead companies into the digital future. Directors will also have an efficient way to remain up to date on the latest issues and risks in the rapidly changing digital world. Research from MIT indicates that companies with digitally savvy boards drive 38% higher revenue growth, 17% higher profit margins, and 34% higher market cap growth.
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