Cyvergence Cybersecurity Leadership Exchange
Elevating Cybersecurity Executives
Course Description
The Cybersecurity Leadership Exchange (CCLE)is an ongoing executive development community for cybersecurity professionals who want to strengthen their leadership capabilities beyond the technical domain.
Each session explores a practical leadership challenge through research, real-world experience, case studies, and interactive discussion. Topics include executive communication, influence, organizational dynamics, emotional intelligence, governance, decision-making, executive presence, and navigating difficult leadership environments.
CCLE is designed for continuous development—helping cybersecurity leaders strengthen their judgment, expand their influence, and navigate the people, pressures, and organizational realities that shape cybersecurity success.
Key Differentiators
- Practical executive leadership development
- New leadership topics and challenges explored regularly
- Focus on judgment, influence, communication, and organizational dynamics
- Real-world cases and interactive discussion
- An ongoing community for cybersecurity leadership development
Matthew Webster
Matthew Webster is a cybersecurity executive, educator, and advisor with nearly 30 years of experience spanning cybersecurity, technology risk, governance, and executive leadership. He has served multiple times as a CISO, including as a Global CISO, with experience across financial services, healthcare, insurance, retail, higher education, and critical infrastructure.
Throughout his career, Matthew has worked at the intersection of cybersecurity and business leadership—helping organizations translate complex security and risk issues into decisions executives and boards can understand and act upon.
He is the founder of Cyvergenceand creator of Becoming the Next Generation CISO (BNGC). His work focuses on developing cybersecurity leaders beyond technical competence, with particular emphasis on executive judgment, organizational navigation, influence, business acumen, governance, risk, and board-level communication.
Matthew holds a master’s degree and the CISSP, CISA, and CRISC certifications. He is the author of Do No Harm, published by Wiley, and an international speaker on cybersecurity leadership, risk, governance, and organizational decision-making.
His approach to BNGC draws heavily from real-world experience—not simply what a CISO is expected to know, but what it actually takes to operate, influence, make difficult decisions, and lead effectively at the executive level.
years of experience across cybersecurity, risk, governance, and executive leadership. A multi-time CISO and former Global CISO, he is the founder of Cyvergence and creator of the Cybersecurity Leadership Exchange. His work focuses on executive readiness, organizational dynamics, risk, governance, and developing more effective cybersecurity leaders.
Highlights
- Ongoing executive development for cybersecurity leaders navigating complex organizations.
- Strengthen executive judgment, influence, and organizational awareness.
- Develop the leadership capabilities required beyond technical expertise.
- Navigate complex organizational dynamics, decisions, and relationships.
- Learn through real-world leadership challenges, cases, and discussion.
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