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Practical guides for boards, banks and private offices

Short, evidence-led guides written by Professor Buck Rogers — for non-executive directors, bank boards and those who run private offices. Each one is free: tell us where to send it and the download appears straight away.

New series · Cyber Awareness Month, October 2026

Cyber Awareness for the Boardroom

A short series for bank boards and executive teams on behaviour, service recovery and supplier dependencies — looking past reassuring metrics to evidence of a response. New guides will be added through the month.

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Guide 1

Training completed. What has changed?

Behaviour, verification and leadership — evidence to discuss, three board questions and a ten-minute scenario for your next meeting.

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Guide 2

Backups working. Could the service recover?

Dependencies, trusted information and recovery evidence — five board questions and a ten-minute payments recovery scenario for your next meeting.

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Guide 3

Supplier assessed. What happens if it fails?

Dependency, disruption and decision-making — three board questions and a ten-minute supplier-failure scenario for your next meeting.

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Guide 4 · New

Exercise completed. Are we ready to decide?

Decisions under pressure and evidence of improvement — three board questions and a ten-minute containment scenario for your next meeting.

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Board guides

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Board advisory guide

Can You Defend the Declaration?

Cyber risk, critical dependencies and Provision 29 — a practical guide helping non-executive directors move from reassurance to evidence.

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Private offices guide

Protecting What Matters

Privacy, verified instructions and critical dependencies — a practical guide for principals and those who run their private offices.

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International banking board guide

Cyber Resilience for Bank Boards

Nine board questions, an illustrative dependency scenario and a five-minute confidence check — helping bank boards show they could respond and recover.

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Board guides companion

What Does Good Cyber Evidence Look Like?

What to ask for, what it tells you and where its limits lie — helping directors test the evidence behind familiar cyber assurances.

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Board questions

Straight answers to the questions boards ask most

Prefer to talk it through?

Professor Buck Rogers is happy to arrange a short, confidential conversation about what these questions mean for your board or office.

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