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Leading With Clarity: The CEO's Information Risk Playbook
Master the strategic framework that transforms information risk from chaos into confident decision-making.
Built exclusively for SMB CEOs who lead organizations of 1-200 employees.
Who This Course Is For
Designed for CEOs and senior executives leading small-to-medium businesses who need to make strategic decisions without becoming technical experts.
SMB CEOs & Founders
Leading organizations of 1-200 employees who face daily decisions about technology, data, and operational risk.
Overwhelmed Leaders
Drowning in vendor pitches, compliance requirements, and conflicting technical advice—searching for strategic clarity.
Growth-Oriented Executives
Ambitious leaders who see information risk as a strategic enabler and competitive advantage, not just a cost center.
Business-First Decision Makers
CEOs who need to ask the right questions, understand trade-offs, and lead with confidence—not memorize technical jargon.
What You'll Achieve
Transform how you think about, discuss, and manage information risk.
Ask the Right Questions
Know exactly what to demand from your IT team, vendors, and board—no more blind trust.
Make Confident Decisions
Transform risk data into boardroom-ready strategic intelligence that drives action.
Embed Risk Into Culture
Build organization-wide resilience without overwhelming your team.
Protect What Matters
Safeguard reputation, revenue, and growth with proven frameworks.
Lead With Authority
Own the risk conversation with stakeholders, investors, and regulators.
Enable Strategic Growth
Use risk intelligence as a competitive advantage that accelerates decisions.
The Clarity Continuum™ Framework
Seven modules that move you from reactive firefighting to strategic mastery.
Foundation: Understanding Your Risk Landscape
Map your organization's information assets, threats, and vulnerabilities—see the complete picture.
Assessment: Identifying What Matters
Separate signal from noise—prioritize risks based on business impact, not technical severity.
Strategy: Building Your Risk Framework
Develop a custom framework aligned with your business objectives and growth trajectory.
Communication: Speaking the Language of Risk
Translate technical risk into executive language—for boards, investors, and stakeholders.
Governance: Embedding Risk in Culture
Design governance structures that make risk everyone's responsibility without bureaucracy.
Resilience: Preparing for the Inevitable
Build response and recovery capabilities that enable your organization to withstand shocks.
Leadership: Owning the Strategic Conversation
Integrate everything into your leadership approach—lead decisively through disruption.
Why This Course—Why Now
This course distills over 15 years of experience advising Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, and government contractors into a practical framework designed specifically for SMB CEOs.
You're not learning theory—you're gaining the same strategic frameworks used by the world's most resilient organizations, adapted for the realities of leading a growing business in a complex environment.
What Leaders Are Saying
Hear from CEOs who have transformed their approach to leadership.
David Cruz's Leading With Clarity is more than a cybersecurity course—it's a wake-up call for anyone serious about leading a company with intention. Yes, you learn how to protect your business from real information risks. But the deeper value is how the course reframes what it means to be a CEO.
This program gives you a precise structure for accountability, decision-making, and resilience—resilience baked in, not bolted on. It teaches you to think beyond security and see how information protection touches every corner of your business: marketing, product, operations, customer trust. It forces you to lead smartly, invest wisely, and take the role seriously—not out of fear, but out of responsibility.
As a new entrepreneur stepping fully into my authority as CEO, this course gave me the mindset and tools to lead with clarity and confidence. The buck really does stop with the CEO, and David shows you exactly how to carry that responsibility without being overwhelmed.
If you want to build a company that lasts—invest smartly, lead with resilience, and take this course.
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