NIS 2 Leadership Readiness Course — Directors, Coordinators and Managers enables middle leadership to translate NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025 into clear responsibilities, processes, supervision routines, minimum evidence, escalation and incident decision-making, with consistency across companies and Group units.
Quick Access: Introduction· Why this course exists· What this course enables· Frameworks and practices· Value· Objectives· Target audience· Prerequisites· Programme· Exam & Certification· Other information· Benefits· Logistics· FAQs· Registration
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Language: available in Portuguese or English
Audience: middle leadership
Exam: 30 min
EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP LEVEL — technical authority and leadership in governance.
Why this course exists
To transform NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025 requirements into clear roles, supervision routines, escalation and operational evidence.
NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025 require compliance and cyber resilience to be translated into processes, routines and evidence, with clear responsibilities at middle leadership level. This course exists to transform legal requirements into “who does what”, “when” and “with what evidence”, ensuring consistency across companies and Group units.
What this course enables you to do
Clarify
Clarify responsibilities by function, distinguishing leadership, technical teams and compliance in critical NIS 2 processes.
Translate
Translate NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025 obligations into operational routines, practical supervision and minimum evidence.
Escalate
Establish escalation and decision flows, including incidents, reporting, internal communication and articulation between functions.
Supervise
Integrate risk, third parties, continuity and preparation for formal supervision into the organisation’s daily management.
Frameworks, standards and best practices addressed throughout the course
Decree-Law 125/2025
CNCS guidance
NCRF, where applicable
Risk governance
Operational resilience
Third parties and supply chain
Incidents and reporting
Evidence and audit
Supervision and execution
Value for the organisation
- Consistency of execution across companies and Group units.
- Reduced risk of failures caused by “grey areas” of responsibility.
- Improved response, decision and escalation times in incidents.
- Operational evidence better prepared for supervision, audit and formal requests.
- Middle leadership better equipped to govern technical execution without micromanagement.
Introduction
The NIS 2 Leadership Readiness course — Directors, Coordinators and Managers course was designed to support middle leadership in the practical translation of NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025 into responsibilities, processes, supervision routines, minimum evidence and operational decision-making.
Throughout the training, participants work on what changes for leadership, what must be supervised in practice and how to ensure coherence between risk management, third parties, continuity, incidents, reporting and preparation for supervision.
The approach is decision- and execution-oriented, focused on roles and responsibilities, executive RACI, minimum evidence and operational readiness, without going into unnecessary technical detail for the target profile.
This Training Plan and all associated documents are protected by Copyright and registered as a literary work with IGAC.
General Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand what changes for leadership with NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025.
- Identify practical implications for essential entities, important entities and relevant public entities, where applicable.
- Clarify roles and responsibilities in critical processes associated with compliance and cyber resilience.
- Understand what demonstrable diligence is and how to translate it into practical supervision.
- Supervise risk, third parties, continuity and evidence with proportionality and executive focus.
- Understand significant incident criteria, internal escalation and reporting decisions.
- Prepare consistent responses to formal supervision, audit and evidence requests.
- Strengthen operational consistency across companies and Group units.
Target Audience
- Directors, coordinators and managers with middle leadership responsibilities in areas impacted by NIS 2.
- Operations, risk, compliance, continuity, technology and security owners who need to align supervision and execution.
- Business unit or support function leaders who participate in escalation, decision-making and evidence.
- Organisations that need to standardise practices across companies, units or locations.
Prerequisites
There are no mandatory formal prerequisites. The course was designed for middle leadership roles and is especially useful for participants with coordination, supervision, decision-making, reporting or cross-team articulation responsibilities in the context of NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025.
Where applicable, specific requirements regarding format, materials or organisational context may be defined in the proposal presented.
Programme
NIS 2 + Decree-Law 125/2025: what matters for leadership
- Scope and practical implications
- Responsibilities of management, direction and administration
- Supervision and demonstrable diligence: what is expected in practice
- In-class mini-check
Operating model by processes — executive RACI
- “Who does what” in critical NIS 2 processes
- Risk management
- Incidents and reporting
- Continuity and resilience
- Third parties and supply chain
- Evidence, audit, training and culture
- Role clarification: leadership vs technical vs compliance
- Minimum evidence by process
Risk management and measures: evidence-oriented supervision
- Proportionality and residual risk: what leadership must ensure
- Minimum measures and evidence standard
- Third parties and supply chain: obligations and practical control
- Continuity and resilience: operational link
- Guided exercise: leadership decisions that prevent non-compliance
Incidents, reporting and escalation
- What a significant incident is and why it matters
- Timeline and duties: executive framing
- Internal escalation flow: decision, communication and coordination
- How to prepare the organisation to notify without panic
- Guided exercise: decision to notify, escalate and evidence
Supervision, execution and penalties: how to prepare
- What the regulator may request: data, evidence, audits and orders
- How to respond with discipline and consistency
- Fines and ancillary sanctions: focus on mitigation through governance
- Leadership checklist: what to have ready
Exam(s) and Certification
Exam “NIS 2 Leadership Readiness”
The exam covers the following competence domains:
- Domain 1: Practical framing of NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025 for leaders
- Domain 2: Roles, responsibilities, critical processes and minimum evidence
- Domain 3: Risk management, third parties, continuity and evidence-oriented supervision
- Domain 4: Incidents, escalation, reporting, supervision and operational readiness
Language(s): Portuguese and English.
Duration: 30 minutes.
Format: Multiple choice.
Pass mark: 120/200 points.
Results: Pass or Fail.
Issuing entity: Behaviour (legal entity), through its certification service Behaviour Certification Services.
Retake: 1 free retake within a maximum period of 2 months after the result of the initial exam.
Certification — level and requirement
After successfully completing the exam and accepting or signing the applicable agreement and Code of Ethics, the candidate achieves the credential Certified NIS 2 Leadership Readiness, issued by Behaviour (legal entity), through its certification service Behaviour Certification Services.
A Behaviour® professional certification, as a proprietary certification scheme, with international market recognition. The scheme is designed and operated based on good practices for personal certification, principles of impartiality and exam quality, and applicable international references, including the principles of ISO/IEC 17024.
A Certificate and a Digital Certification Badge will be issued to participants who successfully complete the certification exam and satisfy all requirements of the certification for which they are applying.
Certification programmes are valid only for individuals, not companies, and the award and maintenance of certification depend on the exam result, professional experience and compliance with the applicable agreement and Code of Ethics.
If the professional does not comply with the agreement or the Code of Ethics, the certification is not granted or is revoked.
Other Information
General Information
- Training available in Portuguese or English.
- Online training materials available in Portuguese or English, with online access, in accordance with the awarded conditions.
- Behaviour digital Training Attendance Certificate with 7 CPD/CPE credits.
- Online Certification Exam, in Portuguese or English. The exam may be taken up to 2 months from the course start date.
- If the candidate does not pass the exam, they are entitled to one free retake within a maximum period of 2 months from the release date of the initial exam result.
- Behaviour digital Certification Diploma and Digital Certification Badge after passing the exam and completing the application process.
Trainer(s)
Senior team with experience in governance, risk, compliance, cybersecurity and operational resilience, with strong orientation towards the practical translation of requirements into supervision, decision-making and evidence.
Benefits
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- Greater clarity of roles and responsibilities at middle leadership level.
- Improved consistency across Group units, functions and companies.
- Reduced operational failures caused by unclear responsibilities or escalation.
- Strengthened readiness to respond to incidents, formal requests and supervision.
- Objective preparation for the exam and for the NIS 2 Leadership Readiness certification.
Logistics
Useful information
- Live Online (synchronous time): 09:30–13:00 and 14:00–17:30 (Lisbon time), with short breaks
- Classroom (synchronous time): 09:30–13:00 and 14:00–17:30 (Lisbon time), with short breaks
- 7 hours of synchronous training, 1 training day
- Requirements: computer with stable internet, updated browser, PDF reader and audio/video
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Frequently Asked Questions
Objective answers to the most common questions about the NIS 2 Leadership Readiness course.
Who is this course intended for?
This NIS 2 Leadership Readiness course is intended for directors, coordinators and managers with middle leadership responsibilities who need to translate NIS 2 and Decree-Law 125/2025 into practical supervision, clear roles, routines, decision-making and evidence.
Does the course require a technical profile?
No. The focus is on middle leadership and the ability to supervise, decide, escalate and ensure operational consistency. The course was not designed as deep technical training.
For general questions about registration, delivery modes, exams, certification and recertification, please consult the BEHAVIOUR® FAQs.
Registration
Complete the form to request your registration for the preferred edition. Check the dates and conditions.
Request more information
If you would like help to frame the course within your professional or organisational context, contact us and we will indicate the most suitable option.
Companies: request a proposal
For team classes, implementation by unit or in-company delivery, we provide conditions and a proposal tailored to the organisational need.
This course may be attended by individual professionals. It may also be integrated into capacity-building pathways for middle managers and coordination teams that need to prepare roles, priorities, decisions and operational articulation in the NIS 2 context.