Our Work

Upholding ethics and good governance

Codes of conduct, board governance, clean exits and succession, for boards, public bodies, companies and families.

Led by the Ethics & Governance Initiative, an ISAC Foundation centre. 3 commitments for 2030.

The problem and who we serve

Technology and cyber risk reach the boardroom as jargon and leave as a line item. We assess how boards decide, publish the framework, and maintain the Code of Ethics that every empanelled professional signs.

Beneficiaries
Boards, public bodies, employers, professionals
Geography
India

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The Initiative driving this outcome: Ethics & Governance Initiative

The Ethics & Governance Initiative is the ISAC Foundation centre responsible for this outcome.

A better world begins with leadership we can trust. Championing integrity, accountability, and responsible governance across institutions.

Departments

The Ethics & Governance Initiative works through training, services, community, research and platforms.

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3 projects need funding to meet these commitments

Board and Public Body Assessments

Help leaders decide with integrity.

Assessing how one hundred boards and twenty-five public bodies decide on technology and cyber risk, guided by a published governance framework.

Our 2030 Commitment: 125 Boards and Public Bodies Assessed

Clean Exit Standard

Make every exit a clean one.

A standard for cyber, AI, and quantum firms to manage departures with integrity, protecting people, data, and trust.

Our 2030 Commitment: 250 Companies on the Clean Exit Standard

Kramaka

Help families and businesses plan their future with care.

Certified advisors help families and businesses become succession-ready, so what they have built can continue.

Our 2030 Commitment: 1,000 Families and Businesses Succession-Ready

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Take part: training and services

Training (3)

  1. Cyber Governance programme for directors: For directors and senior executives.
  2. Handover training
  3. Kramaka advisor certification

Services (2)

  1. Governance assessment and advisory: For boards and public bodies.
  2. Code of conduct drafting

Take part: community

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Also in this community: Board round tables · Independent director circle

Platforms you can use now

  1. CleanExit: Verifiable records of employee exits.
  2. Boardroom Next

Research: the standards, reports and open source behind this work

  1. Code of Ethics: In force 2 Jul 2026.
  2. Board cyber-governance index: Annual.
  3. Conduct record standard
  4. Kramaka succession standard
  5. Open source: board self-assessment
  6. Open source: conduct record schema

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