Category: Blog
Why I’m considering buying my 6-year old a smart phone for Christmas
Sarah Janes 
Is 6-years old to young for a smart phone? The gut reaction is ‘damn right it’s too young’, ‘what do they need it for’. Well let’s face it most children don’t need a phone, like they don’t need an Xbox One X, but it is what they desire. So why […]
Six steps to setting up your security champions network
Leanne Mallett 
This month we’ve focused on security champions, and keeping it straightforward when it comes to pitching to the board, getting set up and measuring the outcomes. Here is all you need to develop skills and facilitate change at a grassroots level. Download your 6 steps guide
5 ways to evidence behavioural change through security champions
Leanne Mallett 
Five ways to evidence behavioural change through security champions Measuring change is notoriously difficult to translate into hard numbers. While we all want to be able to report direct reductions in costs associated with data breaches as a result of security awareness initiatives, the only way we can prove […]
Should security departments be responsible for cyber awareness?
Sarah Janes 
…I thought it was genuine… Last week a friend sent me this… A WhatsApp message stating if I clicked I’d get £75 of Costa vouchers. At this point I hadn’t come across the scam. But something seemed odd. My friend would never say ‘you can thank me later’. So, my […]
How do you talk about online collaboration tools to your business?
Sarah Janes 
‘I want to use the latest online collaboration tool, what’s your advice on securing it’? “When people start asking me proactively, that’s my measure of success. That was how a conversation ended between me and the Head of Security at a FTSE100 company. It started a little differently – ‘we […]
Layer 8 Presents at CSARN
Sarah Janes 
12th March, Layer 8’s Managing Director Sarah Janes, addressed a highly engaged and insightful audience at CSARN, the City Security and Resilience Network. Talking about the power of conversation and how, if we use conversation strategically, we can measure changes in behaviour. After the event Sarah said: “It is always […]
Change is what we do best
Sarah Janes 
Things are looking a little different around here, right? We talk about enabling change nearly every day, so we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to make some changes to our brand, as well as our customers’ security cultures. You’ll notice that it’s even easier to navigate the Layer 8 […]
What Have Beliefs Got To Do With Security Behaviours?
Amanda Price 
The problem isn’t passwords; the problem is people and their security behaviours about passwords Take what Tom, an employee, has to say as an example… “Me? I’m useless at security. Last week we were told we’d got to update our passwords… again. I still haven’t done it. See the thing […]
