Cyber-attacks are real. Every day businesses are being hit around the globe and the impact is both financially and reputationally damaging. The focus on data security is more crucial than ever. So just because your agency is not Facebook or Google you’re not going to get hit, right? You couldn’t be more wrong. For the …
Think your recruitment agency is not at risk from a cyber-attack? Think again Read More »
In the month leading up to Christmas, your employees will get more emails than ever about their online purchases. But some of them won’t be what they expect them to be! That email from Amazon saying your payment wasn’t successful. Or one from Apple thanking you for ordering 20 Miley Cyrus downloads. Would your employees …
“I get emails from my boss asking me to pay invoices all the time. I never gave them a second thought until today” Last week we held a workshop at Layer 8 offices. This quote was from one attendee astounded by methods used by cyber-criminals and pledging to improve their security behaviours. I’ll talk you …
Tips for Developing New Cyber Security Skills Within 2-Hours Read More »
Here at Layer8 we strive to make the cyber security world as safe as possible both within businesses and at home. We do this by engaging employees in a conversation about security that is meaningful and helps facilitate change. On the 29th October – We are offering local charities the opportunity to attend our live …
In August Layer 8’s Managing Director, Sarah Janes, was invited to talk at the prestigious SANS Security the Human Summit in San Diego. Sarah shared her story of creating a network of Security Champions that went viral. Sarah shared tips on the technique, Appreciative Inquiry, and how the team adapted it to develop Security Champions …
This summer the team worked extra hard preparing our content in 18 languages, in addition to English. The translations include: Norwegian Swedish Dutch Chinese Thai German Korean Malay Marathi Spanish Italian Brazilian-Portuguese Turkish French Slovenian Polish Japanese Czech The content is available as part of our Layer 8 Toolkit, which you can find out about …
If we remove conversation from our security awareness toolset, we remove our ability to change behaviour. That was my enduring message at my talk last month at Cyber Security and Cloud Expo. I was speaking about how we can move people from knowing what they should do to doing it! Following the talk many people …
Conversation, our catalyst to change security behaviour Read More »
“How can I prove I spent well” Last week a colleague relayed his story of a board meeting that went bad. He’d worked hard prepping the business case. But was rebuked with a chorus of. “I’ve seen all the horror stories.” “How much will that actually mitigate the risk.” And “when I talk to the …
The board meeting that went bad: sharing tips on RoI Read More »
