Category: Blog
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 […]
The Real Security Risk That Your Board Needs To Know About
Tony Dimech 
What’s your greatest security risk? Now there’s a question for your board! If you’ve ever asked them, then they might have answered with any of the following: “Being unable to trade because somebody downloaded ransomware from a phishing email.” “Getting a massive fine under GDPR because somebody left customer data […]
Getting Staff to Buy In to Your Security Culture is Crucial
Mike Carter 
Imagine a world in which we offer our firefighters, nurses, and teachers theory training only. Imagine that there was no longer the funding available for the rigorous and intensive ‘hands-on’ practice they currently receive, and that in its place they receive an email outlining the incidents they might encounter, […]
Want to know why Security Culture eats security strategy for breakfast?
Sarah Janes 
Wouldn’t it be great to know the attitudes to security in your business, the conversations people are having and the things they are doing, or not doing? So, if you could be a fly on the wall what would you see? You buzz into the boardroom… The board are […]
