Category: Blog
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 […]
3 Reasons Why the Board Will Want to Invest in Security Culture
Mike Carter
I don’t know if it’s one of those British things, but talking about ‘culture’ is something we do in a strangulated whisper, as though someone’s got their hands on our back squeezing the syllables out of us. Using ‘Security Culture’ as the backbone to a business plan has – […]
BYOD – Making the Workplace Revolution Work for You
Tony Dimech
BYOD or Bring Your Own Device, is a practice that challenges IT and Security Departments of enterprises globally. Ever since 2009 when BYOD was what the cool kids in Silicon Valley did, this stealthy revolution has been stalking businesses large and small. Whilst large companies see the potential and all […]
