Category: Security Training
“Nah, Cyber’s not for my business, it’s too small”
Sarah Janes 
I recall a local business meeting. You know the ones. You have 2-minutes to pitch your business to the rest of the room. Afterwards a lady came up to me and said, ‘what you do sounds fascinating, but it doesn’t apply to me’. Having heard this before, I asked her […]
Layer 8 Offers FREE Cyber Event to Local Businesses During National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Sarah Janes 
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 6th November – We are offering local businesses the […]
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 […]
Layer 8 signs VCW as UK distribution partner for cyber security training solutions
Tony Dimech 
Layer 8, provider of experiential cyber security training solutions, has appointed VCW Security as UK distribution partner. As an established UK distributor of IT security solutions and services, this partnership will enable VCW to expand its portfolio of cyber security solutions. This will allow resellers to provide customers with an […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is there anybody there? The alliances you need to win budgets for training people
Sarah Janes 
Culture is vital to the success of any people-centred security strategy If awareness is necessary to stimulate the potential for behavioural change, then a conducive culture is essential for behavioural change to happen and to embed itself. Awareness, behaviours and culture are the ‘ABC’ of components necessary for change. […]
