Layer 8 Champions® Hub

Conversation, collaboration and positive focus. That’s the formula for a successful security champions programme, and it’s also at the heart of our Layer 8 Champions® community hub.

Explore our growing inventory of free resources, download and use what you need, and push the boundaries of your security champions programme.

Need some vitamin c(hampions)?

Use the free Layer 8 Champions® Health Check to assess your security champions programme against our six critical success factors and determine where you are – and where you want to be – on the Layer 8 Champions® maturity framework.

The six critical success factors for a great security champions programme

Take your security stakeholders through our proven approach to defining your programme maturity and vision for the future

How to build a neuro-inclusive security champions programme

Is your security champions programme neuro-inclusive, or are you just box-ticking?

Four proven tips for keeping security champions active and engaged

300 security champions operating internally, externally, and openly rewarded for their progress. The Met Police did it, and so can you!

Harnessing the collective power of people to reduce risk

Five key takeaways from teissLondon 2024 | Layer 8 roundtable

The expert’s guide to starting a security champions programme

You know your security champions programme would be unstoppable, if you could just get started!

White paper | Security Champions: the unwritten rulebook

Download the white paper to find out what we learned at our first ever Layer 8 Champions Hub Community MeetUp.

A short guide to creating great questions

The more positive the question, the more positive the response!

Building resilience: five things cyber criminals wish your business didn’t talk about

Unique and practical methods to get your business talking about security

Developing a security culture strategy that gets sign-off

Our approach involves segmenting audiences based on different ways of working and risk profiles

Case study: Layer 8 Champions® helped us achieve the impossible

Help build your business case for Layer 8 Champions®

The Layer 8 Champions® Blueprint

Good quality conversations about security create secure organisations

Step-by-step guide to creating a powerful pitch

Create Your Own 5 Minute Pitch

Business Case For Security Champions

Designing your business case for Layer 8 Champions

The experts’ guide to recruiting effective security champions: Part Two

Learn how to overcome hurdles and build a network for stronger cyber resilience.

The experts’ guide to recruiting effective security champions: Part One

Access expert insights and key takeaways from our Layer 8 Champions® Community Meetup in this resource.

Security champions: 90-day plan for recruitment

Read this essential resource, based on our Layer 8 Champions® blueprint which we have built over eight years.

Five-ish ways to measure security champions’ impact on risk reduction

You can't manage what you can't measure: help ascertain whether risk reduction (that you’re measuring elsewhere) is being impacted by your security champions.

Optimise your security champions programme with the Layer 8 Prospects Self-Assessment

Establish the security culture that exists within your business now. Use it to benchmark progress, and guide your Champions strategy.

Creating magic moments: what happens when learning, reward and measurement are aligned

You know how it feels when you’re in ‘flow state’, when the almost euphoric feeling that things are just as they should be.

Insider secrets on measuring your champions programme

Measuring the impact of your champions and aligning these metrics with the board’s objectives can be a real challenge.

How to get the most value from our free self-assessment

Results include suggestions on how to take the first steps towards boosting your security

Security Champions: A Guide to Measurement

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Masterclass: Our #1 hack for keeping security champions current

Apply exclusive insights to your own long-term security champions strategy

Masterclass: the 90-day setup plan

Launch a brand new security champions programme or give new life to your existing network

Masterclass: Creating magic moments with your champions programme

Measuring your programme is much more than just number crunching.

Masterclass: Your 90-day plan for recruiting successful security champions

Watch this masterclass to find out how the Global Information Security Team at Computershare successfully recruited 100 volunteers

Masterclass: Measuring Your Champions Programme

A successful cyber security champions programme is all about building a culture that empowers your employees to take action

The Layer 8 Champions® Masterclasses

Listen again to our 5 Layer 8 Champions® Masterclasses to benefit from our proprietary learnings and hear about others’ experiences, ideas, and innovations

Masterclass: Developing a 2023 security culture strategy that gets sign-off

It’s time to take back control

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Ready for some real conversation? Get in touch to discuss your organisation’s needs, ask questions, and get to know us a little more.

Give your programme a once over

Use the free Layer 8 Champions® Health Check to assess your security champions programme against our six critical success factors and determine where you are – and where you want to be – on the Layer 8 Champions® maturity framework.