Ripples: the Champions weekly briefing

Ripples - the Champions weekly briefing: insights for security champions on human risk and real world practice

Why Ripples? Because that is how security culture actually spreads. A champion has a conversation, someone changes a habit, a colleague notices and follows, and the effect moves outward through the organisation like ripples across water. No single ripple looks like much on its own. Together they change the whole surface. Ripples is published weekly, and each edition gives Security Champions and their programme leads something concrete to run with: an activity, a talking point, or a piece of evidence. Small actions, spreading outward.

Showing 1–9 of 11 Ripples editions

Ripples 19 Oct 2026 1 min
Week 43: Benefit of the Doubt
This week is all about trust. A fake boss’s voice nobody wants to question, why our brains believe first and...
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Ripples 12 Oct 2026 1 min
Week 42: Carrots, Not Sticks
Scams are getting nicer. This week: fake job offers that tripled in a year, flattering sponsorship messages th...
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Ripples 5 Oct 2026 1 min
Week 41: Creatures of Habit
Scammers change their stories constantly, but their tricks barely change at all. This week: why anyone can be ...
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Ripples 28 Sep 2026 1 min
Week 40: Hang Up, Call Back
Scammers are getting very good at pretending to be someone official: the police, your boss's voice, even your ...
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Ripples 21 Sep 2026 1 min
Week 39: Charm Offensive
Every story this week has the same twist: the scams that work best are the friendly ones. Fake recruiters offe...
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Ripples 14 Sep 2026 1 min
Week 38: Trust Falls
Scammers have worked out that the easiest way past our defences is to dress up as the defences themselves. Thi...
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Ripples 7 Sep 2026 1 min
Week 37: Who's Asking?
This week is all about impostors: fake IT support asking for access to your computer, scam texts about tolls a...
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Ripples 31 Aug 2026 1 min
Week 36: Humans in the Loop
The people who run security training say AI is now their second biggest worry, the UK's cyber experts want a h...
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Ripples 24 Aug 2026 1 min
Week 35: The Second Look
Some comforting news for once: almost nothing this week is about being cleverer. Computers can now copy voices...
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A personal thank you

Thank you

The work you do as a Security Champion matters.

Every conversation you start, every question you ask and every example you set makes your organisation a safer place to work, and plays its part in making wider society a better, more secure place to be.

Keep up the great work.

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