Free programme health check

How healthy is your Security Champions programme?

Most programme leads can count champions and events. Far fewer can say whether the programme is working, or which part is holding the rest back. This health check gives you that answer across six dimensions, in about ten minutes.

  • 18 questions
  • ~10 minutes
  • PDF report to download
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Your score appears on screen as soon as you finish, and the full report downloads as a PDF. No email address is needed, and we never ask for your name or your organisation's name. Privacy notice.

Six dimensions of a healthy programme

Three questions on each. Every question offers five descriptions of practice, from absent to exemplary, and you pick the one closest to how things are today.

1

Purpose and sponsorship

Why the programme exists, who stands behind it, and whether champions have the time and money to do the job.

2

Recruitment and coverage

Who your champions are, how they were chosen, where they sit, and what happens when they leave.

3

Enablement

How champions are prepared for the role: onboarding, skills, and the materials they are given to work with.

4

Engagement

Whether champions are active, connected to each other, and recognised for what they contribute.

5

Network and influence

Whether champions change anything in their teams, whether information flows both ways, and how well you understand the network.

6

Measurement and impact

What you measure, where the evidence comes from, and who gets to see it.

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Purpose and sponsorship · Question 1 of 18 How clearly is the purpose of your champions programme defined?

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Purpose and sponsorship · Question 2 of 18 What does senior sponsorship of the programme look like?

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Purpose and sponsorship · Question 3 of 18 How are champion time and programme costs handled?

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Recruitment and coverage · Question 4 of 18 How do people become champions?

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Recruitment and coverage · Question 5 of 18 How well do champions cover the organisation?

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Recruitment and coverage · Question 6 of 18 What happens when a champion steps down or leaves?

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Enablement · Question 7 of 18 How are new champions brought into the role?

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Enablement · Question 8 of 18 How do champions develop their skills over time?

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Enablement · Question 9 of 18 What do champions have to work with day to day?

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Engagement · Question 10 of 18 How active are your champions?

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Engagement · Question 11 of 18 How connected are champions to each other?

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Engagement · Question 12 of 18 How are champions recognised?

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Network and influence · Question 13 of 18 How does information move between champions and the security team?

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Network and influence · Question 14 of 18 How far do champions reach into their own teams?

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Network and influence · Question 15 of 18 How well do you understand the network itself?

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Measurement and impact · Question 16 of 18 What do you measure about the programme?

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Measurement and impact · Question 17 of 18 Where does your evidence come from?

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Measurement and impact · Question 18 of 18 How are the programme's results reported?

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