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Anna Collard

Anna Collard

SVP Content Strategy & Evangelist

Anna Collard is the SVP of Content Strategy & Evangelist for KnowBe4 Africa where she drives security awareness across the African continent. She has been working in the cybersecurity field as a security architect and consultant for 18 years, where she has assisted organizations across South Africa, Europe and the U.S. Collard founded security content publisher Popcorn Training, which was acquired by KnowBe4 in 2018. A few of her specialty areas include security awareness best practices, changing cybersecurity cultures, and women in tech.
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The Cybersecurity Confidence Gap: Are Your Employees as Secure as They Think?

Mar 18, 2025 10:26:41 AM By Anna Collard
Our recent research reveals a concerning discrepancy between employees' confidence in their ability to identify social engineering attempts and their actual vulnerability to these attacks.
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AI and AI-agents: A Game-Changer for Both Cybersecurity and Cybercrime

Mar 12, 2025 9:10:02 AM By Anna Collard
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a tool—it is a game changer in our lives, our work as well as in both cybersecurity and cybercrime.
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Scanning for Trouble: Behind the Scenes of Our QR Code Phishing Demo

Feb 18, 2025 8:14:37 AM By Anna Collard
At KnowBe4, we constantly strive to stay ahead of emerging threats and create training content to warn users about the latest tactics used by cybercriminals.
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From Firewalls to Digital Well-Being: A Whole-School Approach to Online Safety

Feb 4, 2025 3:34:02 PM By Anna Collard
Recently, I started working with my children's school to enhance their online safety measures and develop a digital mindfulness course in collaboration with their digital literacy lead.
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The Rising Tide of Cybercrime Concerns in Africa

Jan 30, 2025 4:27:01 PM By Anna Collard
Our recent Africa Cybersecurity Awareness survey has revealed a startling surge in cybersecurity concerns among African users, with 58% of respondents expressing high levels of worry ...
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[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] Responding to Cyber Incidents the ‘Inside Man’ Way: Fiona's Approach

Oct 1, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Anna Collard
In a world where cybersecurity incidents are no longer a matter of if they will happen, but when, having a solid incident response plan is a critical component of cyber resilience and ...
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Forget the Talent Gap – It’s an Experience Gap

Sep 11, 2024 9:13:58 AM By Anna Collard
South Africa’s cybersecurity workforce shortage mirrors global trends, but also faces local factors like underinvestment in basic education, underserved communities, digital literacy gaps ...
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Is Your Bank Really Calling? How to Protect Yourself from Financial Impersonation Fraud

Jul 23, 2024 1:55:08 PM By Anna Collard
Protecting your financial information has never been more crucial. With the rise of sophisticated scams, it's becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between legitimate bank ...
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From Policy to Practice in Security Culture: What Security Frameworks Recommend

Jul 10, 2024 10:00:48 AM By Anna Collard
Recently I had to prepare for a governance, risk and compliance conference. I promptly realized that although I used to be quite immersed in this field as an ISO 27k implementation ...
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Don't Fall for It: How to Spot Social Media Job Scams a Mile Away

Jul 5, 2024 9:24:24 AM By Anna Collard
As social media becomes more intertwined with our daily routines, cybercriminals are using it to trick people with fake job offers. What are these social-media recruitment scams, and how ...
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[Urgent Alert] 5 Critical Steps to Shield Your Teens from Rising Sextortion

Jul 2, 2024 1:55:47 PM By Anna Collard
A few weeks ago, I was privileged to visit the 8th grade of a high-school here in Cape Town and talk to the students about cybersecurity, social media, and emerging technology. It was a ...
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From Boredom to Engagement: Gamification in Cybersecurity Awareness

May 23, 2024 2:40:11 PM By Anna Collard
As someone who can barely keep up when my 10-year-old shows me around his Minecraft worlds, I was a bit apprehensive about writing a review of our gamified cybersecurity awareness module. ...
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My Top 7 Cybersecurity Reflections for 2024

Nov 28, 2023 8:17:02 AM By Anna Collard
The digital landscape is evolving at an exponential rate, and with it, the cybersecurity challenges we face.
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[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] Mindful Defense: Enchantments Against Spear Phishing By Breachatrix le Phish

Oct 25, 2023 9:13:39 AM By Anna Collard
In the mystical realm of cyberspace, where digital forests hold secrets and virtual owls deliver messages, we find ourselves in a constant dance between magic and deception. Today, join ...
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’Tis the season for Scam-Folly Fa La La La La

Dec 21, 2022 8:59:45 AM By Anna Collard
The festive season is my favorite time of the year. It is a time to celebrate and reconnect with our family, friends and community and the one time in the year where the whole country ...
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Scary Metaverse - Cybersecurity Risk Implications

Oct 19, 2022 8:51:27 AM By Anna Collard
The Metaverse, while still mostly a concept at the moment, consists of the possibilities that arise when you combine the advances and affordability in extended reality (XR) space with the ...
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Building a Security Culture With Behavior Design

Sep 7, 2022 8:00:00 AM By Anna Collard
Anyone who has run security awareness programs for a while knows that changing human behaviour is not an easy task. And that sometimes the problem with awareness is that "awareness" alone ...
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Security and Gender: The Gaps Are Not Where You Expect

Aug 2, 2022 2:36:30 PM By Anna Collard
The 2022 KnowBe4 Women’s Day Survey interviewed more than 200 women from across the technology industry in South Africa to find out more about how they perceive the industry, the gender ...
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The Pandemic’s Paradigm Shift with Cybersecurity

Jul 9, 2021 1:18:00 PM By Anna Collard
Just over a year ago, a much-prized perk – the ability to work from home – became an everyday reality for many. ITWeb, in partnership with KnowBe4, conducted a survey to gain insight into ...
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