Javvad Malik

Lead Security Awareness Advocate

Javvad Malik is the Lead Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4 and is based in London. Malik is an IT security professional with over 20 years of experience as an IT security administrator, consultant, industry analyst and security advocate. He is also a multi-award winner and is currently a Guinness World Records holder for the most views of a cybersecurity lesson on YouTube in 24 hours.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Lessons Learned: Out of Bounds Communication

Oct 30, 2020 8:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

When staying safe online, it’s important not to go “out of bounds” for communication. Simply put, going out of bounds could mean a recipe for how your users could fall victim to a ...

The Ultimate Cyber Security Tip

Oct 23, 2020 8:12:41 AM By Javvad Malik

It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the security advice is flowing out from all corners of the web to advise your users on remaining secure. However, all this information can be ...

5 Cyber Security Awareness Month Tips for Cybersecurity Professionals

Oct 15, 2020 1:39:49 PM By Javvad Malik

It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month which is a great time of year for everyone to dispense security wisdom like Oprah giving away cars.

The Seven Dimensions of Security Culture: Attitudes

Aug 20, 2020 5:15:35 PM By Javvad Malik

KnowBe4’s Security Culture Report is the result of data collected from 120,000 global employees in the following industries: Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Consulting, Business ...

Are Account Takeovers Driving Towards a Passwordless Future?

Jul 27, 2020 10:00:39 AM By Javvad Malik

The bad guys will try to take over accounts all the time. Logging onto someone's account with their credentials is usually a whole lot easier than trying to compromise the website ...

The Face of APT Actors

Jun 18, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

If I were to ask you to picture in your mind a shady criminal organisation consisting of cyber mercenaries, ones that took money from clients, asked no questions, and over the period of ...

How Low Will Cybercriminals Go?

Jun 2, 2020 8:58:04 AM By Javvad Malik

Surely Bond villains only exist in movies -- I mean people aren’t truly evil are they? Especially ones who sit behind a computer. This was part of a discussion I was having with my ...

We're All Third-Party Management Organizations

May 5, 2020 8:15:00 AM By Javvad Malik

In 2014, Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE famously said, “if you went to bed last night as an industrial company, you’re going to wake up today as a software and analytics company.”

Removing Zoom Meeting ID's: Treating the Symptom, Not the Cause

Apr 10, 2020 8:43:49 AM By Javvad Malik

Zoom has been under a lot of scrutiny lately, and it's commendable that the vendor has been working through as many security issues as it has. With great growth and visibility comes great ...

Seven Tips to Optimize Security

Apr 7, 2020 8:47:06 AM By Javvad Malik

Data breaches continue, phishing attacks are on the rise, and people responsible for security wake up in a cold sweat a few times a year worried they’re the next victims.

An Uber Phish

Mar 31, 2020 8:41:47 AM By Javvad Malik

London's Transport for London (TfL) is the entity that manages public transportation and public carriage licenses. In November 2019, TfL stated it would not renew Uber’s Private Hire ...

The Paradox of Perfection

Mar 27, 2020 8:31:50 AM By Javvad Malik

One of the challenges with living in a hyper-connected world is that it’s easy for anyone to stand on a soapbox and point out when something is wrong.

Inception: Your Employee's Mind is the Scene of the Crime

Mar 26, 2020 8:44:33 AM By Javvad Malik

I loved the movie Inception when it came out. It had everything, a stellar cast, amazing visuals, a strong plot, and a twisted end that still has me wondering whether or not they were in ...

The Most Important Thing When Working From Home

Mar 16, 2020 9:31:50 AM By Javvad Malik

With social distancing being the new norm, introverts are joking about how they’ve been preparing for this moment their entire lives. While working from home has many benefits, doing it ...

Happy Hotel With a Sad Ending

Jan 15, 2020 8:42:17 AM By Javvad Malik

Tokyo, Japan-based Almex which operates the Japanese Happy Hotels announced it has been hacked and that customer data including email address, birth date, gender, phone number, log in, ...

Dancing with Hackers

Dec 19, 2019 9:25:11 AM By Javvad Malik

Dancing with the Stars pro Witney Carson announced on Twitter that her Facebook account had been hacked. Unknown miscreants gained control of Carson’s Facebook through a unique phishing ...

Microsoft Sees Phishing on the Rise

Dec 11, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

According to Microsoft security research, the percentage of inbound emails associated with phishing on average increased in the past year. For some, this may feel like obvious news, but ...

Don't Worry About Ransomware

Nov 18, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

Ransomware has been on the rise for a couple of years. It’s not just the volume of ransomware attacks which continue to rise, but some attackers have been focusing on specific targets ...

Security in Three Keynotes

Nov 5, 2019 8:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

I had the pleasure of attending (ISC)2 Congress this year in Orlando with my colleague and fellow advocate James McQuiggan.

What Footballers Wives Can Teach Us About Cybersecurity

Oct 15, 2019 12:00:00 PM By Javvad Malik

Professional football (soccer for my American friends) is big around the world. The English Premier League is among the top in the world, attracting some of the best players, generating ...

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