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KnowBe4’s 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 33.2% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

Joanna Huisman — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:07:42 GMT

Cybercriminals still know that the easiest way to successfully infiltrate an organization is through its people.

KnowBe4’s 2022 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 32.4% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

Joanna Huisman — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:00:00 GMT

Once again, the human layer continues to be the most desirable attack vector for cybercriminals. 2022 marks the 5^th year KnowBe4 has analyzed hundreds of millions of elements of data in order to provide the 2022 Phishing by Industry Benchmark Report.

Reinforcing Security Norms During the Coronavirus Crisis

Joanna Huisman — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:43:08 GMT

This blog was co-written by Joanna Huisman and Aimee Laycock. We have all seen an increase in the amount of advice and guidance from the healthcare sector and others since the start of the Coronavirus crisis. The latest recommendation I’ve heard is that washing your hands with antibacterial soap to the tune of “Happy Birthday” allows the right amount of time for disinfecting to take place. Amongst adults, washing our hands frequently is the normal, expected, and socially accepted response to a flu outbreak, but is that enough?

Afraid You're Communicating Too Frequently? Rethink That.

Joanna Huisman — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:39:24 GMT

This blog was co-written by Joanna Huismann and Aimee Laycock. Communication is not always easy (let’s be honest, we have all wanted to scream with frustration at our partner or a family member at some point or other). In business, we often hear about the need for effective and efficient communication. But when it comes to the goal of changing security behaviors, what does that actually mean? And, how can it be achieved?

5 Ways to Improve Your Security Awareness Training Program

Joanna Huisman — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:41:26 GMT

In today’s world, it’s essential to implement security awareness training in the workplace. Without security awareness training, how would your employees know how to stay safe? A lot of companies tend to see security awareness training as an addition to their function, and not a necessity. This factor is largely due to the ‘extreme costs’ associated with a security awareness training platform. By adding a bit of no cost creativity, you can continue to evolve your program and stay ahead of the bad guys.

Confront Apprehensive Compliance Before Disaster Strikes

Joanna Huisman — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:36:35 GMT

This blog is co-written by Aimee Laycock and Joanna Huisman

When it comes to fostering a more secure environment it’s not a question of wanting to…it’s more like YOU HAVE TO. Understanding that humans are highly unpredictable, more distracted than ever and at a higher rate, taking in mere fractions of information they once had the patience to consume, you can’t just rely on traditional, annual, check-the-box security awareness or compliance training to get the job done. Social engineering attacks are not going away, they are multiplying in volume.

Distracted in Target

Joanna Huisman — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMT

It was an average Sunday…laundry, errands, football. I was standing in the checkout line at my favorite store, Target, when my son texted to remind me to get the Tostitos Scoop chips, he asked for which I of course forgot because I was already plotting out the trip to my next stop trying to circumvent the lazy Sunday drivers. So, out of line and back into the store to find the chips. Along the way, my phone was going off like the winner of a Las Vegas slot machine jackpot. While trying to navigate the aisles and all of the wreckless cart drivers (me included) I pulled out my phone to start scanning through the barrage of emails. Let’s start there, I am not a good scanner.

Responsibility...just because they are aware, doesn’t mean that they actually care.

Joanna Huisman — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:57:07 GMT

This blog was cowritten by Joanna Huisman, KnowBe4's new SVP Strategic Insights & Research and Aimee Laycock. They say it takes a village to raise a child. It’s similar to any organization if you really think about it. A group of individuals owning their part in moving something forward, making it work. When you apply this thinking to employees practicing secure behaviors, employees need to be fully aware and committed to their role in the protection of the organization and its information in order to understand their responsibilities.

What if the Santa’s Elves knew better?

Joanna Huisman — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:10:33 GMT

By Joanna Huisman, KnowBe4's new SVP Strategic Insights & Research. It’s that time of the year again when children all over the world take pause to try and figure out which side of Santa’s list they will end up on…Naughty or Nice! I posed this question to my teenage sons the other day and although I am told they are “too old” to believe in Santa, they did stop for a moment to reflect on the year and determine if the amount of mischief they caused warranted that dreaded bag of coal.

You see, even though their age may automatically eliminate them from buying into the whole sleigh and reindeer stuff, their childish wonder still draws their eyes to the sky on Christmas Eve and leads them to write wish lists that compare in length to the Great Wall of China. I also lob the threat that those who do not “believe” in our home do not “receive”, that generally helps to get them into the holiday spirit.