Perry Carpenter

Perry Carpenter is the Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer at KnowBe4 and the author of, "Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors" and coauthor of "The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer". He is also the creator and host of the "8th Layer Insights" podcast.

Deal or No Deal: The Double-edged Sword of the IT Security Bundle

Jun 10, 2021 10:32:06 AM By Perry Carpenter

The concept of “bundling” has become very popular among large IT vendors over the past decade as it promises a number of benefits.

[ALERT] Time to Truly Reckon with the Dark Reality of Ransomware’s Critical Costs

May 11, 2021 8:26:43 AM By Perry Carpenter

By now, I’m sure you’ve already been inundated with all the news about the US’s largest gasoline pipeline being shut down and restarted because of a ransomware attack. As reported by the ...

Key Findings From the 2021 SANS Security Awareness Report

Apr 6, 2021 8:57:57 AM By Perry Carpenter

Like most security professionals, there are a few industry reports that I really look forward to reading each year. Pretty high on that list is the SANS Security Awareness report. SANS ...

NIST Updates You Should Be Aware About

Mar 12, 2021 8:42:50 AM By Perry Carpenter

By Perry Carpenter, KnowBe4 Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer. If you’ve been in IT or infosec for any length of time, you’ve probably heard of NIST (the National Institute of ...

Learn to Combat These Three Cybersecurity Monsters This Halloween and Beyond

Oct 30, 2020 9:45:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

It’s that time of year again. The air feels a bit crisper; the days are a bit shorter; and children around the world prepare to go trick or treating. Even as an adult, Halloween is ...

Here's Your Guide for Combating the Global Disinformation Pandemic

Oct 29, 2020 7:45:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

Let’s face it – we’re facing a global pandemic; and it goes beyond Covid 19. There’s a war on truth and it’s being waged by nation states, political groups, and cybercriminals who want to ...

Wake-up Call: New Study from PWC Exposes Terrifying End-User Security Practices that will Keep Your CISO Up at Night

Jul 31, 2020 7:32:56 AM By Perry Carpenter

I just finished reading PwC’s latest Workforce Pulse Study – and you should be scared. This study of more than 1,100 American workers provides an in-depth look at the ...

Testing 1… 2… 3…

Jul 23, 2020 8:25:23 AM By Perry Carpenter

Let’s face it, very few organizations thought they’d still be in workforce limbo as we near the six-month mark of the pandemic. This situation has stretched many organizations to adopt ...

The Dilemma: Should you phish test during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Mar 31, 2020 8:45:13 AM By Perry Carpenter

By Perry Carpenter, KnowBe4 Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer. There’s no question, these are challenging times. Employees and organizations around the world are doing their best to ...

Is There Still Hope for Privacy?

Jan 28, 2020 8:15:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

January 28 is Data Privacy Day. In honor of that, I’d like to share some random thoughts on privacy that I put together for a recent webcast with StaySafeOnline.org. And when I say, ...

5 Things You May Not Know About Security Awareness Training

Dec 9, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

By Perry Carpenter, KnowBe4 Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer. Let me open by making an observation: the discipline of security awareness training is chock-full of assumptions and ...

Shooting Ourselves in the Foot: The Biases We All Have

Dec 2, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

We humans like to believe that we are rational beings, fully in control of our decisions and actions. But psychologists and behavioral economists disagree. They argue that we are — by ...

Click Confessions of a Security Expert

Nov 26, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

As a “human security” expert, I used to take a lot of pride in my well-honed security hygiene. Yeah… that all ended back in early 2017 when I joined KnowBe4. You see, up until that time, ...

A Transformational Rant: Why People Question the Value of Security Awareness

Nov 4, 2019 7:45:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

In my last post, I spent a bit of time discussing the “technology vs. training” debate; and based on the feedback received, I can tell that this is a debate that many of you have had to ...

What Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Can Teach Us About Phishing

Oct 23, 2019 7:30:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

One of the greatest inventions in modern history is the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. I feel sorry for any human who existed before the “age of the cup” because they never got to know the ...

The Fundamental Importance of Choice and Variety in Security Awareness Program Content

Sep 10, 2018 7:07:13 AM By Perry Carpenter

By Perry Carpenter, KnowBe4 Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer. I’m a bit of an oddball when it comes to the security awareness market in that I’ve seen it from virtually every ...