Stu Sjouwerman (pronounced “shower-man”) is the founder and CEO of KnowBe4, Inc., which hosts the world’s most popular integrated security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, with over 54,000 organization customers and more than 50 million users. A serial entrepreneur and data security expert with 30 years in the IT industry, Stu was the co-founder of Inc. 500 company Sunbelt Software, a multiple award-winning anti-malware software company that was acquired in 2010.
Kim Nash reported in the WSJ Pro CyberSecurity newsletter—which I warmly recommend, it is an excellent daily news update—that "more than 100 applicants seek to volunteer their ...
I'm happy to announce our acquisition of CLTRe, which we feel demonstrates the importance of managing the human risk. We’re excited to welcome Kai and the CLTRe team to the KnowBe4 family ...
You know that "security awareness" is key to a comprehensive security strategy. But just because someone is aware doesn't mean they care. So how can you design programs that work with, ...
Along with everything else malicious that’s available “as-a-Service”, the latest addition takes the burden of trying to initially hack an organization off of the plate of would-be ...
By Javvad Malik, our new Security Awareness Advocate for EMEA. A multi-national collaborative law enforcement effort has arrested individuals allegedly behind Nymaim and Gozi, also known ...
Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting the first ever live episode of the Hacking Humans podcast at KB4-CON in Orlando, where Kevin Mitnick and I teamed up with Dave Bittner and Joe ...
The latest Spear Phishing Report from Barracuda highlights how cybercriminals are systematically improving their game… and are becoming more successful for it. The capturing of user ...
Security culture is much more than just IT policies and processes; it requires buy-in and participation from every user. Learn 6 ways to tell if you’re on the right path to building a ...
Education is crucial in defending against evolving social engineering attacks, according to Jack Plaxe, president of the Kentucky InfraGard Alliance. During a presentation last week, ...
Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report provides valuable insight into exactly how attacks are carried out, what tactics are working, and how users are helping.
ARSTECHNICA is getting me worried here. We were all at KB4-CON in Orlando the last few days, and during the conference word got to me that security researchers found out that high-profile ...
Despite the ability to properly protect against ransomware attacks, the latest data from AppRiver shows SMBs simply aren’t prepared to respond, and will, instead, pay up.
Cybercriminals seem to be honing their craft, picking specific attack types, victim demographics, and methods, according to new data from the latest PhishLab’s report.
Recent analysis of the websites of 16 current presidential candidates indicate insufficient security to stop attackers from sending emails out impersonating the campaign.
A Russian cyber-espionage group has developed and has been using one of the most complex backdoors ever spotted on an email server, according to new research published by cyber-security ...
Insurance Business Mag had an interesting take on your users being the victim of social engineering by deepfakes. Your cyber insurance policy is not likely to pay out in cases like this. ...
