Stu Sjouwerman

Chief Executive Officer & President

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.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Cybercrime Pulls In A Million Bucks A Minute

Aug 25, 2018 10:13:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

More than a million dollars is lost every minute to cybercrime. That staggering stat comes to us by way of RiskIQ who published new research showing that despite businesses spending ...

Universities Are Still Targeted With Phishing Attacks By Iranian Hackers

Aug 25, 2018 9:06:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Secureworks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers reported that despite indictments in March 2018, the Iranian threat group is likely responsible for a large-scale campaign that ...

SMBs Remain a Focus of Cyber Attacks in 2018

Aug 24, 2018 1:09:28 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

With a majority of SMBs experiencing an increase in attack frequency and sophistication in 2018, cybersecurity efforts need to be a primary emphasis for IT teams in the SMB.

Cybercrime Takes Advantage of Agile Development

Aug 24, 2018 1:02:05 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The bad guys have long benefited from vulnerabilities in any part of an OS or application. Now they’re going a bit deeper and looking for ways to benefit from development cycles.

Democratic National Committee Thought it was Under Attack (It Was A Red Team Phishing Test...)

Aug 23, 2018 10:52:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI received a report from the US Democratic National Committee (DNC) that unknown actors sought access to a voter database through a phishing campaign.

Data Breaches Projected to Reach 146 Billion Records

Aug 22, 2018 5:34:27 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Where do you see your organization in five years? According to Juniper Research, without a solid security strategy, you may be one of the many experiencing a data breach.

So, HOW much security awareness training content does KnowBe4 have at this moment???

Aug 22, 2018 4:39:05 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

160+ Interactive Training Modules across 29 different languages 150+ Video Modules across 20 different languages

Data Breach Costs Come Calling to the Tune of $115 Million

Aug 22, 2018 11:17:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Organizations aren’t the only ones tired of data breaches. A class-action lawsuit against health insurer Anthem for their 2015 data breach comes with a hefty approved settlement. If ...

[Heads-up] Russian Hackers Widen Their Cyber Attacks Again With Spear Phishing Political Targets

Aug 21, 2018 8:45:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The GRU, the Russian military intelligence spy agency which was responsible for the 2016 election cyber attacks, is at it again and are now targeting the U.S. Senate and conservative ...

Black Hat Puts Long-Term Social Engineering on Display

Aug 20, 2018 1:59:30 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 8 #33 Scam of the Week: SharePoint Phishing Attack on Office 365 Users

Aug 20, 2018 9:47:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 Adds Twist & Shout Video Modules to ModStore

Aug 20, 2018 8:05:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 has partnered with Twist & Shout, makers of entertaining films for businesses, on their Restricted Intelligence show. The videos cover a wide range of social engineering ...

Hackbusters - Where Can You Discuss All Things Social Engineering?

Aug 19, 2018 2:48:33 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The KnowBe4 Hackbuster’s Forum is an online community dedicated to stopping the bad guys that use social engineering to hack your organization.

Great "Defense-in-Depth" InfoGraphic

Aug 19, 2018 11:25:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Michael Fisher shared this on Twitter. Very nice and gives an immediate overview of #CyberSecurity Defense-in-Depth with all the areas it encompasses. Here it is:

Phishing is Still the #1 Cyber-Fraud Tactic

Aug 17, 2018 10:35:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Online, e-commerce and mobile fraud are on the rise, according to RSA, with 41% of successful attacks enabled by phishing scams.

KnowBe4 Rockets To No 96 On the Inc. 500, Appearing For The Third Time. Stu Takes A CakeDive

Aug 16, 2018 3:29:12 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today, we celebrated two milestones in-one:

Scam Of The Week: SharePoint Phishing Attack On Office 365 Users

Aug 16, 2018 3:03:49 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The attack dubbed “PhishPoint” by Cloud Security vendor Avanan demonstrates the craftiness and extent cybercriminals will go to in order to harvest Office 365 credentials.

Global Cyber Security spending to top $114bn in 2018, says Gartner

Aug 16, 2018 1:03:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The need for improved detection, response and privacy is driving the demand for security products and services in response to security risks, business needs and industry changes, Gartner ...

Organizations Remain Unprepared for Cyber Attack in 2018

Aug 15, 2018 10:41:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With such an abundance of information around attack methods, vulnerabilities, and potential targets, you would think IT has a handle on cybersecurity. Accenture shows us they don’t.

[On-Demand Webinar] Exposing the Dirty Little Secrets of Social Engineering, Featuring Kevin Mitnick

Aug 14, 2018 4:11:53 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In this rare event, Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker and KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer, along with Perry Carpenter, KnowBe4’s Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer, will ...

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