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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Half Of Federal Security Breaches Caused By Employees

Oct 22, 2013 9:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week, MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT, announced the results of a new report. The study compares what cyber security ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 42

Oct 15, 2013 9:10:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 42

Spear phishing alert: Hong Kong Monetary Authority Invoice

Oct 12, 2013 9:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Experts warn that cybercriminals are using fake Hong Kong Monetary Authority invoices to distribute a piece of malware. The emails are entitled “Invoice #3404196 – Remit File” and they ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 41

Oct 8, 2013 9:22:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 41

More Likely to Fall for a Phishing Scam If You’re a Neurotic Woman?

Oct 7, 2013 9:48:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Softpedia published an article I have a problem with. There is so much wrong with this that I don't even know where to start. They started out with:

Inside The Adobe Databreach Disaster

Oct 7, 2013 9:21:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last week Adobe announced probably the worst news ever for a tech company. Both their source code and customer lists had been stolen. EPIC FAIL!

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 40

Sep 30, 2013 5:19:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 40

Scam Of The Week: Affordable Health Care "Advisers"

Sep 30, 2013 2:53:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Tomorrow, Tuesday October 1, 2013, the first stage of the new health care act kicks in. You can start shopping for policies on new insurance "marketplaces". There is going to be an ...

Your Employees' Identity -Has- Been Stolen

Sep 30, 2013 9:21:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

There is the expression that there are two kinds of companies. The ones that know they are hacked and the ones that don't. It's safe to assume your network has already been compromised ...

NEW Kevin Mitnick VIDEO: The Word Document Exploit

Sep 24, 2013 12:18:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Check out a brand new 3:25 min Kevin Mitnick video where he shows live how an infected Word document allows a hacker to steal the employee's user name and password. This is just one of ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3, 39

Sep 24, 2013 9:26:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 39

FBI: “Beta Bot” malware kills your anti-virus and steals data

Sep 20, 2013 2:13:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week, the FBI sent out a warning that a strain of malware known as "Beta Bot" can turn off your antivirus, stops access to the websites of antivirus vendors so that your antivirus ...

Is Your Security Awareness Training Program Broken?

Sep 17, 2013 4:39:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Steve Ragan over at CSO Magazine wrote:

RAPID7 SECURING USER RISK

Sep 17, 2013 3:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Rapid7 found 66% of IT professionals conduct user security awareness training to reduce the risk of successful phishing attacks.

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 38

Sep 17, 2013 9:32:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 38

Scam Of The Week: Ransomware Uses Child Porn Threat

Sep 13, 2013 4:44:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Getting caught viewing child porn is a huge deal and instantly makes you an outcast in most western countries. Cybercriminals have cooked up a new way to blackmail people out of their ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 37

Sep 10, 2013 9:29:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 37

Scam Of The Week: "U.S. Starts Bombing Syria"

Sep 7, 2013 3:13:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This one is crafty. There is a fake CNN spam being sent with a subject that reads: "The United States began bombing!" in Syria, but clicking on it will likely result in the workstation ...

Data Breach? You WILL Be Sued...

Sep 5, 2013 11:30:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's almost 10 years ago that the first big data breach happened. That was data broker ChoicePoint and 160,000 consumer records were stolen. Dan Kaplan at SC Magazine had a long article ...

What's Next for IT Debate #3 Does Infrastructure Really Matter?

Sep 5, 2013 10:20:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You can see and hear me September 17th at 1pm, 10am PT. The subject is: "Does Infrastructure Really Matter -- What clients don't know can hurt them"

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Half Of Federal Security Breaches Caused By Employees

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 42

Spear phishing alert: Hong Kong Monetary Authority Invoice

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 41

More Likely to Fall for a Phishing Scam If You’re a Neurotic Woman?

Inside The Adobe Databreach Disaster

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 40

Scam Of The Week: Affordable Health Care "Advisers"

Your Employees' Identity -Has- Been Stolen

NEW Kevin Mitnick VIDEO: The Word Document Exploit

CyberheistNews Vol 3, 39

FBI: “Beta Bot” malware kills your anti-virus and steals data

Is Your Security Awareness Training Program Broken?

RAPID7 SECURING USER RISK

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Scam Of The Week: Ransomware Uses Child Porn Threat

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Scam Of The Week: "U.S. Starts Bombing Syria"

Data Breach? You WILL Be Sued...

What's Next for IT Debate #3 Does Infrastructure Really Matter?

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