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Stu Sjouwerman

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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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 ...
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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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KnowBe4 Finalist in Tampa Industry Achievement Awards

Sep 4, 2013 2:31:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
We just received word from the Tampa Bay Technology Forum that KnowBe4 has been selected as a finalist in TBTF’s 10th Annual Industry Achievement Awards in the Emerging Technology Company ...
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Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training 2014

Sep 3, 2013 5:57:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
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CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 36

Sep 3, 2013 9:17:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 36
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Kevin Mitnick Details Modern IT Threats; spear phishing and more

Sep 2, 2013 12:50:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
One of the most infamous hackers of all time talks about Website security and what users should do to protect themselves. In the world of computer security hackers, few are as well-known ...
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SEA used spear-phishing in attack on NY Times

Aug 29, 2013 1:45:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
A spear-phishing attack, one of the most common and oldest cyber tricks in the book, enabled hackers to hijack and modify the DNS records for several domains on Tuesday, including The New ...
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Cybercrime Automates Fake ID's For Spear-phishing

Aug 28, 2013 9:39:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Today it was reported through several sources that a new Cybercrime-as-a-Service option is available: creation of fake scanned passports, ID cards, driver's licenses and fake scanned ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 35 Security-Awareness-Training-Newsletter

Aug 27, 2013 9:21:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 35
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April 8, 2014: WinXPGeddon

Aug 26, 2013 4:01:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
If you still run Windows XP April 2014, you've got a timebomb on your hands if that system is still connected to the Internet. Stand-alone systems are a bit less of a risk.
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Electronic ID cards join fight against phishing attacks

Aug 26, 2013 3:59:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
Phishing attacks are believed to have hit 37.3 million people last year, escalating online password theft 300%. To fight back against this type of cyberattack, a team of researchers at ...
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New Cybercrime-as-a-Service: Unethical Pen-testing

Aug 25, 2013 3:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
I have talked about this a few times before, there is a well-developed $3 Billion underground economy specialized in cybercrime. Here is an example of a "promising" new criminal DIY ...
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Cyber risk weighs heavy on minds of execs

Aug 21, 2013 4:26:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
Tony Bradley at CSO Mag has a good analysis: " There is good news and bad new stemming from the Lloyd’s of London Risk Index 2013 report. The good news is that cyber risk is gaining more ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 3, 34 Security Awareness Training Newsletter

Aug 20, 2013 9:26:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 34
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IT Security Is Broken Bad

Aug 18, 2013 11:48:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
With the TV show Breaking Bad in its last season, this seems to be a fun title. However, the topic is not all that much fun. You should realize it's not a question of when you will be ...
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Are Your Email Addresses On A Russian Phishing Site?

Aug 18, 2013 11:34:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
We are finding many U.S. commercial email addresses at the Russianemailsworld.boommer.ru website. It is really a 'staging' area for emails to be posted by the criminal underground. They ...
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Spear-phishing attackers vandalize CNN, TIME and Wash Post

Aug 16, 2013 8:40:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
You would think that by now journalists and people in media and advertising would be on the alert for social engineering red flags. But no. Syrian hacktivists sent a spear-phishing attack ...
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Forbes: IT Security Industry To Expand Tenfold

Aug 15, 2013 10:31:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Richard Stiennon, Forbes contributor makes a stunning prediction. He claims that most organizations have woefully underspent for IT Security and now that governments around the world have ...
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Hackers put a bull's-eye on small business

Aug 15, 2013 10:05:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Less than 500 employees? You’ve got a 20 percent chance of being hacked, and if it happens there’s a good chance your business is finished.
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CyberheistNews Vol 3, 33

Aug 13, 2013 9:13:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 33
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