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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Cybercrime Attack Vector Of Choice: Employees

May 16, 2013 11:06:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today, employees are the low hanging fruit for cybercrime. Organizations counter this with what is called 'Security Awareness Training' (SAT), but modern SAT is far removed from how it ...

Facebook 'Fraud-as-a-Service' Promoted Via Google

May 14, 2013 10:13:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You may have read CyberheistNews Vol 3, #19, which had 'Fraud-as-a-service Goes Mainstream' as its headline. Here is a follow up on that. You can now download apps that hack Facebook, and ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3 #20

May 13, 2013 5:55:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Latest Attack Trend: 'Persistent Spear Phishing'

1st Quarter 2013: 6.5 Million New Malware Strains Built

May 13, 2013 1:30:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Research Team of Panda Labs just reported that between January and March of this year, more than 6.5 million new malware strains were built, and that of those 75% were trojans. In ...

We hired 3 more people, the office is getting full !

May 9, 2013 6:20:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We had three more people start this week, two in sales and one to help our channel partners. The office is getting full! Our Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training is doing GREAT. We ...

Don't Get Hijacked On Social Media

May 8, 2013 11:12:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

John Mello over at Chief Security Magazine wrote today: "Online social networkers invite data marauders to compromise their accounts by choosing a convenient but risky option offered by ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 19

May 7, 2013 9:10:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 19 Fraud-as-a-service Goes Mainstream

Do This Phishing IQ Test!

May 5, 2013 9:59:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Did you know that SonicWall has an interesting Phishing IQ test on their website?

Twitter Warning: "We Believe That These Attacks Will Continue"

May 1, 2013 5:14:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Consumer Reports: 9.2 Million Phishing Victims Last Year

May 1, 2013 4:58:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Consumer Reports today came out with some numbers that should give you pause. 9.2 Million Americans fell victim to a phishing attack last year, and a whopping 58.2 Million had a malware ...

REVIEWS: Kevin Mitnick Home Internet Security Course

Apr 30, 2013 2:20:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Now that the Kevin Mitnick Home Internet Security Course is released and commercially available we thought you might be interested in hearing what people tell us when we ask them what ...

Why We Need Security Awareness Training Programs

Apr 30, 2013 11:09:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

$1Million Cyberheist From Leavenworth Hospital

Apr 27, 2013 3:13:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Kevin Mitnick sent me an article that illustrates why it is needed to train all employees not to fall for hacker tricks: "Friday, April 26, 2013 - WENATCHEE — Hackers stole more than $1 ...

LivingSocial Hacked. Make sure that password is not shared!

Apr 27, 2013 3:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Fraud-as-a-service Goes Mainstream

Apr 26, 2013 10:02:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, 18

Apr 22, 2013 1:48:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 18

CyberheistNews Vol 3, 17

Apr 22, 2013 11:19:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 17

10 Tips To Secure Funding For A Security Program

Apr 21, 2013 3:54:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Over at the CSO site, Dominic Nessi, CIO for Los Angeles World Airports, outlines ten essential tips for getting your financial team on board with your security funding requests.

CyberheistNews Vol 3, #16

Apr 15, 2013 4:41:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 16

Why Your Tax Return Isn't Safe

Apr 13, 2013 8:52:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

That's the title of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece today by Cyrus R. Vance, Manhattan District Attorney.

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