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Stu Sjouwerman

Founder and Executive Chairman

Stu Sjouwerman (pronounced “shower-man”) is the Founder and Executive Chairman 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.


Recent Posts

CyberheistNews Vol 3, 17

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 17

10 Tips To Secure Funding For A Security Program

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

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 16

Why Your Tax Return Isn't Safe

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

NEW! KnowBe4 Launches Kevin Mitnick Home Internet Security Course

We have some very exciting news for you.

CyberheistNews Vol 3, 15

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 15

Phishing Confusion Example

So, yesterday I received this email from my Identity Theft Provider. Been with them since 2008 so I know how their emails look. Normally I get the "all clear" signal once a month, but ...

Knowbe4 - CyberheistNews Vol 3, #14

Automated Twitter DM Spear Phishing

Automated Twitter DM Spear Phishing. It was to be expected. Cyber criminals now are able to scrape your followers from Twitter, and send you a Direct Message (DM) supposedly coming from ...

Security Awareness Training Controversy

The Problem With Our Security Models

CyberheistNews Vol 3, #12

Georgia Tech Researchers Try To Stop Spear-phishing

Georgia Tech correctly identified that the most challenging threat facing corporate networks today is “spear phishing.” “Spear phishing is the most popular way to get into a corporate ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3, #11

How Phishing Attacks Are Evolving

28 Percent of Data Breaches Lead to Fraud

Cyberwar? Time To Calm Down A Bit

The media has a field day with this whole China / Mandiant report, but there are a few issues being confused here. It's all good and well to make the public aware of the fact that foreign ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3, 09

Osterman Blogs About KnowBe4

Highly regarded IT Analyst Mike Osterman wrote: "Most will agree that despite the enormous amounts spent on secure Web gateways, anti-virus software, cloud-based malware filtering and the ...

Scam Of The Week - Target: IT

This week, it's -you- specifically being targeted with a phishing attack. The bad guys know very well that the most powerful weapons are administrator's credentials, as those really are ...


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