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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Cost of penetration testing < cost of security incident :)

Mar 6, 2012 8:30:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Cost of a Security Incident Is Usually Much Greater Than Preventing It This is a blog post by John Pescatore, July 24, 2009, and still as valid today as it was then. "A few years ago ...

RSA Post-mortem: Massive Human Component To Security

Mar 5, 2012 2:53:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

George Hulme wrote on the CSO site: "There was an unusual level of gloom at the RSA Conference this year, and for good reason: a number of the biggest and most respected security firms ...

Message For The Owner: "Your Bank Account Emptied By Cyber Thieves"

Feb 29, 2012 8:33:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Editor's Corner

Facebook Malware Scam Of The Week

Feb 7, 2012 7:31:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Editor's Corner Facebook Malware Scam of the Week A "worrying number" of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and ...

The Security Earthquake That Nobody Felt

Feb 1, 2012 2:10:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Editor's Corner

And The #1 Security Risk for 2012 Is...

Jan 5, 2012 9:00:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Humans are the weakest link that needs to be healed. New laws aimed at improving IT data security are being written by the bushel, loaded with penalties for non-compliance and security ...

CyberheistNews #27

Dec 28, 2011 7:05:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #26

Dec 22, 2011 4:46:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #25

Dec 16, 2011 5:18:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #24

Dec 7, 2011 6:02:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #23

Dec 6, 2011 1:41:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Google, What Happened To "Do No Evil?"

Nov 30, 2011 6:49:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #21

Nov 17, 2011 8:06:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #22

Nov 17, 2011 8:03:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #20

Nov 10, 2011 6:25:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 1, #20 - Cyberheist RUSH Alert

CyberheistNews #19

Nov 10, 2011 6:18:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #18

Nov 4, 2011 6:47:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scam Of The Week: So I Googled Your Name And Found... A Twitter phishing attack! Especially CEOs, Business Owners that do their own marketing, or Marketing VPs need to watch this scam. ...

CyberheistNews #17

Oct 25, 2011 10:45:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #16

Oct 18, 2011 5:07:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews #15

Oct 11, 2011 3:32:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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