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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White House Takes On the New Cybercrime Mob

Sep 19, 2011 1:27:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1362" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="White House - Cybercrime"][/caption] The White House has decided that it's time to take hacking seriously, asking for ...

Cybercrime Theft Topples $388 Billion Annually

Sep 16, 2011 1:16:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1357" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cybercrime Losses"][/caption] U.S. government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cybercrime with ...

Cybercrime: An Act of War

Sep 14, 2011 2:47:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1352" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="cyber act of war"][/caption] Efforts to chip away at the U.S. budget deficit are making life tougher for companies ...

Using Education to Fight Cyber Crime

Sep 12, 2011 10:24:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Can the right hardware and/or software really protect your business from malicious intrusion and phishing attempts? Unfortunately, even the best programs and hardware solutions don't ...

The War on Cybercrime Goes Beyond Your IT Department

Sep 12, 2011 2:45:10 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1340" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="cyber war"][/caption] Although the threat from cyber criminals has existed for decades, the sheer volume of successful ...

$13 Million Florida Cyberheist

Sep 9, 2011 12:55:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

News that a Florida-based bank has been left holding the baby in a $13 million ATM fraud highlights the increasingly complex world of cybercrime and the multi-faceted layers of security ...

Survey Says: Cybercrime is on the Rise

Sep 6, 2011 4:06:29 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1319" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="online thief"][/caption] Symantec's State of the Security report highlights how many organizations are responding to ...

Cybercrime Defense Lacking in Most Organizations

Sep 5, 2011 3:38:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1314" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cybercrime Defense"][/caption] Your protection against cybercrime is not as effective as you might think based on the ...

The Cloud and Cybercrime Risk Factor

Sep 1, 2011 12:47:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1308" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cloud Security"] [/caption] New applications such as cloud computing and virtualization are becoming increasingly ...

Phishing Your Way to Bankruptcy

Aug 31, 2011 1:21:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As summer draws to a close, banking institutions and their customers face a new wave of targeted phishing attacks - and industry experts predict these incidents will only increase in the ...

Law enforcers have linked up with businesses in the US to tackle Cybercrime

Aug 29, 2011 3:09:43 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1295" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cybercrime Fighters"][/caption] An attractive brunette in a business suit is making her online pitch. "Are you tired ...

New White Paper Reveals Bigger Cybercrime Challenges than Previously Thought

Aug 25, 2011 4:25:38 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1290" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Banks"][/caption] Fundtech Ltd., a market leader in global transaction banking solutions, today released a new white ...

If a Cybersecurity Firm can Get Hacked, Then Who Cant?

Aug 24, 2011 1:20:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

For years, few people knew about HBGary Inc., a Sacramento tech firm working on the esoteric frontiers of cybersecurity. Then a bizarre episode turned the 30-employee firm into a ...

Banks Believe Cybercrime Cannot Be Controlled

Aug 22, 2011 2:42:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1271" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fight Cybercrime"][/caption] In a poll of 100 banking executives from 50 US financial institutions attending a ...

Cybercrime Report: Hackers are getting smarter

Aug 19, 2011 12:52:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1266" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Cyber Hacker"][/caption] What keeps bank executive Mark Brown up at night is the threat of intruders not the ...

Corporate Cybercrime Continues to Impact Global Business

Aug 17, 2011 5:39:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1261" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Corporate Cybercrime"][/caption] High profile corporate cybercrime is putting information security on boardroom ...

The Cybercrime Fight Continues

Aug 15, 2011 11:16:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Over the years we have seen an escalating number of spear-phishing attacks. Part of the increase may actually be due to increased reporting, however, I suspect that even in the criminal ...

China Claims Its a Cybercrime Victim Too!

Aug 12, 2011 8:14:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1250" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="cybercrime victims"][/caption] You know cybercrime is getting worse when the Chinese claim to be victims! Boohoo, ...

If The Cops Can Get Hacked, Then So Can Your Organization

Aug 10, 2011 1:02:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1242" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cops Get Hacked"][/caption] Anonymous continued its cyber-attacks against law enforcement agencies to protest recent ...

We Need Some Real Cybercrime Fighters!

Aug 9, 2011 1:21:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1234" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="cybercrime fighters"][/caption] The international community has failed to address the real nature and extent of the ...

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