Here are a few important updates to share with you from the month of March.
NEW! YOUR CORONAVIRUS AND WORK FROM HOME RESOURCE CENTER
Did you know that Cybercriminals have ramped-up phishing attacks over 667% in the month of March alone? With cybercriminals in a feeding frenzy, it's super-important to conduct phishing training during this time. Prepare your organization now to defend against Coronavirus scams.
Make sure that your users are prepared. It's better to "fail safe" and direct your users to a learning moment than to have an employee click on a real phishing email and have your entire organization experience a breach.
We have created a short video series designed to help you conduct critical phish testing in a way that feels caring and compassionate. 
Check out the new Resource Center to access the videos and get the latest phishing and security awareness resources to keep your network secure while your users are working from home. Your complimentary resource center includes:
- A free course: Internet Security When You Work From Home
- A short video series designed to help you conduct critical phish testing
- An on-demand webinar on security for remote employees
- And more!
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NEW VERSION: RANSOMWARE SIMULATOR TOOL
The bad guys are continuing to evolve their approach to evading detection and deploying ransomware as evidenced by three of the most prevalent ransomware families - RIPlacer, Jaff and GrandCrab.
That’s why we’ve updated our Ransomware Simulator tool “RanSim” to include three new ransomware scenarios!
These new scenarios simulate ransomware strains that operate much like RIPlacer, Jaff and GrandCrab attacks on the local machine that encrypt users’ files and demands a crypto-ransom in exchange for the keys.
Try KnowBe4’s NEW Ransomware Simulator tool and get a quick look at the effectiveness of your existing network protection against the latest threats. RanSim will simulate 18 ransomware infection scenarios and 1 cryptomining infection scenario to show you if a workstation is vulnerable to infection.
This is complimentary and will take you 5 minutes max. RanSim may give you some insights about your endpoint security you never expected!
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TRAINING CONTENT UPDATES BY PUBLISHER
KnowBe4
Internet Security When You Work From Home
The concept “Working From Home” (WFH) has gone mainstream, and is often the preferred way for some positions to get maximum productivity.
Apart from that, it’s also an effective way for organizations to assure business continuity when unexpected circumstances like natural disasters or pandemics crop up. This training module helps your users understand the challenges and trains them to stay secure online while working from home. Available across all subscription levels.
CEO Fraud
In this engaging and interactive module, you will learn how to defend yourself against what the FBI calls "business email compromise" and what is commonly known as “CEO fraud.”
You will also learn how and why these attacks occur, as well as how to protect your organization from this serious threat, and then apply this knowledge in a short exercise. Available at the Gold, Platinum, and Diamond subscription levels.
The Security Awareness Company (SAC)
April Security Awareness Newsletter
While the end goal of security awareness is to prevent security incidents, every organization must have a “just in case” plan in place. In the April edition, we take a look at Incident Response. Incident reporting could be the difference between suffering long-term impacts and a fast, effective recovery.
Similar to medical emergencies and fire escape routes, a good incident response plan leaves no detail undefined and prepares you for nearly every security scenario. Just in case.
training series from Twist & Shout were released. Season 3 episodes include:
- Take Note (Words Matter - Digital Communications)
- Seize the Day (Authority Limits)
- All Business (Bribery/Corruption - Extravagant Gifts)
- Just Because You're Paranoid (Money Laundering)
- The Elephant in the Room (Contract Terms)
- In Your Dreams (Wash Trades)
Season 4 episodes include:
- Give Me Some Credit (Corruption)
- Trust Your Instincts (Red Flags)
- A Tale of Two Laurens (Insider Trading)
- Under Cover (Reporting Incidents)
- It's Good to Have Friends (Conflicts of Interest)
- Helping Things Move Along (Legal Commitment)
Popcorn Training
When they receive the big order, Day & Night Logistics must enter a new era. George’s enthusiastic speech, an attempt to get his team ready for the new challenges, triggers a series of daydreams in his employees’ heads. Kimberly, the intern, joins the team. And George has to learn not to leave confidential documents lying around in the open.
El Pescador
New this month from El Pescador are two new training modules in the "Pay Attention to the Bad Guys" video series where the hacker shows your users how easy it is to get a lot of information from an email without sending malicious links, as well as teaches how the bad guys organize a targeted phishing attack.
- Phishing Without Links: The Power of Reply To
- Targeted Phishing: How Spear Phishing Works
Want an all-access pass to the most comprehensive security awareness training content? With a Diamond level subscription, see how much is available for your training needs!
As of March 31, 2020 KnowBe4 has:
- 1100 Pieces of Education and Training Content
- 266 Interactive Training Modules
- 345 Video Modules
- 255 Posters and Artwork
- 211 Newsletters and Security Docs
- 23 Games
- Over 4,000 Phishing Templates
To see the full list of new content added this month and an inside look into the KnowBe4 platform, sign up for the Modstore Training Preview now!
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New-school Security Awareness Training is critical to enabling you and your IT staff to connect with users and help them make the right security decisions all of the time. This isn't a one and done deal, continuous training and simulated phishing are both needed to mobilize users as your last line of defense. Request your one-on-one demo of KnowBe4's security awareness training and simulated phishing platform and see how easy it can be!
