Beyond Analyst Reports: KnowBe4's Undeniable Leadership in Human Risk Management

Sep 19, 2024 9:31:38 AM By Perry Carpenter

Analyst reports aim to provide market insights. But when it comes to Human Risk Management (HRM), we’ve noticed that they often fall short of capturing the full picture. You already know ...

[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] Prepare for All Manner of Cyber Threats Like the Heroes of ‘The Inside Man’

Sep 17, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Roger Grimes

Mark Shepherd, the Inside Man, is on a mission.

KnowBe4 Expands Children’s Interactive Cybersecurity Activity Kit for 2024/2025 School Year

Aug 26, 2024 8:00:00 AM By John Just

Can you believe it’s already back-to-school time for many? Where has the summer gone?

[WHOA] - This 'Unpatch Attack' Is A New One To Me!

Aug 9, 2024 3:46:44 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In a startling revelation at Black Hat 2024, SafeBreach security researcher Alon Leviev demonstrated a critical vulnerability in Windows systems, dubbed the "Windows Downdate" attack.

How The Whole World Now Knows About Fake North Korean IT Workers

Jul 27, 2024 8:43:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Wow! Last week's blog post went viral, reaching major media outlets and receiving over 125,000 views within days. Responses from around the world praised our transparency and commitment ...

Chile Leads Latin America With New Cybersecurity Governance

Jul 18, 2024 11:30:06 AM By Roger Grimes

Chile took a major step toward a more resilient cyber landscape for its citizens and the Latin American region on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, when Chile’s president of the Republic, Gabriel ...

KnowBe4 Free Tools Now Available On CISA’s Website

May 28, 2024 2:27:07 PM By Roger Grimes

We are big fans of the U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), whose informal slogan of “An organization so committed to security that it’s in our name twice” is a ...

Secure Your Site: Learn from the Top 10 Cybersecurity Experts of 2024

May 23, 2024 3:35:14 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Companies have needed a website for the last 25 years at least. But where do you host your site? The techies at HostingAdvice decided to create an extremely thorough real-world review ...

Level Up Your Users’ Cybersecurity Skills with 'The Inside Man: New Recruits’

Apr 23, 2024 11:36:45 AM By John Just

We’re thrilled to announce our newest addition to our ModStore’s already brimming collection of games with a new offering based on our award-winning “The Inside Man” training series!

Cyber Attacks Could Cause Global Bank Runs

Apr 12, 2024 8:48:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that severe cyber attacks against financial institutions could lead to major bank runs and market selloffs. While this hasn’t happened ...

Water Facilities Compromised By Iranian Threat Actors

Apr 11, 2024 8:19:04 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In December 2023, a joint alert was issued by the FBI, CISA, NSA, EPA, and INCD regarding Iranian cyber actors known as "CyberAv3ngers" linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...

CISA Recommends Continuous Cybersecurity Training

Mar 21, 2024 8:37:04 AM By Roger Grimes

In an age when 70% - 90% of successful data breaches involve social engineering (which gets past all other defenses), sufficient training is needed to best reduce human-side cybersecurity ...

The European Union's Unified Approach to Cybersecurity: The Cyber Solidarity Act

Mar 11, 2024 9:12:04 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The construction of a more cyber resilient European Union (EU) took a remarkable step forward this past week as negotiators from the European Parliament and the European Council reached a ...

Security Teams Spend 71 Hours Responding to Every One Hour in a Cyber Attack

Feb 12, 2024 10:31:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data sheds light on what kinds of cyber attacks are targeting your cybersecurity team, what it’s costing them, why it’s taking so much time to fix, and where you should focus ...

Chinese Hackers Spy on Dutch Ministry of Defense: A Story of Alarming Cyber Espionage

Feb 7, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In a revelation that adds yet another chapter to the ongoing saga of international cybersecurity threats, the Dutch Ministry of Defense recently shed light on a significant security ...

Roblox Game 'Hack-A-Cat' Now Part of the Free KnowBe4 Children’s Interactive Cybersecurity Activity Kit

Jan 24, 2024 12:22:36 PM By John Just

If you haven’t heard of Roblox, you probably don’t have kids like me. Roblox is an online virtual world/metaverse that has been around since 2006 that allows people to play with others ...

Guarding the Cloud: Top 5 Cloud Security Hacks and How You Can Avoid Them

Jan 9, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Navigating the cloud security landscape is no walk in the park. It requires IT professionals like you to not only tackle traditional security threats, such as managing data access and ...

Missing the Lock Icon in Chrome’s Address Bar? It’s a Move to Make You More Secure

Dec 21, 2023 1:30:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In response to what Google calls “over trust” in the web address lock icon to indicate that a site is authentic and its’ communications are secure, they’ve swapped the lock out in an ...

Interest in AI-Generated ‘Undressing’ Increases 2000% as it Becomes a Mainstream Online Business

Dec 21, 2023 12:30:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The advent of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) as a monetized business on the Internet has shifted pornography into the realm of undressing anyone you like.

New SEC Rules Will Do More Than Result in Quick Breach Reporting

Dec 5, 2023 5:12:47 PM By Roger Grimes

On July 26, the U.S. Security & Exchange Commission (SEC) announced several new cybersecurity rules, taking affect mid-December 2023, that will significantly impact all U.S. ...

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