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1-Minute-Internet-Security-Survey

Sep 15, 2012 9:13:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Could you do us a big favor? Spend one minute! We asked people which things they thought were important for Internet Security at the house. In other words, what they thought was needed to ...
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5 BYOD Deployment Rules

Sep 14, 2012 6:33:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
(1) To start off with, have a BYOD project leader that has the authority to enforce the required policies, procedures, and training to get BYOD implemented securely.
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KnowBe4 CEO TV Interview on being an Entrepreneur in Tampa Bay

Sep 5, 2012 7:30:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
KnowBe4 CEO TV Interview on being an Entrepreneur in Tampa Bay I was interviewed as a panel member at the Front Row Tampa Bay event during the 2012 RNC in Tampa, FL about the benefits of ...
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IT's 9 Biggest Security Threats

Aug 28, 2012 4:21:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="250" caption="9 Biggest Security Threats"][/caption] By now you probably know I am a fan of Roger Grimes. He's a highly skillled security veteran ...
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What is wrong with this picture?

Aug 24, 2012 9:33:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="What is wrong with this picture?"][/caption] This picture is a screen shot from the Polish TV Channel TVP. See something that ...
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Top hacker details how to avoid cybercrime

Aug 20, 2012 7:16:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="(Flickr user Alan Cleaver)"][/caption] (MoneyWatch) With the National Republican Convention fast approaching at the end of August, ...
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Apple social engineered - Allows access to iCloud

Aug 5, 2012 8:56:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Apple Tech Social Engineered"][/caption] [UPDATED August 7] Former Gizmodo reporter Mat Honan was hacked hard. He found out that an ...
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More Than Half Of Top 20 Fortune 500 Firms Infected With Gameover Zeus Botnet

Aug 3, 2012 9:00:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
The Gameover Zeus botnet is now the biggest financial fraud botnet around, and it's run by a single cybercrime group out of Eastern Europe, according to new research. Brett Stone-Gross, ...
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KnowBe4 Makes InfoWorld Frontpage

Aug 1, 2012 3:57:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="KnowBe4 InfoWorld Frontpage"][/caption] J. Peter Bruzzese, InfoWorld's Enterprise Windows columnist interviewed me yesterday about ...
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Espionage Botnets

Jul 30, 2012 8:36:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Espionage Botnets"][/caption] Brian Krebs just blogged about something very interesting. "A security researcher who’s spent 18 months ...
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My Book Cyberheist: 4-Star Review By Security Expert

Jul 30, 2012 8:26:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cyberheist Reviewed"][/caption]
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Should Compliance Drive Security?

Jul 26, 2012 9:44:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Should Compliance Drive Security?"][/caption] Practically all of us accept credit cards, so we need to be PCI compliant. The question ...
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KnowBe4 Sponsors Front Row Tampa Bay

Jul 26, 2012 7:43:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Front Row Tampa Bay"][/caption] With the Republican National Convention quickly approaching in Tampa, tens of thousands of visitors ...
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8 Signs You Have Been Hacked

Jul 18, 2012 6:35:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="8 Signs You Have Been Hacked"][/caption]
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Security Is Not Only Training It Is Culture

Jul 16, 2012 6:25:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
We all went to school, but how would you do if you were asked to retake your finals? Neither would I. Education fades unless it is regularly reinforced. And even the reinforcement is ...
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VIDEO: The new 90-second Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training Elevator Pitch

Jul 11, 2012 7:28:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training 90-second Video"][/caption] July 2012, KnowBe4 officially released Kevin Mitnick Security ...
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I Was Interviewed On TV Thursday

Jul 9, 2012 9:15:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Stu TV Interview"][/caption] Cyber threats reported by U.S. energy companies, public water districts and other infrastructure ...
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Released! Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training

Jul 9, 2012 6:28:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="460" caption="Released! Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training"][/caption] I am super excited to officially announce we have released the new ...
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Court Ruling Could Be Boon to Cyberheist Victims

Jul 6, 2012 4:09:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="310" caption="Court Ruling Boon To Cyberheist Victims"][/caption] BrianKrebs reported some very good news. A decision handed down by a federal ...
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Cybercriminals Sniff Out Vulnerable Firms

Jul 6, 2012 2:41:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Small Firms Cyberheist Victims"][/caption] I could have written this headline myself. But I didn't, it was Sarah Needleman at the ...
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