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Read the latest news about KnowBe4, company announcements, new product releases and updates, awards and recognitions.

KnowBe4 Moves From #139 to #38 On Cybersecurity 500

The Cybersecurity 500 / Q1 2017 list of the world's hottest security companies was officially released yesterday, Mar. 1. In their "Movers and Shakers" section they stated: "KnowBe4 is a ...
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KnowBe4 Has Had Another Blow-Out Fourth Quarter

Happy New Year! I'd like to thank all our customers for your support. 2016 has been fantastic. Our year-over-year sales increase was 298% for Q4 2016, with a record number of over 750 new ...
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New Book Coming Soon from Kevin Mitnick for You

The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker, and KnowBe4's ...
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OK, want to laugh your a$$ off? Watch this Apple parody!

It's not all doom and gloom!
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Boy have we grown... KnowBe4 Halloween 2014, 2015, 2016

Halloween 2014 15 employees. Scroll down for the later years!
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KnowBe4 beats stellar Q2 and grows 369% YoY in Q3

(Tampa Bay, FL) October 9, 2016 --- KnowBe4 is excited to announce we were able to beat our stellar Q2, and maintain our explosive year over year growth, Q3 2016 being 369% over Q3 2015. ...
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KnowBe4 Is Excited To Announce Active Directory Integration

We are stoked to announce the new integration with Active Directory! The Active Directory Integration (ADI) helps you easily upload user data and eliminate manual updates by automatically ...
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I have an invitation to join a new exciting online community: Hackbusters!

KnowBe4 has been running the HackBusters site for a few years now, providing you with trending IT security news. We are expanding it and have launched a new exciting online community! You ...
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Why does Kevin Mitnick recommend 20+ character passwords?

The background is based on current state-of-the-art password cracking technology. In short, hackers penetrate the network, get access to a domain controller and pull the file with all ...
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Personal security cameras hacked, stream live on websites

Shocking video of people's private lives are streaming over the internet. Hackers are able to easily tap into personal security cameras and stream them on websites for the world to see, ...
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We need your help. Could you do a KnowBe4 review at Gartner?

NOTE: This is for KnowBe4 Customers only. Top IT analyst firm Gartner has just created a new "Peer Insights" review site. As a customer, we are inviting you to create a review of KnowBe4 ...
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KnowBe4 has explosive year over year growth of 454% for Q2 2016

(Tampa Bay, FL) July 1, 2016 --- KnowBe4 announced its explosive year over year growth of 454% for Q2 2016, with a record number of 655 new corporate accounts in June alone, rising to ...
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IT'S SHOWTIME! Kevin Mitnick Episode on NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - THIS SUNDAY

National Geographic has done a special on Kevin Mitnick and it plays this Sunday!
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New KnowBe4 Survey: Ransomware Infections Double In Two Years

We have just released the first long-time study focusing on IT Pros experience with ransomware. In June 2016 we surveyed 1,138 companies in a variety of industries and compared your ...
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Exciting New Features In KnowBe4 Spring 2016 Release

We have several cool new features in the Spring 2016 release! These features were previously out of reach for IT managers with limited budget, and we're excited you can use them now with ...
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KnowBe4 Gets 1st place for the Tampa Best Places To Work

We're stoked here. We got 1st place for the Tampa Best Places To Work - small business category!!! The Tampa Bay Times has a yearly "Best Places To Work" contest, and surveys the ...
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New Feature: IP Geolocation

When a user clicks on a link in a simulated phishing attack, or opens an attachment, we record the IP address of the request. For various reasons, KnowBe4 customers have requested us to ...
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Tampa Bay Business Owner Affected By Ransomware

Ransomware continues to be a successfull business for the cybercriminals of the world. It can easily get past even the best anti-virus software through a user just clicking once on ...
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Please vote for KnowBe4 at the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.

Here is a short summary of why we are asking for your vote: Highest growth in customers over all competitive products Most complete suite of anti-phishing tools Easy-to-use, ...
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This Week's Five Most Popular HackBusters Posts

There is an enormous amount of noise in the security space, so how do you know what people really talk about and think is the most important topic? Well, we created the Hackbusters site ...
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