Why You Need To Make Security Awareness Training Mandatory. Read This Horror Story.

OK, so here is a horror story that you can prevent from happening in your own organization. Now and then we hear that KnowBe4 customers do not make the security awareness training ...

December 1, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Learning a 120K Lesson the Hard Way

The bank isn’t always responsible for making you whole after a business email compromise. Indiana’s Lake Ridge Schools lost more than $120,000 from a seven-million-dollar construction ...

December 1, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Attackers Impersonate CEOs to Scam Employees into Sending Gift Cards for the Holidays

A crafty mix of social engineering, great timing, and context act as the perfect ingredients to trick unwitting users into buying gift cards and placing them into the hands of the ...

November 30, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-up] Bad Guys Love Marriott: 500 Million Data Breach Is Phishing Heaven

So I guess we have just reached the tipping point, it's "privacy game over" for business travelers.

November 29, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 Fresh Content Update & New Features November 2018

We've got a few content updates in the KnowBe4 Modstore to share with you for the month of November!

November 29, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Employers Are Liable If They Don't Protect Employees' Sensitive Personal Information from Attack

A recent ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on an employee lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center stemming from a data breach should put all employers on ...

November 27, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Shadow IT is Alive and Well: One-Third of Employees Deploy Their Own Software

Employees see IT as an “inconvenience” and look for ways to get around security measures, putting the organization at risk, according to SailPoint’s 2018 Market Pulse Survey.

November 24, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

As You Read This, It's Cyber Monday. How To Avoid The Top 10 Security Threats

InfoSecBuzz asked a number of security experts for their advice on the top security threats and how to avoid them. These are specialists from Alienvault, Cylance, Cybereason, F5 Networks, ...

November 24, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-up] Bad Guys Are Now Taking Over Email Inboxes Without Phishing Attacks

I found a great article in SecurityWeek by Alastair Paterson, the CEO of Digital Shadows. Could not have said it better myself, and he alerted everyone about an attack vector that was ...

November 21, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Do Your Emails Make the Naughty or Nice List?

Black Friday is just as popular with hackers as it is with shoppers. So is Cyber Monday, for that matter.

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