Read the latest news about security awareness training, best practices, why you need it, and what happens when you don't have it in place.
By Perry Carpenter, KnowBe4 Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer A few weeks ago, I wrote about my thoughts regarding recent market moves by Microsoft, Wombat, PhishLine, and others. A ...
If you want to succeed with your organization's security awareness training program, here are some of the top "faux-pas" we have seen over the years that you should be sure to avoid:
I just found a fabulous post on Quartz. “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time — none. Zero.” — Charlie Munger, ...
Ever heard: "If it was easy, everyone would do it" ? Creating a better security culture in your organization has a few challenges. Let's have a look at them, see how you can overcome ...
If you want to succeed with your organization's security awareness program, here are some of the top "faux-pas" you should be sure to avoid. Here are some of the errors we have seen over ...
2017 was a dumpster fire of privacy and security screw-ups. To implement a simple, effective, IT security strategy will help your CEO to keep their job in 2018. Better yet, thousands of ...
Cybercriminals are successfully and consistently exploiting human nature to accomplish their goals. Employee training is tied as the third-most-effective method (higher than antivirus) of ...
WIRED wrote: "A MASSIVE EFFORT to encrypt web traffic over the last few years has made green padlocks and "https" addresses increasingly common; more than half the web now uses internet ...
I'm extremely pleased to tell you we have won a prestigious award. Frost & Sullivan is a global research and consulting firm and they recently announced that we received their 2017 ...
OK, it may be hyberbole, but since 91% of data breaches are caused by successful spear phishing attacks, it's not entirely crazy to say: "security awareness training your users or go to ...
The CyberEdge Group is an award-winning research firm that serves information security vendors and service providers. They recently surveyed 1,100 qualified IT security decision makers ...
The Kazakhstan-born Canadian citizen Karim Baratov (22) has pleaded guilty to massive 2014 Yahoo hack that affected three billion accounts. He admitted that he generally spearphished his ...
The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index is an average of share prices in the 100 largest, most actively traded companies on the London Stock Exchange. IT security vendor ...
Security researchers frequently report on vulnerable IoT devices. Cisco's Talos group just reported that Foscam video cams have a security risk. We did a Google search on Foscam Indoor ...
A security awareness program is a critical part of any security strategy. It is not enough to simply hold everyone in the organization accountable. Chief information security officers ...
KnowBe4 has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training for the second year in a row. Gartner's ...
I have some exciting news for you today. Goldman Sachs believes in our mission, has invested in us, and is now on our board of directors. Another announcement with some more excellent ...
I was just sent a link to video of Kevin Mitnick's testimony before a congressional committee of March 2, 2000 where he explained how he was able to hack into dozens of large ...
Security company Bromium put out a press release asking publicly: "Large Enterprises Spend Nearly $300K Per Year On Security Education, So Why Are Endpoint Attacks More Successful Than ...
The Wall Street Journal just reported that Credit-reporting company Equifax Inc. disclosed Thursday that hackers gained access to some of its systems, compromising the personal ...
