KnowBe4 Acquires Twist and Shout Group to Enhance High-Quality Video Production Capabilities

Stu Sjouwerman | Sep 30, 2019

I am excited to announce the acquisition of the Twist and Shout Group, which encompasses Twist and Shout Media and Twist and Shout Communications. Twist and Shout Group is a UK- and US-based company with a highly respected profile in the world of employee security training. Twist and Shout will operate as "Twist and Shout - a KnowBe4 company".Twist & Shout -2

Twist and Shout is the creative force behind “The Inside Man”—click link for trailer—the award-winning security awareness drama series and “Restricted Intelligence,” the world’s first information security awareness sitcom, now into its sixth season. The acquisition of Twist and Shout will enable this highly creative team to keep making these series and develop exciting new ideas exclusively under the KnowBe4 umbrella.

Twist and Shout has done an incredible job creating entertaining, Hollywood-quality employee training videos that cover topics that have historically been pretty dull. They make fun and engaging live action security awareness training videos with relatable characters. This acquisition will greatly benefit our customers because it will provide them with even more content to help educate their employees on a very important topic.

“It’s clear from themes running in global security events this year that the industry is waking up to the idea that human beings are essential to any security strategy,” said Jim Shields, founder and creative director, the Twist and Shout Group. “We’ve always known this and so has KnowBe4. Combining our creative success with KnowBe4’s explosive growth and incredible innovation in this market will, I believe, make us an unstoppable force in the crusade against mediocrity in training and awareness.”

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Warm regards,
Stu Sjouwerman,
Founder and CEO, KnowBe4, Inc.

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