World's Most Famous Hacker Raises $8 Million To Play In Billion Dollar Security Awareness Training Market



Infamous Computer hacker Kevin Mitnick appears outside Los Angeles Federal Court building June 26, 2000 after making a formal appeal against a court order which prevents him from using a computer. (Photo by Dan Callister/Newsmakers)Hi Guys, this is too good to miss. Check out this brand new article in Forbes Magazine. They started out with: 

"Kevin Mitnick was once the world’s most wanted hacker. Today he is Chief Hacking Officer at KnowBe4 – a security training firm – which announced yesterday they raised $8 million in series A funding in order to accelerate their product development, marketing and sales.

"KnowBe4 worked for 8 months to distill Mitnick’s 30+ years first-hand hacking experience into a 30-minute online training for employees in an office environment. This became the Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training which ensures that employees are properly trained to deal with frequent hacking attacks and can spot social engineering red flags.

"KnowBe4 is looking to cash in on the fast-growing security awareness training market. Gartner has said the security awareness training market exceeds $1 billion in annual revenue (globally), and is growing approximately 13% year."

Here is the link to the whole article!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemorgan/2016/02/03/worlds-most-famous-hacker-raises-8-million-to-play-in-billion-dollar-training-market/#49ec5b18e407

 




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