KnowBe4

MAY 7, 2024

New data from Verizon makes it clear that the Education sector is under attack, but also breaks down which threat actions and patterns are used most.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 28, 2024

It's a great honor for KnowBe4 to be named the Cyber Security Educator of the Year at the prestigious IT Europa Channel Awards 2024.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Stay away from using these tactics when trying to educate employees about risk.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 15, 2024

Organizations have spent millions developing and implementing cutting-edge technologies to bolster their defenses against such threats, and many already have security awareness campaigns, so why are we failing to stop these attacks? People also have a slow, deliberate and analytical thought process, called System 2.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In response to continuing waves of data breaches and network disruptions, companies have made a concerted effort and poured substantial resources into promoting data security awareness among employees, suppliers and clients. Cybersecurity education for kids is therefore a smart investment. Investing in the future.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Security awareness and policies are essential, but without substantial investment in security, network analysis, regular security audits and collaboration with researchers like the Citizen Lab these cases would not have been detected.” ” concludes the report. ” concludes the report.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 27, 2025

73% of educational institutions in the UK have sustained at least one cyberattack or breach in the past five years, according to researchers at ESET.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Try these tricks for devising an education program that gets employees invested — and stays with them after the training is over.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. Create security awareness for employees. One of the most important ways to protect against data breaches is to increase employee security awareness.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Organizations should focus their security awareness and training efforts towards educating their userbases on how to differentiate between each type of phishing attack, and strive to build phishing resiliency over time using routine simulated exercises that mimic real-life attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in the day, security training was largely reserved for IT security specialists and then extended to include IT personnel in general. These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Key Differentiators.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Institute of International Education and Inflection Point Systems recognized for their advanced security awareness and training programs.

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KnowBe4

MAY 22, 2024

I recently heard another heartbreaking story of students who were scammed out of financial aid by a phishing attack. We have also heard stories of employment scams and social media based attacks where students fell victim to cybercriminals.

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IT Governance

MARCH 29, 2018

Organisations’ second biggest concern is their employees’ lack of security awareness, according to CyberEdge’s 2018 Cyberthreat Defense Report. This is the first time in five years that poor security awareness hasn’t topped the list – with ‘lack of skilled personnel’ nabbing the top spot. The good news is that 86.9%

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Targeted Sector Vulnerabilities: Financial Services, IT, Healthcare, Education, and Government sectors have emerged as primary targets, with attackers fine-tuning their strategies to exploit specific vulnerabilities within these industries.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2022

Twenty years ago, Saturday Night Live nailed a tendency in IT to be overly absorbed in tech-speak and to do a poor job of educating users. A recent experience highlighted that security awareness training and most alerts to users about unsafe practices may be making the error of being too general.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2021

The question isn’t whether we should educate children about online safety, but how we can best inspire them to learn to be thoughtful, careful, and safe in the cyber world for their lifetime. As adults, we know that bad online decisions can have negative or dangerous effects for years to come.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In today’s technological world, educating people about cybersecurity awareness is an absolute necessity. These errors are not always entirely preventable, as some level of human error is inevitable, but proper training in cybersecurity awareness can greatly decrease the likelihood of human mistakes leading to data breaches.

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KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

What do cheese, fish and cybersecurity training have in common? Each of these comes together to help keep kids informed about cyber threats and cybersecurity best practices with KnowBe4’s first ever entry into the Roblox gaming platform: Hack-A-Cat!

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KnowBe4

AUGUST 5, 2019

My colleagues at MediaPRO and I have historically had loads to say about the importance of security awareness, and there’s always more to say on that subject. More and more I’m hearing talk of “culture change” and of “creating security cultures”—conversations that go well beyond mere awareness. I’m sure you’re asking.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 19, 2023

Africa’s largest law firm ordered to pay R5.5 million to a woman who fell victim to a hacking syndicate. When Judith Hawarden was buying a house, hackers changed the bank account number in a PDF emailed to her by ENSafrica, the law firm handling the conveyancing.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. In addition, the report highlights the threats, trends, and key takeaways of threats observed and reported into 0xSI_f33d.

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KnowBe4

MAY 21, 2019

Here’s another, this one offering four pieces of advice for security awareness training managers based on the findings of the DBIR. Educate the Execs. This means security awareness managers cannot exempt executives from training. We’ve got more ideas on how to use real phishing emails to educate here.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 13, 2023

But in general, security awareness training (SAT) programs should strive to win “hearts and minds” and proponents versus opponents. Doing simulated phishing tests is the best way to educate your workforce about various social engineering threats. There are thousands of topics to choose from.

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IT Governance

JULY 25, 2024

The Standard also has a requirement for security awareness training. This blog explains what the PCI DSS requirements are for staff awareness training, to whom they apply and how to prove compliance. What are the PCI DSS requirements for security awareness training? Is the content of the programme adequate?

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 31, 2023

The informative and educational series has already looked at topics such as AI and whether ChatGPT could conduct a cyberattack, discussions around Hornetsecurity’s recent compliance survey, as well as a conversation with Microsoft Certified Trainer on how secure Microsoft 365 actually is.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As insurers become more educated on what a “secure organization” looks like, they are tightening their requirements that puts the onus on organizations to be more secure.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

PhishMe’s online forum provides a series of scenarios, landing pages, attachments and educational pages. This is a platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing tests focusing on the problem of social-engineering. Employees can account for any suspicious emails, through an easy report feature, Knowbe4.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2018

[…] The approach should be two-fold, focused on balancing education with a robust technological safety net. All organisations should conduct staff awareness courses to educate employees on how phishing scams work and what they can do to mitigate the risk. Find out more about our Security Awareness Programme >>

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KnowBe4

APRIL 4, 2023

Security solutions will help stop most attacks, but for those that make it past scanners, your users need to play a role in spotting and stopping BEC, VEC and phishing attacks themselves – something taught through security awareness training combined with frequent simulated phishing and other social engineering tests.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 28, 2023

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." New-school security awareness training with simulated phishing tests enables your employees to recognize increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks and builds a strong security culture. We must ask: 'Is the email expected? Is the from address legit?

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2018

This is where staff security education comes in. Successful security awareness programmes provide more than just information. More key requirements of a successful security awareness programme: It must be designed specifically for the audience the organisation is trying to reach.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The plummeting price of Bitcoin in 2018, combined with the growth of users’ overall security awareness and better protection practices, caused ransomware operators to rethink their strategies. It vanished from the radar in June 2018, when the ransomware plague took another sharp turn.

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IT Governance

MARCH 15, 2019

Watch the video below to hear what Geraint had to say about educating employees, the ever-changing threat landscape, and the importance of information and cyber security awareness at all levels of an organisation. How can you increase employee awareness?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

You’ve got to go down to a fundamental level, which is educating your developers. What if you had security-aware developers who could actually write better code in the first place? That would certainly help, and not just in reducing the number of vulnerabilities found.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For more information, see CISA’s Malware, Phishing, and Ransomware and Security-by-Design and -Default webpages. High on the list of mitigations, they recommend user training "Implement user training on social engineering and phishing attacks [CPG 2.I]. We could not agree more.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

CONTINUED] at the KnowBe4 blog: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. This attack illustrates the importance of a defense-in-depth strategy with a combination of technical defenses, security policies and employee training.

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