Sharky Awards to recognize organizations and individuals who demonstrate excellence in all facets of human risk management
KnowBe4, the world-renowned cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, today announced it opened nominations for its seventh annual Sharky Awards, which will recognize organizations and individuals for excellence in their unique approaches to human risk management. 
The Sharky Awards, which focus on the theme of phishing, are a fun way to honor organizations and individuals who have gone above and beyond in their cybersecurity mitigation efforts. The award categories for 2025 include:
- Best Security Awareness Plan
- Best Compliance Training Program
- Top Product Advocate
- Best User Story
- Best Phishing Template
- Best Phishing Campaign
- Best Landing Page
- Most Improved Security Culture
- KnowBe4 Community Champion
“The KnowBe4 Sharky Awards recognize organizations and individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in creating a strong security culture by utilizing human risk management strategies,” said Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4. “We encourage nominations from those who are leading the charge in transforming employees from potential vulnerabilities into an organization's last line of defense against cybercrime. We look forward to celebrating these success stories during our annual, in-person KB4-CON 2025 user conference.”
Only KnowBe4 customers in the U.S. and Canada are eligible to receive a Sharky. Each winner will also receive a US $500 Amazon gift card. The Sharky award winners will be recognized at KnowBe4’s KB4-CON 2025 user conference in Orlando, FL, USA, taking place April 7-9, 2025. Nominations will close on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
To submit a nomination for the 2025 KnowBe4 Sharky Awards, please fill out the nomination form.
About KnowBe4
KnowBe4 empowers workforces to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by over 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 helps to strengthen security culture and manage human risk. KnowBe4 offers a comprehensive AI-driven ‘best-of-suite’ platform for Human Risk Management, creating an adaptive defense layer that fortifies user behavior against the latest cybersecurity threats. The HRM+ platform includes modules for awareness & compliance training, cloud email security, real-time coaching, crowdsourced anti-phishing, AI Defense Agents, and more. As the only global security platform of its kind, KnowBe4 utilizes personalized and relevant cybersecurity protection content, tools and techniques to mobilize workforces to transform from the largest attack surface to an organization’s biggest asset.
