Press Releases

EY Announces Stu Sjouwerman of KnowBe4  Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award Finalist in Florida

EY today announced that CEO Stu Sjouwerman of KnowBe4 is a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award in Florida. The awards program, which is celebrating its 31st year, recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Stu Sjouwerman was selected as a finalist by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala on June 23 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate.

KnowBe4 Reports Record Q1 2017 Performance; Provides Essential Way to Help Clients Manage Corporate Risk

Demand for its New-School Security Awareness Training and Phishing Platform Drives 16^th-Straight Quarterly Increase and 261% YoY Growth

 KnowBe4, provider of the most popular platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing attacks, continues its mission to reduce the amount of human error plaguing the IT security industry. The company today announced record results for its Q1 2017, increasing overall year-over-year (YoY) sales growth of 261 percent. This marks the 16^th-straight quarter of growth, driven by a continually increasing demand for its new-school approach to security awareness training because of its effective approach. This quarter-over-quarter growth fuels company expansion as it continues to develop unique and effective ways to turn employees into a “‘human firewall” that can recognize and avoid cyber threats, therefore reducing corporate risk.

KnowBe4 Appoints Former Gartner Research Analyst Perry Carpenter as Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer

Carpenter will help guide innovation and evolve KnowBe4’s ‘new-school’ approach to the human element of security

Antivirus Ineffective in Preventing Ransomware According to KnowBe4 Survey

Survey Showed 33 Percent of Respondents Experienced Ransomware Attacks; Reported an Average of 12 Hours of User Downtime

Global Spending on Security Awareness Training Predicted to Reach $10 Billion by 2027

Research from Cybersecurity Ventures and KnowBe4 Shows Security Awareness Training Will Be a Fundamental Part of Cyber-Defense Strategies by 2021  

KnowBe4 Introduces New “Social Engineering Indicators” Training Method

KnowBe4 introduces a new training method that IT managers can use to better manage continually increasing social engineering threats.

KnowBe4 Aims to Change the Face of Security Awareness Training

Company announces game-changing strategic alliance with The Security Awareness Co; Launches ModStore to offer customers the world’s largest library of security awareness training content

KnowBe4 Has Explosive Year-Over-Year Sales Increase of 298% for Q4 2016

Ransomware and CEO fraud fuels demand for its integrated security awareness training and phishing platform

KnowBe4 and Barracuda Team Up to Educate and Protect Users Against Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4 and Barracuda Deliver Integrated Solution for Security Awareness Training and Advanced Threat Protection for Organizations

KnowBe4 Aims to Take a Bite out of CEO Fraud Cash Cow

“Phishing Reply Tracking” will help combat sophisticated phishing attacks and educate employees to identify techniques that evade security software