KnowBe4 has released the KnowBe4 Program Maturity Assessment (PMA), a free, strategic tool designed to help IT and cybersecurity leaders measure and improve their organisation’s security culture. As human actions are targeted and exploited by attackers with increased sophistication, organisations need clarity on what is working and how to measure improvement. According to KnowBe4’s Security Culture: How-To
KnowBe4 has shared new survey findings that highlight a severe AI governance gap amongst employees from Germany, South Africa, the Netherlands, France, the UK and the US. The new survey reveals that while a large majority of employees already engage with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools at work, a strikingly low percentage are aware of their
KnowBe4 has announced that TrustRadius has recognised KnowBe4 with multiple 2025 Top Rated Awards. KnowBe4’s Security Awareness Training won in the Security Awareness Training category, PhishER won in Incident Response, Security Orchestration Automation and Response, and Phishing Detection and Response categories and for the first time ever, Compliance Plus won in both the eLearning Content
KnowBe4 has launched its “Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report 2025,” which measures an organisation’s Phish-prone Percentage (PPP) — the percentage of employees likely to fall for social engineering or phishing attacks, indicating the organisation’s overall susceptibility to phishing threats. This year’s report found a baseline PPP of 32.9% in the UK&I, which is in line with
KnowBe4 has announced a prediction that agentic AI ransomware will become a new threat in the near future, recognised on International Anti-Ransomware Day. Ransomware demands and payments escalated in 2024, with average payments reaching $2.73 million. International Anti-Ransomware Day serves as a platform to raise awareness globally about the dangers of ransomware and the best practices
KnowBe4 has announced that cybersecurity industry veteran Bryan Palma has been appointed president and chief executive officer of KnowBe4, effective May 5. As a result of the move, KnowBe4’s founder and current chief executive officer Stu Sjouwerman has transitioned to the role of executive chairman. Palma is a highly regarded technology executive with over twenty-five
KnowBe4 has released its Q1 2025 Phishing Report, which reveals the most deceptive email subjects users click in phishing simulations, indicating HR and IT-related emails account for over 60% of top-clicked phishing emails. All data for this report was taken from the KnowBe4 HRM+ platform between January 1, 2025, and March 31, 2025. KnowBe4’s Q1 2025
KnowBe4 has released its “Global Retail Report 2025,” revealing a notable shift in cybercriminal tactics targeting the retail sector. The report finds that credential harvesting, which is often orchestrated through phishing attacks, has become the predominant threat, accounting for 38% of all compromised data in 2023, while payment card data theft dropped to 25%. The
KnowBe4 has released new research indicating that while 86% of employees believe they can confidently identify phishing emails, nearly half have fallen for scams. The study, which surveyed professionals across the UK, USA, Germany, France, Netherlands, and South Africa, reveals a growing gap between confidence and competence in identifying cyber threats. Notably, South Africa leads
KnowBe4 has released a new white paper that provides data-driven evidence on the effectiveness of security awareness training (SAT) in reducing data breaches. Over 17,500 data breaches from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse database were analysed along with KnowBe4’s extensive customer data to quantify the impact of SAT on organisational cybersecurity. This research provides an in-depth
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