KnowBe4 will be hosting its 2nd annual virtual cybersecurity conference, KB4-CON EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). The virtual event will be held on 6 October this year. KB4-CON EMEA is designed for CISOs, security awareness training administrators and all other cybersecurity professionals. Morning sessions, from 10:00am to 1:30pm, areRead More…
The ongoing stress of the global pandemic, war, inflation and global uncertainty has made it difficult for people to manage everyday decision-making. As a recent survey by the APA (https://bit.ly/3CcB0PR) found, one third of people have such high stress levelsRead More…
KnowBe4 has released the most frequently clicked phishing methods, including the top email subjects clicked on in phishing tests. Half of those that were clicked on had subject lines related to Human Resources, including vacation policy updates, dress code changes, and upcoming performance reviews. The other top category was ITRead More…
Cyberextortion remains an ongoing threat in sub-Saharan Africa with data leakages and targeted attacks in top two positions; Growing investment into connectivity and IoT increasing the cybercrime attack surface; There is a linear relationship between GDP and cybercrime. The KnowBe4 and IDC Impact of Cyberextortion on Africa report released inRead More…
KnowBe4 has released the new 2022 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organization’s Phish-prone Percentage (PPP), which indicates how many of their employees are likely to fall for phishing or a social engineering scam. With ransomware payments averaging $580,000 in 2021 and business email compromise (BEC) losses toppingRead More…
KnowBe4, a provider of security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has announced a new KnowBe4 Research report, which finds that increasing the frequency of security awareness training improves reactions to security breaches by enhancing the understanding of security instructions. In this report, KnowBe4 examined how clearly security instructions areRead More…
Africa is on the radar of the world’s cyber criminals, and with social engineering and phishing among the most common attack vectors, public awareness and training will have to be stepped up to prevent organisations and individuals across the continent from suffering significant losses.Read More…
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, will be hosting KB4-CON EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), an extension of the highly successful KB4-CON U.S. event, which attracted over 10,000 registrants. The completely virtual, highly engaging, cybersecurity-focused event is designed for any CISO,Read More…
