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Ransomware Hostage Rescue Manual

Get the most complete Ransomware Manual packed with actionable info that you need to have to prevent infections, and what to do when you are hit with ransomware.

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CEO Fraud Prevention Manual

CEO Fraud Prevention Manual

CEO fraud is responsible for over $26 billion in losses.
Don’t be the next victim. The CEO Fraud Prevention Manual provides a thorough overview of how executives are compromised, how to prevent such an attack and what to do if you become a victim.

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2024 Security Culture Report

Download the 2024 Security Culture Report from KnowBe4 Research for deep insight into how your organization's security culture compares to organizations in your industry and region.

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Security Awareness Training and Real-Time Security Coaching; The Perfect Combination

Download this whitepaper to understand the six ways real-time security coaching reinforces your security awareness training and how it will allow your organization to truly measure and quantify human risk.

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The Future of Phishing Defense: AI Meets Crowdsourcing

Download this whitepaper to explore how you can combine the smart use of AI with hard-won human intelligence to mitigate phishing threats.

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Overcoming The Phishing Tsunami: A Game-Changing Strategy For Stopping Phishing

This white paper outlines the challenges associated with using manually-driven workflows to identify and mitigate phishing emails and how the right SOAR product can provide AI-powered, automated identification and proactive mitigation of phishing emails.

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Building A Compliance Training Roadmap With Compliance Plus

Download this whitepaper to learn best practices for building a year-long compliance training program with included roadmaps to help you along the way.

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Building a Regulation-Resilient Security Awareness Program

Download this whitepaper to explore strategies for security awareness programs designed to stand the test of time as cybersecurity regulations evolve.

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The Role of AI in Email Security

This Osterman Research report outlines how threats actors have embraced AI and other advanced methods to launch phishing attacks that can bypass traditional email security filters, and how organizations are now embracing AI to strengthen their defenses.

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Critical Considerations When Evaluating SAT Vendors

This white paper provides seven critical capabilities any SAT vendor should provide and an overview of how the market continues to evolve and capabilities to ensure future success.

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The 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report

The 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report compiles results from the fifth annual study by KnowBe4 and reveals at-risk users across 19 industries that are susceptible to phishing or social engineering attacks. Taking it a step further, the research reveals radical drops in careless clicking after 90 days and 12 months of simulated phishing testing and security awareness training using the KnowBe4 platform.

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7 Social Engineering Threats That Real-Time Coaching Helps Mitigate

In this whitepaper, learn the seven most common social engineering threats that a real-time security coaching tool helps mitigate and how it reinforces your security awareness training program to build a stronger security culture within your organization.

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Comprehensive Anti-Phishing Guide E-Book

Spear phishing emails remain a top attack vector for cybercriminals, yet most companies still don’t have an effective strategy to stop them. This enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more. Don’t get caught in a phishing net! Learn how to avoid having your end users take the bait.

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12+ Ways to Hack Two-Factor Authentication

All multi-factor authentication (MFA) mechanisms can be compromised, and in some cases, it's as simple as sending a traditional phishing email. Want to know how to defend against MFA hacks? This whitepaper covers over a dozen different ways to hack various types of MFA and how to defend against those attacks.

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What Your Password Policy Should Be

Download this comprehensive guide to crafting password policies that mitigate as much risk as possible for both your employees and your organization.

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The Security Culture How-to Guide

Download this how-to guide to explore the fundamentals of security culture and what steps you can take to move the culture needle in your organization.

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Better Together: Security Awareness and Compliance Training

Download this whitepaper to learn four strategies for delivering a cohesive training experience combining security awareness and compliance training.

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The Power of the PhishER Blocklist

In this whitepaper, learn how the blocklist feature in PhishER, KnowBe4’s lightweight security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) tool, helps make the most of its machine-learning capabilities through user input.

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4 Reasons Why SecurityCoach Helps Users Help Themselves

In this whitepaper, learn how KnowBe4’s SecurityCoach tool helps strengthen your security culture by enabling real-time coaching of your users in response to their risky security behavior and helps them learn from their mistakes.

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Buyer's Guide: Using SOAR in Your Automated Incident Response Plan

In this buyer's guide, produced by SC Media, learn what a Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform is and how it can help your organization, with KnowBe4's PhishER platform used as an example.

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Winter 2024 G2 Grid Report for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) Software

KnowBe4’s PhishER platform has been included in the Winter 2024 G2 Grid Report for SOAR Software and named the #1 Leader for 11 consecutive quarters, based on 253 customer reviews. Read this complimentary report to view customer scores across SOAR vendors based on ease of use, quality of support, ease of admin and more.

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Winter 2024 G2 Grid Report for Security Awareness Training

KnowBe4 has been included in the Winter 2024 G2 Grid Report and named the #1 Leader for 18 consecutive quarters, based on 1,455 customer reviews. Read this complimentary report to view customer scores across security awareness training vendors based on ease of use, likelihood to recommend, support and more.

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9 Cognitive Biases Hackers Exploit the Most

In this whitepaper, explore how a better understanding of how hackers are duping employees can help you identify potential cognitive biases, deliver training that actually changes behaviors, and cut down on security incidents.

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2023 African Cybersecurity and Awareness Report

Download this report to explore whether people living on the African continent are prepared for current cyberthreats, what the state of cryptocurrency and blockchain security is, and how organizations instill security culture throughout Africa.

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Striving for 100% Completion Rates: Getting Compliance on Your Compliance Training

Download this whitepaper to explore best practices collected from working with numerous customers that are achieving 100% compliance completion rates with their training campaigns.

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Survey Report: Why Compliance Training is a Vital Part of Successful HR Initiatives

In this original research report, produced by Osterman Research, explore the top hurdles HR managers face and how a holistic approach to employee compliance training can help.

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5 Ways PhishER Saves You Time and Money

In this whitepaper, learn how PhishER, KnowBe4’s industry-leading Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform, brings the perfect mix of features and functionality together to make the most out of your infosec team’s efforts.

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Obtaining and Maintaining Executive Support for Your Security Awareness Training Program

Download this whitepaper to learn steps you can take to put yourself in the best possible position to get the support you need when seeking executive buy-in for your security awareness training program.

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Survey Report: The 2022 State of Privacy Compliance in the U.S.

Download this original research report, produced by Osterman Research, to explore how mid-size and large organizations in the U.S. are preparing for ever-emerging privacy regulations and what work still needs doing.

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2022 State of Employee Compliance Training Report

Download the 2022 State of Employee Compliance Training Report for insights into how compliance managers are handling the challenges inherent in delivering engaging compliance training.

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Cybersecurity Solutions for a Riskier World

Gain insight into industry trends and learn practical steps you can take to be more risk-ready, human-centric and risk-based with the Cybersecurity Solutions for a Riskier World report, co-sponsored by KnowBe4.

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Why Engaging and Varied Content Is Vital for Security Awareness Training Success

Download this whitepaper to explore the value of a security awareness training initiative that incorporates engaging and varied content.

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2022 Security Culture Report

The 2022 Security Culture Report from KnowBe4 Research gives you deep insight into your organization's security culture with objective scientific research.

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Using GRC To Get Both Compliance and Real Security at The Same Time

Download this whitepaper to explore how compliance and security differ and learn how you can both be compliant and efficiently reduce real risk at the same time.

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The Forrester Wave™: Security Awareness and Training Solutions, Q1 2022

KnowBe4 has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Security Awareness and Training Solutions, Q1 2022. Using a 30-criteria evaluation, the Forrester Wave report ranks 11 vendors in the security awareness and training market based on their current offering, strategy, and market presence. KnowBe4 received the highest scores possible in 16 of the 30 evaluation criteria, including breadth of content coverage, security culture measurement, and customer support and success.

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Security Culture Maturity Model

Download the industry’s first maturity model specifically geared to measure security culture to visualize your current level of security culture and plan the steps required to progress from one level to the next.

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Building a Security Awareness Program to Help Defend Against Cyber Extortion and Ransomware

Download this whitepaper for actionable advice on building a security awareness program focused on preparing your workforce to understand, recognize and defend against cyber extortionists and ransomware.

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KnowBe4 Remote Working in Africa Survey

The KnowBe4 2021 Africa Remote Work Survey examined how remote working has influenced business processes, security risks and controls in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.

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The Wrong and Right Way to Do Security Culture Surveys

In this whitepaper, Joanna Huisman, KnowBe4’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Insights and Research, explores what it means to develop and deploy a meaningful security culture survey and the benefits it can bring to your security awareness training initiative.

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Survey Report: How to Comply With the CPRA

Download this original research report, produced by Osterman Research, to explore how mid-size and large organizations have prepared for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and what steps still need to be taken to comply with the coming California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

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10 Tips to Run a Successful Compliance Training Program

Download this whitepaper for advice on bringing your compliance training efforts to the next level, authored by KnowBe4 SVP of Training Innovation John Just.

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Cybersecurity in Government

The government sector has been in the crosshairs of cybercriminals for decades. If you manage cybersecurity issues at a government institution, download this whitepaper to learn practical advice and information to help you protect your organization from the ravages of ransomware and other cyber threats.

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2021 State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report

Download the 2021 State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report for insights into how much employees know and how they put what they know into action taken from a survey of more than 1,000 U.S.-based employees.

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Survey Report: The Need for Next-Generation Compliance Training

Download this research report, produced by Osterman Research, to explore the limitations and opportunities of the current-state approach to compliance training and learn takeaways for improving such training in your organization.

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The Root Causes of Ransomware

The key to mitigating ransomware is understanding that it is not your real problem. It is the outcome of your real problem, which is often related to social engineering and phishing. Download this whitepaper to explore the root causes of ransomware based on a review of industry research and learn tips for mitigating ransomware risk in your organization.

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2021 Cyberthreat Defense Report

The eighth annual 2021 Cyberthreat Defense Report, published by the cybersecurity research and marketing firm CyberEdge Group, is a survey of 1,200 IT security decision makers across six geographic regions: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Learn how your IT peers in these regions dealt with a variety of cyberthreats by downloading this report!

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Example Security Awareness Training Policy Guide

Like any cyber risk mitigation strategy, security awareness training works best when procedures are written down to ensure your team walks through the necessary steps as efficiently as possible. Download this free guide to learn why a dedicated security awareness training policy is important and how to craft one that works for your organization.

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Forrester TEI Study: ROI and Combined Benefits of KnowBe4 & PhishER

Read this commissioned Total Economic Impact™ study for an in-depth look at Forrester Consulting’s analysis and detailed walk-through of KnowBe4's impact on a global enterprise customer. The resulting research assesses the cost savings, productivity gains, and business benefits the KnowBe4 and PhishER platforms can deliver. How does a three-year 276% ROI with a less than three-month payback sound?

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Building an Effective and Comprehensive Security Awareness Program

This paper will help break down the critical components of a successful security awareness program and connect them together into something comprehensive, continuous and engaging.

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Cybersecurity in Education

Schools and universities are treasure troves of information worth its weight in gold to hackers. If you manage cybersecurity issues at an educational institution, download this whitepaper to explore vital information and learn need-to-know advice to help you shore up your cyber defenses.

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How Security Culture Invokes Secure Behavior

In this groundbreaking new research, KnowBe4 has been able to validate the link between security culture and secure behavior. Though it has been suspected that the two are intertwined, until now, it has never been proven with data. Improving one's security culture directly translates into more secure employee behaviors and to the overall reduction of organizational risk.

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How to Reduce the Risk of Phishing and Ransomware

Wave after wave of phishing attacks and rampant ransomware infections continue to keep even the most hardened information security professional up at night. Read this original research report that surveyed cybersecurity professionals to learn how they’re combating these threats and why a multi-layered approach to cybersecurity is important.

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Security Awareness Training as a Key Element in Changing the Security Culture

Cybersecurity technology can go only so far. Because bad actors increasingly target your users of these systems and services, your users must be equipped to deal with a growing variety of threats directed at them. Strong security awareness training is essential in protecting your organization from security threats and the damage they can cause.

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Stand-Alone Product Versus Product Suite

A common IT security dilemma is whether buying a stand-alone best-of-breed product or service is a better decision than buying functionality that is bundled-in with a larger, multi product vendor. Read this whitepaper to learn the key points you need to know before choosing Best of Breed vs. “Integrated Solution”.

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The Economic Impact of Cyber Attacks on Municipalities

The average cybersecurity breach costs U.S. states between $665,000 to $40.53 million. Cyber attacks continue to have a massive impact on state and local governments across the U.S. The data in this report reveals that state and local governments are struggling to keep their heads above water. Take a deep dive into this report to see the economic impacts that cyber attacks are having on municipalities and actionable steps you can take to help stop them.

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Furloughed Workers: Threats, Anxiety, and Staying Away From Work

This study of 1,000 furloughed employees in the UK and Ireland looks at their attitudes towards email and phishing. The topics include existing business continuity procedures while they're furloughed, attitudes toward email security, and the emotional impact of Britain's millions of recently-abandoned inboxes.

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The Rise of Security Culture

In November 2019, KnowBe4 commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate security culture across global enterprises. The study found that 94% of respondents said security culture is important for business success. Read this study to learn about the key findings and recommendations to achieve a strong security culture within your organization.

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Best Practices for Implementing Security Awareness Training

Osterman Research developed this whitepaper to understand the current state of security awareness training through an in-depth survey of security professionals, and to offer advice about best practices that organizations should consider as they develop a robust training program for their employees.

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Fortifying Your Organization's Last Layer of Defense

Cyber security threats continue to proliferate and become more costly to businesses that suffer a data breach. Download this whitepaper to learn how to best combat these threats including 5 recommended actions you can take to fortify your organization's last layer of security - your employees.

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The Phishing Breakthrough Point

Utilizing security awareness computer based training and phishing security tests can be effective tools to reduce unintentional insider threats. However, if robust metrics are not put in place, phishing tests can create organizational social engineering blind spots. Find out more about the breakthrough point in an organization's phishing awareness level.

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How to Transform Employee Worst Practices Into Enterprise Best Practices

Bad actors are just one gullible user click away from staging an all-out invasion on your network. Get clear direction on how to go about improving your organization’s security posture against social engineering attacks.

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The Ultimate Spear Phishing Defense

This whitepaper explains the problem of spear phishing and how Advanced Persistent Threats use this attack vector against organizations with devastating consequences.

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7 Social Engineering Threats That Real-Time Coaching Helps Mitigate

In this whitepaper, learn the seven most common social engineering threats that a real-time security coaching tool helps mitigate and how it reinforces your security awareness training program to build a stronger security culture within your organization.

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