| security awareness training (5)

by Mitnick Security | 03.08.2017 | 3 min

Explosive Growth Rocket’s KnowBe4 Up the Cybersecurity 500

KnowBe4, provider of the most popular integrated platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing, announced it has climbed up the Cybersecurity 500 to claim a top spot at #38) on the d...

Speaking Engagements, Steve Morgan, Stu Sjouwerman, technology, CEO fraud, Chief Hacking Officer, Cybersecurity 500, Cybersecurity Ventures, inside security threats, IT Defense, security awareness training, KnowBe4, simulated phishing, cyber attack, Data Breach, phishing, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 03.02.2017 | 2 min

Report: Security awareness training to become ‘multi-billion industry’ in 2017

KnowBe4, provider of the most popular platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing, along with Cybersecurity Ventures, a leading research and marketing intelligence firm focused on ...

Speaking Engagements, Steve Morgan, Fortune 500, Cybersecurity Ventures, Global 2000, joint security awareness report, multi-billion security industry, security awareness training, KnowBe4, simulated phishing, cyber attack, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 03.01.2017 | 2 min

SEE LIVE: Hacker at expo

The IT event IP EXPO Manchester has a hacker, Kevin Mitnick, as this year’s keynote speaker. Once one of the FBI’s Most Wanted, Mitnick is now a security consultant to the Fortune 500 and governments.

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, analytics, Fortune 500, security technology, cloud, cyber security, DevOos, EMEA, government security, IoT, security awareness training, security consultant, IPExpo Manchester, AI, cyber attack, Bradley Maule-ffinch, Open Source, Kevin Mitnick, Networks and Infrastructure

by Mitnick Security | 02.28.2017 | 2 min

Report: Hackers Take Less than 6 Hours on Average to Compromise Targets

Most hackers can compromise a target in less than six hours, according to a survey of hackers and penetration testers released Tuesday by security awareness training firm KnowBe4.

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, exfiltrating data, penetration testing, The Black Report, DefCon, custom tools, hackers, security awareness training, intrusion detection, KnowBe4, Los Angeles, Mitnick Security, vulnerability scanners, Black Hat USA, breach protection, open source tools, phishing, HostingCon Global 2017, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 02.25.2017 | 4 min

Hackers Prey on Peoples’ Curiosity, Ignorance

Despite their link to drugs, murder, extortion—you name it–we glamorize old-time organized crime figures like Al Capone, Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. These gun-toting thugs, donning pin-striped sui...

Social Engineering, Shifu Trojan, Speaking Engagements, identify theft, Chief Hacking Officer, encryption, Carbanak, cybersecurity expert, FBI, firewalls, information theft, security awareness training, KnowBe4, malware, The Global Ghost Team, cybercriminals, Data Center World, Dyre Wolf, Cryptolocker Gang, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 02.21.2017 | 3 min

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

security training growth, Speaking Engagements, Steve Morgan, Stu Sjouwerman, human firewall, Chief Hacking Officer, Cybersecurity Ventures, security awareness training, KnowBe4, marketing intelligence, simulated phishing, ransomware, research, Kevin Mitnick, malicious cyberattacks

by Mitnick Security | 02.15.2017 | 3 min

Time to Stop Shaming Phishing Victims

It is time to stop the blaming and shaming of phishing victims. Granted, end users should know better than to click on random attachments, but crooks are getting better at crafting clever emails that ...