Security

KnowBe4: security awareness training, simulated phishing effective in reducing cybersecurity risk

The new KnowBe4 white paper, “Data Confirms Value of Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing”, is based on the largest analysis of its kind. TAMPA BAY, Fla. — (Oct. 30, 2023) KnowBe4, a ...
Business Wire

KnowBe4’s Annual Phishing Benchmarking Report Shows Focusing on the Human Element Still the Best Safeguard Against Cyber Threats

TAMPA BAY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today released its new 2024 Phishing by Industry ...
Redmond Magazine

Strategies for Using Microsoft's Attack Simulation Training

End users represent the single biggest threat to your organization's IT resources. No matter how much you might harden your systems, a security incident is never more than a single click away when end ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Adds More User Phishing Details to Attack Simulation Training Service

Microsoft's Attack Simulation Training product now shows more information about how users interacted with simulated phishing attacks, per a Tuesday announcement. IT pros now get additional information ...
Security

KnowBe4 report reveals security training reduces global phishing click rates by 86%

KnowBe4 today launched its “Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report 2025,” which measures an organization’s Phish-prone Percentage (PPP)—the percentage of employees likely to fall for social ...
Government Technology

Ohio Offers Phishing Simulation Training to Election Staffers

In a move intended to thwart attacks, the Secretary of State’s Cyber Defense Team has expanded its drills to help election ...
EurekAlert!

USF study finds smarter way to train employees to thwart phishing scams

TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 3, 2025) – Companies often send out simulated – or fake – phishing emails to employees to see who takes the bait and click. Those who fall for such scams typically receive an ...
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How Effective Is Corporate Cybersecurity Training? Not Very, It Seems

Cybersecurity-awareness training might not help employees avoid phishing attacks, a recent study suggests. The study involved nearly 20,000 employees at UC San Diego Health, a large California ...
Forbes

Six Things To Consider When Designing Your Cybersecurity Awareness Training Program

When it comes to cybersecurity, there’s so much emphasis centered on technology—keeping networks, devices and IT environments safe—that organizations often forget hackers aren’t always targeting ...
EurekAlert!

Cybersecurity training programs don’t prevent employees from falling for phishing scams

Cybersecurity training programs as implemented today by most large companies do little to reduce the risk that employees will fall for phishing scams–the practice of sending malicious emails posing as ...
Business Wire

KnowBe4 Analysis Finds Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing Effective in Reducing Cybersecurity Risk

TAMPA BAY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced it has released a new analysis of the ...