KnowBe4
“You could spend a fortune purchasing technology and services, and your network infrastructure could still remain vulnerable to old-fashioned manipulation.”
—Kevin Mitnick (KnowBe4’s Chief Hacking Officer)
KnowBe4 Mission
KnowBe4 enables your workforce to make smarter security decisions, every day.
(Updated January 3, 2023)
KnowBe4 Philosophy
We are happy to go against the grain. We’re not a company that turns out bloatware year after year. We don’t work with only the bottom line in mind. And we feel fine with all that.
We’re a team of free-thinking techies, who look at IT security issues a little differently. Where other IT security companies may value profits, we value, well…security, and a strong human firewall. We help you build a strong security culture.
Our rules are: “Do it right the first time, do it fast, and have fun while you do it”. We work like
At KnowBe4, we support and stand behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. All human beings should be treated with decency, kindness and respect.
We’re not just a different kind of security company, we are a security company that together with you, makes a difference.
KnowBe4 In 30 Seconds
Forrester Research has named KnowBe4 a Leader in Forrester Wave For Security Awareness and Training Solutions for several years in a row. KnowBe4 received the highest scores possible in 17 of the 23 evaluation criteria, including learner content and go-to-market approach.
KnowBe4 is the world’s first and largest New-school security awareness training and simulated phishing platform that helps you manage the ongoing problem of social engineering.
We also provide powerful add-on products like PhishER and SecurityCoach to prevent bad actors to get in your networks, and extremely popular compliance training that saves you significant budget dollars.
The KnowBe4 platform is user-friendly and intuitive. It was built to scale for busy IT pros that have 16 other fires to put out. Our goal was to design the most powerful, yet easy-to-use platform available.
Customers of all sizes can get the KnowBe4 platform deployed into production twice as fast as our competitors. Our Customer Success team gets you going in no time, without the need for consulting hours.
We are proud of the fact that almost 50% of our team are women, where the average in cyber security is just 20% of employees.
“The adage is true that the security systems have to win every time, the attacker only has to win once.”
—Dustin Dykes
Interested in Learning More?
Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore
Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate, you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.
KnowBe4 is your platform for new-school security awareness training. We help you keep your users on their toes with security top of mind. With this integrated platform you can train and phish your users, see their Phish-prone percentage™ improve over time and get measurable results.
You get on-demand, interactive, engaging training through the browser combined with unlimited simulated social engineering attacks through email, phone and text.
Your KnowBe4 subscription gives you access to the world’s largest security awareness training library with always-fresh content.
You can choose from dozens of categories with thousands of real-world, known-to-work phishing templates in 34 languages.
With our platform you can use unique features like Advanced Reporting, the powerful Smart Groups, new Virtual Risk Officer, our Automated Security Awareness Program to create your fully mature, customized program, and the powerful Active Directory Integration for easy and fast user management.
KnowBe4 is a great way to manage the ongoing problem of social engineering.
Find out how affordable this is for your organization and be pleasantly surprised.
Awards Showcase & Industry Recognition
2023
• Energage Top Workplaces USA Award 2023 #1
• TrustRadius “Winter Best Of” Awards – Best Feature Set, Best Relationship and Best Value
• UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing
• CRN Channel Chief – Tony Jennings
• G2 Best Global Software Companies
• G2 Best of Security Products – PhishER
• CRN Security 100
• Best Workplaces in Berlin and Brandenburg by Great Place to Work Deutschland #8
• Tampa Bay Times Top Workplace #1
• CRN Partner Program Guide – 5-Star Rating
• Excellence in Customer Service Award Executive of the Year
• TrustRadius G2 Grid Spring 2023 #1 Leader for SOAR and Security Awareness Training platform
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Top Workplace #1
• UK’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work
• Globee Awards for Sales, Marketing, Service and Operations
• OnCon Icon Awards- Alicia Dietzen and Drew Graef
• CRN’s 2023 Women of the Channel Honors- Kirsten Esposito, Meredith Cook, Cindy Dunphy and Mandi Solone
• TrustRadius G2 Grid Summer 2023 Report for SOAR and Security Awareness Training platform
• Most Loved Workplace
• Top Workplaces for Technology Award #1
• Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials List
• UK Best Workplace™ for Women
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Fast 50
• Tech Cares Award From TrustRadius
• SC Awards for Best IT Security-Related Training Program
• Silver Telly Award for “The Inside Man” series
• Best Workplaces in Asia by Great Place To Work
• Best Workplaces in Technology List by Fortune Media and Great Place To Work
• Newsweek’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces
• TrustRadius G2 Grid Fall 2023 #1 Leader for SOAR and Security Awareness Training platform
2022
• TrustRadius Awards – Best Feature Set, Best Relationship and Best Value
• Mogul’s Top 100 DEI Leaders Award – Erika Lance
• Cybersecurity Excellence Awards Silver Winner – Stu for CEO of the Year and Gold Winner – Javvad for Blogger of the Year
• Energage #1 Top Workplace USA 2022
• OnCon Top 10 Corporate Counsel – Alicia Dietzen
• Florida Venture – Venture Backed Company of the Year
• DoD Above and Beyond Award
• Stevie Awards – Brittany Scott 2022 Woman of the Year in Sales Bronze Award
• Tampa Bay Times Top Workplace #1 Large Category
• Great Place to Work UK’s Best Workplaces list
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Best Workplace #4
• CRN Women of the Channel – Kirsten Esposito and Meredith Cook
• CRN Power 100 – Sara Valtin
• TrustRadius Top Rated
• Global InfoSec Awards – Company of the Year, CEO of the Year and Market Leader for Security Awareness Training
• Tampa Bay Business Journal CIO of the Year (honoree)- Colin Murphy
• Aetna Workplace Wellbeing Making a Difference Award- Gold Winner
• Florida Trend’s Top 100 Best Companies #7
• Fortune Best Medium Workplaces #11
• Gold Stevie Awards For Great Employers
• eSecurity Planet’s Cybersecurity Product Awards- Best Security Awareness Training
• PEOPLE Companies that Care #51
• Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology #7
• Sustainability Leadership Award
• Expert Insights- Best-Of Phishing Simulation
• Expert Insights- Best-Of Security Awareness Training
• UK’s Best Workplace in Tech
• Fortune Best Workplaces for Women #15
• TrustRadius Tech Cares Award
• Newsweek Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces
• Mogul, Inc. Top 100 Leader in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging- Chelly Conley
• TrustRadius’ Best Software List
• Singapore Best Workplaces in Technology #2
• Best Workplaces by Great Place To Work Singapore #3
• Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ Fastest-Growing Company in North America #488
• Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT
• #GirlsClub Top 25 Companies Where Women Want to Work #2
• Mogul’s Top 100 Companies with Inclusive Benefits
2021
• Tech Cares Award from TrustRadius
• FISSEA – Best Cybersecurity Blog
• Expert Insights – Best-Of Security Awareness Training
• Expert Insights – Best-Of Phishing Simulation and Testing
• Security Insider Reader’s Choice (Germany)
• Mogul Top 100 Workplaces for D&I Initiatives
• Fortune Best Small & Medium Workplaces #8
• Business Observer 40 Under 40 – Alicia Dietzen
• Computerworld and Insider Pro Top Workplace #3 Small Category
• Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials #13
• Aetna Workplace Well-being Award as a Silver Winner
• FISSEA Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Innovator Award – Stu Sjouwerman
• Glassdoor Top CEO Award – Stu Sjouwerman
• Telly Awards 2021
• Vega Digital Award 2021
• ACC Top 30-Somethings – Alicia Dietzen
• OnCon Top 25 Information Security Vendor Award
• Inc Best Workplace List
• TrustRadius Top Rated 2021
• CRN Women of the Channel – Kirsten Esposito
• CRN Security 100 Women – Sara Valtin
• Cyber Defense Magazine Top Women in Cybersecurity – Anna Collard
• Cyber Defense Magazine Market Leader in Cybersecurity Training
• Cyber Defense Magazine Market Leader in Anti-Phishing
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Best Workplace #2
• SC Awards US Best IT Security-Related Training
• Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2021 #16
• Energage Top Workplace #3
• Tampa Bay Times Top Workplace #2
• TrustRadius Awards – #1 Support, #1 Usability and #2 Feature Set
• Stevie Awards – Brittany Scott
• CRN Channel Chiefs – Tony Jennings
• Oncon Icon Award – Human Resources Professional of the Year – Erika Lance
• Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice distinctions in five categories (Large Enterprise, Midsize Enterprise, Industry Services, Asia/Pacific, and North America)
• University of San Diego Top 100 Cybersecurity Companies #2
2020
• Network Computing Award for Education and Training Provider of the Year
• Channel Vision Award
• Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials
• Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award for Security Awareness Training Platform of the Year
• Inc. 500 #422
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Top Workplace #2
• EdTech Awards — CEO Stu Sjouwerman for Leadership Award and Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training for Security Solution Award
• Computerworld Top Workplace in IT
• Florida Trends Best Companies to Work for in Florida
• G2 Best Software Company and 5 additional awards for leadership, best results, best relationship, best usability and most implementable
• CRN Women of the Channel
• KnowBe4’s “The Inside Man” Series Wins a Silver Telly Award
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Top Corporate Counsel
• Channel Chiefs 2020
• Cyber Defense Infosec Award
• Innovations Throughout Africa – Women in Tech
• Inc. 2020 Best Workplaces
• Tampa Bay Times Top Workplace #1
2019
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training – A Leader, Highest and Furthest Overall Position
for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision
• Inc. 500 #161
• SC Awards 2019 Names KnowBe4 CEO Stu Sjouwerman a Top Executive Leader of the Last 30 Years
• Network Computing Awards UK Security Training and Consultancy Provider of the Year
• Inc. Magazine Top Workplace
• Excellence in Customer Service Executive of the Year
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Top Workplace #2
• Tampa Bay Times Top Workplace #1
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Top Corporate Counsel
• Cyber Security Excellence Award Gold Winner for Fastest Growing Cybersecurity Company
• CRN Channel Chief
• Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Computer-Based Training Software
• Fortune Best Place to Work #1 in Small and Medium Business Category
2018
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training – A Leader
• Inc. 500 #96
• Fortune Magazine 100 Best Places to Work for Millennials #60
• Cybersecurity Ventures Cybersecurity 500 #2
• Tampa Bay Business Journal – Fast 50 #2
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Best Place to Work (Extra Large Category)
• JMP Super 70
• Business Observer Top 500 #141
2017
• 2017 North American Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Platform Customer Value Leadership Award
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training – A Leader
• Inc. 500 #231
• Deloitte Technology Fast 500 #70
• Cybersecurity Ventures Cybersecurity 500 #6
• Tampa Bay Business Journal – Fast 50 #3
• Tampa Bay Times – Best Place to Work in Tampa Bay
• Tampa Bay Business Journal Best Place to Work – (Nearly big 100+) and Best Overall
• CEO Stu Sjouwerman EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
• #3 Ranked of the 153 Best Company Cultures in America 2017 Entrepreneur magazine (Nearly big 100+)
• Gold Winner, Security Training and Educational Programs from Info Security Products Guide
• Silver Winner, Fastest Growing Security Company of the Year from Info Security Products Guide
2016
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training – A Challenger
• Inc. 500 #139
• Deloitte Technology Fast 500 #50
• Cybersecurity Ventures Cybersecurity 500 #220
• Tampa Bay Times Best Place to Work – Small companies 50-149 employees
• Black Book Highest Ranked Vendor Security Related Training Programs (given at InfoSec 2016)
2015
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training – A Niche Player
2014
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training – A Niche Player
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