KnowBe4 Compliance Plus

Score8.9 out of 10

108 Reviews and Ratings

What is KnowBe4 Compliance Plus?

KnowBe4's Compliance Plus training combines interactive real-life simulated scenarios to help teach users how to respond in a challenging situation. The content addresses difficult and sometimes chaotic topics like sexual harassment, diversity and inclusion, discrimination, and business ethics. Compliance Plus includes various types of media formats and reinforcement materials to support an organization's compliance training program.

Categories & Use Cases

Media

Screenshot of The Compliance Plus training module, which is accessible through the ModStore.

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Screenshot of The Compliance Plus library, which includes content from multiple training publishers and comes with various types of media formats.

Progress tracking & certifications
The system tracks individuals’ progress on courses, scores, transcripts, certificates, etc.
Category average: 9.1
Learning reporting & analytics
Provides insights into course completion, engagement with learning content, etc.
Category average: 9.1
Structured Learning
The content is provided in a structured way that builds upon itself as users progress through the material.
Category average: 9.1

Course catalog or library
Learning content is organized into a course catalog or browsable library.
Category average: 8.3
Course authoring
Users can develop and assemble online learning content.
Category average: 8
Social learning
Includes features for collaboration and knowledge sharing among peers.
Category average: 7.7

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Manufacturing

“HIPAA and GDPR are 2 legislative and data privacy laws that are applicable to us and this tool has helped greatly with its over 1,000 modules covering various laws, ethics, data protection, and DEI.”
— Information Security and IT Compliance, Forge Bio

Pros

Engaging and high-quality training content, especially video-based modules
User-friendly platform interface and intuitive dashboard for employees
Robust tracking and record-keeping capabilities for compliance reporting

Cons

Limited content customization for specific regional or organizational requirements
Some training materials are perceived as outdated and in need of consistent updates
Pricing model often involves numerous add-ons rather than inclusive packages

Peter Chadwick View profile

IT manager in Information Technology at Best Plumbing Specialties (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Since we deal with Federal and State government we need to be as compliant as possible. KnowBe4 Compliance Plus helps us to train employees to spot phishing emails along with insider threats, and PCI compliance. With KnowBe4 Compliance Plus we actively test and train users as to minimize our cyber risk. I also believe our cyber insurance company appreciates that we utilize KnowBe4 Compliance Plus to help minimize risk.

Pros

Interesting content
Easy to use dashboard
Record keeping for user failures is very usefull
Being able to split employees into different groups for different trainings

Cons

Maybe adjust your pricing structure so not everything is an add on
Another Season of Man on the Inside
Availability to download some trainings so that we can add them to our Payroll portal.

Return on Investment

As far as we can tell we have not had a breach since using KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
End user Client devices have not become infected since starting with KnowBe4 Compliance Plus.
Users have appreciated the knowledge that they have received and taken into their personal computing life

Usability

Other Software Used

Coro Cybersecurity, Clearnetwork Managed Detection and Response, CrowdStrike Falcon

Michael Ganidekam, CISM View profile

Information Security and IT Compliance in Information Technology at Forge Bio (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the KnowBe4 Compliance Plus tool to train and make aware of critical issues our team members on Harassment issues in the workplace. Some business pain points were to get a tool to support the Human Resource team to plan and assign harassment training modules to team members with a little team and this tool has helped greatly.

Pros

Training models/Content
Content style highly preferred to others
Pricing part of the full stack of other tools
Easy set up/integration

Cons

Full package for other tools signed up for
Pricing bargains
More training content area expansion

Return on Investment

Supports team size
Saves time
Integration saves us some money
Less IT responsibilities on the same tool

Usability

Other Software Used

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

Joe Kearfott

Assistant Director of Administrative Services in Information Technology at Champaign Park District (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use compliance plus for a number of required trainings throughout the District. Our main focus is on cyber security, however we have also utilized a number of HR related trainings as well. Those include Blood Borne Pathogens, Sexual Harassment, Ergonomics, Active Shooter/Intruder, among others.

Pros

Ability to schedule trainings out in advance
Ease of employees to take trainings on their own time
New and Engaging Trainings and Scenarios
Up to date and relevant trainings in todays world

Cons

Ease of printing of certificates for employees is cumbersome
Ability to run thorough reports for users when trainings are completed.

Return on Investment

Our staff time leading trainings has gone down which has allowed them to focus on other tasks
KnowBe4 was the most cost efficient for us with all of the trainings it provides compared to its competitors.

Usability

Other Software Used

Cyber Security Awareness Training

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use this tool to show compliance with internal and regulatory requirements. We use it across different subsidiaries. We have various regulatory and compliance requirements and we need a centralized platform where we can prove training/awareness and adherence to those requirements.

Pros

Providing default training/awareness modules that can be customized.
Tracking user compliance to various legislative and industry standards and regulations.
Wide range of content in different formats and delivery methods.

Cons

The modules are not region or country specific.
The content tends to be generic.
Lack Content that is highly customizable and AI integrated.

Return on Investment

Ability to show auditors the effectiveness of some initiatives.
External stakeholder confidence on compliance issues.
Saving money from using different platforms.

Usability

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use KnowBe4 Compliance Plus as a complement to our security training. It replaced a substantially more expensive but inferior product.

Pros

Excellent production value.
Always updating the course catalog.
Adding new topics regularly.

Cons

Subtitles don't seem to work on customer-uploaded SCORM.
Easier distribution of PDFs within the LMS.
More customization on hiding individual pages of training.

Return on Investment

Saved over $5k annually.

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What is KnowBe4 Compliance Plus?

Categories & Use Cases

Media