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KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

Overview

What is KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training?

KnowBe4 is a security awareness and compliance training and simulated social engineering product. It is used by organizations worldwide to strengthen their security culture and reduce human risk. The product includes a comprehensive suite of awareness and compliance training,…

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KnowBe4 Rocks.

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 28, 2025
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I use KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training to enhance our cybersecurity posture and reduce the risk of human error leading to security breaches. The platform addresses social e...
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Herb S.
Engineer - Information Technology
Sr Data Protection Engineer
StockX
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training4 years of experience

All you need to help educate staff

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 24, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We purchased KnowBe4 to undertake awareness training for all staff and it soon became an invaluable tool to help our teams understand what to look out for when it came to real...
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Iain Sanders
Manager - Information Technology
IT Manager
Lead Forensics
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training5 years of experience

KnowBe4 delivers

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 12, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use KnowBe4 to send out phishing test on regular basis to all our users. We also use the awareness training for all users. It has been very easy to implement and work with,...
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Johann Einarsson
Manager - Information Technology
Global IT Infrastructure Manager
AAK
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training6 years of experience

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training is worth the spend!

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 27, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training and assessment for our entire team to satisfy our annual training requirements. From IT Security overall, to phishing to assessing 7...
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Sara Redeker
Administrative Assistant - Professional Services
Executive Support Specialist
Service 1 FCU
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training3 years of experience

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training living up to its name and training staff prone to phishing attacks

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 12, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
To train our staff, faculty and students about phishing threats and cyber security awareness to protect our banking transactions that students and our procurement staff make f...
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Humayoon Khan
Team Lead - Information Technology
Team Lead Cyber Security
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training2 years of experience
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How KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Differs From Its Competitors

KnowBe4 Training Content

Regular fresh content means staff aren't seeing the same content all the time and meaning they still have to be vigilant. We increased the complexity rating of the simulated emails from 1 star all the way up to 5 star and will continue to change the subject matters to try and keep people on their …
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KnowBe4 User Management

User management is set to sync with our Entra ID so makes it simple to ensure new starters aren't missed off whilst ensuring that people are also put into the correct departmental teams when they onboard. This means from day one they are covered when our regular simulations go out
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KnowBe4 Reporting

Phishing reports are the key metric for us to understand if certain individuals or teams are more likely to fall for a phishing scam. We use this to see where people or teams are falling short and need a little extra guidance. We can also pull reports for our cyber insurance partners if and when …
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KnowBe4 Training Content

We like that the library is not the same monotonous courses over and over. There is variety and we are able to get more engagement from remedial training when a team member doesn't quite meet the standards set for the organization (and we love that the standard is customizable too).
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KnowBe4 User Management

We have 3 admins who can create/maintain/delete users. It is simple to setup and can coordinate with your third-party IT provider if you have one. Assigning managers is simple for tracking purposes and each department is able to manage their own team's assignments through email notifications.
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KnowBe4 Training Content

It highly impacts our training program, because cyber threats are not just increasing in count but their complexity has also increased. These attackers are trying out new techniques and ideas every day thus to stay protected we must ensure latest up to date training content.
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KnowBe4 Reporting

Most important metric is how many users click a phishing link, how many report it and how many eventually end up entering their info on the phishing page. This really helps us detect people that need to be trained more to be protected.
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KnowBe4 Training Content

We love the videos created by KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training. The series is lots of fun for users and it's fresh and interesting. We look forward to new episodes of the Inside man. Our employees don't complain about boring and repetitive training anymore. There is so much content to choose …
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KnowBe4 User Management

As administrators we make the necessary changes, but for the most part the system does most of it seeing it's synched up with our active directory. Once the initial setup it's almost like having the platform on cruise control. We have simulations that launch each month. Everybody gets something …
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KnowBe4 Reporting

Phish score was a good place to start with us. We had used training platforms for 10 years with little success. The unique way the phishing platform works really did shed some light on how vulnerable we really were. This is where the work started and the training modules were launched. We use the …
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User Provisioning

It's great. Once we set it up, new employees are created in the platform and modules launched, and the best part as an admin is that I do not have to do a single thing. This is the way to go. Gone are the days of manually adding new employees or uploading lists. Same thing for employees that leave …
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AI-Driven Phishing & Training

I have confidence the platform is sending our repeat clickers additional and focused training to ensure all our employees are ready. The fact that I can run different campaigns for different groups all at the same time was also a game changer for us. Executives need different training than most …
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Security Awareness Training with PhishER

We do use PhishER to see what our employees are reporting, and it's great to see that so many of them are now reporting these. We now get employees asking us if we saw what they submitted. This is a big change in behavior for our organization. Employees now care about the potential phishing emails …
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KnowBe4 Training Content

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training adds the fresh training content every moth with the video training and the newsletters with the security quotes. We are using the newsletters to send to our users on the monthly security email to provide the last month trending threats of the market. With the …
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KnowBe4 User Management

In KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training, we manage all of our users through the active directory sync process through a SAAS application that is created in our Azure AD Environment. The sync generally happens 3-4 times per day to make the things same as per AD. We can automatically sync the …
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KnowBe4 Reporting

We use the report section to see the overall progress of the training. The security awareness training report (training campaign report) we see on weekly basis to see the overall growth or deduction in the training. After the launch of phishing test, we use the report to see how many people have …
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KnowBe4 Training Content

It goes without saying that as new threats arise this automatically creates the need for training content. Also as one has already used the available content once, or twice the need for training content arises even for the repeated training topics. If one would use the same content again and again …
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KnowBe4 User Management

We have opted the upload our user in the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform with the provided full CSV template that has all the needed fields. There is also an option for a simple upload of only the e-mail addresses and another option for Active Directory integration. Uploading the CSV …
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KnowBe4 Reporting

We are mainly interested in 2 reports for our company. First one is that we want to follow the improvement of the results of the phishing attack simulation scores. Second one has to do with following of the completion of the training of our users. This is important so that we can step in in the …
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KnowBe4 Training Content

The training modules that we use are really enjoyed by people. I will be honest; my users complain about any additional training they have to do because healthcare already makes them do a lot, so I get it. With these quick 5-minute modules I can assign each month, people are able to do them, and …
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KnowBe4 User Management

We provision from Entra, and it makes things very easy. As soon as the user is created on our end, they get synced over to KnowBe4. From there, that user is sent a welcome email and enrolled in the onboarding training that we have set up. Once again, this is all automated for us, and we have …
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KnowBe4 Reporting

The main reports we pull are a few custom reports that we have set up to show us who has not completed their failed phishing test training or onboarding training and users who we would consider high risk. These are automatically generated after you tailor the report and emailed to you. It's pretty …
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KnowBe4 Training Content

The KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training fresh training content and customizing is a huge plus as it keeps users engaged and not bored and continuing reviewing and looking at the same items or same type of items. Our users also believe the fresh training content is key to their security awareness …
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KnowBe4 User Management

We bulk imported our user base into the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform. We also created custom groups and added the users to the groups that mirrored our current environment for the easiest possible user management in the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform. This process …
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KnowBe4 Reporting

The most important metrics form the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training solution is information we can get from the click rate. With this information we build benchmarks and trend graphs that are presented to our organizations executive management team for review. We also build a benchmark of an …
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KnowBe4 Training Content

The training content provided by KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training is current and focuses on security topics which are top of mind for end users and executives alike. The content is delivered is a simple yet engaging manner making it easier for non-technical staff to digest and absorb. KnowBe4 …
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KnowBe4 User Management

User manager is fully automated through Active Directory sync for on premise accounts and Entra for cloud accounts. When a user is created, in AD or Entra, it is automatically synced to KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training and a welcome email is sent to the users email. Single Sign-On is in place …
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KnowBe4 Reporting

Primarily we track the following metrics: Phish prone percentage (number of users who click on phishing emails for each campaign), phishing reported (number of reported phishing emails for each campaign), and training completion (number of users completed vs number outstanding/past due). Phish …
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KnowBe4 Training Content

It keeps our awareness consistent. Threats are ever-changing, and new content allows employees to keep up their vigilance levels. There could be better training content available. Many of the training materials available each month feel very samey and could be varied to keep things from getting …
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KnowBe4 Training Content

It has made it much easier for us to keep current information available to our community. Our community also appreciates this information as they are made aware of threats in a more timely manner and know what to look out for. Finally, different publishers have different methods of delivery to …
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KnowBe4 User Management

User management is tied into our AD system. Any changes we make to our AD (added, deleted, etc.) are automatically updated to KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training through this integration on a daily basis. From there, we use groups within KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training to trigger the …
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KnowBe4 Reporting

All of the trending reports are used to show our administration the success of the awareness program. In specific cases, we also use the completion reports to show and verify people have completed required training and accepted associated policies.
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KnowBe4 Training Content

People prefer different types of training materials, so it's nice to have something for everyone. It's also good that the materials are regularly updated because the threat landscape changes rapidly. Speaking of different training materials, KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training has a lot of …
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User Provisioning

They have made managing users completely hassle-free. We have integrated user provisioning with our AD, and it's working almost flawlessly. Sometimes there's an issue, but it's resolved promptly on our side.
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KnowBe4 Training Content

I've heard from several employees that KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training's training material is much more engaging than others they've taken with other companies, making it more effective. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training also does a great job keeping things up to date in their yearly …
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KnowBe4 User Management

User management is relatively easy. You can upload a CSV if you're starting from scratch or create individual users/multiple users at a time with the press of a button. You can move users in and out of trainings with ease. We even have it set up in a way that when a new user account is created on …
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KnowBe4 Reporting

The metrics we mostly use are about clicking statistics: what people are clicking on, how many clicks/replies/attachments opened, etc. I also use it to get graphs and charts on interesting trends that I use to send out in monthly email blasts to all employees letting them know where we stand and …
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KnowBe4 Training Content

I have seen other training platforms which use cartoons for the training videos and demos. However, many times staff do not look at those as "real" scenarios because they only see the cartoon aspect and not a real threat to the business. Having the option for bite sized training is beneficial.
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KnowBe4 User Management

User management is done very seemlessly. We integrate KnowBe4 into our Identity Access Management solution (OKTA) for SSO. And users are signing training based upon the Active Directory group they are in. Linking SSO and AD is a huge time saver.
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KnowBe4 Reporting

The most beneficial metric to my organization is the phished over time. Its nice to see how users progress in their cyber awareness journey from being click happy to reporting the phishing emails with the KnowBe4 phish button.
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KnowBe4 Training Content

Fresh training content always will help to face the new threats and the risks and give new ways for the employees to understand the importance of the time to spend on the training to increase their knowledge of the cyber attack and to know to think before doing any action.
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KnowBe4 User Management

User management one of the key elements to get information and to mange the users information and performance. Firstly we use the import method to onboard the user to the platform which is was amazingly easy, but we face the problem of updating the users. Then we integrate the emails to get …
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KnowBe4 Reporting

Training details and showing the user performance is very important. Getting and actual analysis about user or groups like departments and specific functions in terms of the kind of the training assigned and assessments. Which leads to do a plan to increase the awareness and the ways to be followed.
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Training Content

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform offers many compliance requirements which is very important to give this kind of training for all users. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training have very large and Varity content which covers the up to date standards and regulations. Which will equip the …
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Value of Centralized Services

Now a days compliance is needed to grantee the level of security and standards are met. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training provides all necessary training in easy and simple way to raise the level of the awareness. Through KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform it was super easy to create …
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Cost

Considering the risk and all kind of threats involved with any kind of action from the user that could harm or bring such a risk; yes the awareness provide the protection needed to demolish and minimize this kind of risk. Which is reflected in the over all investment and provide cost effective …
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Cost Comparison

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training has the most advanced and verity content compared to other competitors. And with many features and updates during the year, KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training provide very competitive prices which reflected in the overall decision and selection for the …
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User Provisioning

Using the old traditional ways to import the users is not practical, as the users get changed over time. Providing the necessary integrations is very important which make the platform more effective in many ways. This will provide easer way to manage the users and get onboarded the platform …
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AI-Driven Phishing & Training

Recently KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training introduced new AI feature which enhanced the awareness training overall and the phishing simulations by assigning the users automatically to awareness training based on the type of weakness or actions that the user failed when getting any phishing email …
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Security Awareness Training with PhishER

PhishER is one of the key features in KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform. PhishER provide one more security layer which is developed to protect the organization and the users from phishing threats any malicious emails. And with the use of AI now it will provide more efficient which will …
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Value of Centralized Services

The addition of the compliance training complements the security awareness training in the product. The ease of adding the compliance training through the same automated processes that we use for our security awareness training makes the administration and management of our training easy.
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Awards

Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards

Video Reviews

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Pricing

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Silver

$0.95

Cloud
per month (billed annually) per seat

Gold

$1.10

Cloud
per month (billed annually) per seat

Platinum

$1.25

Cloud
per month (billed annually) per seat

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.knowbe4.com/pricing…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

8.9
Avg 8.6

Security Awareness Training

Common features of security awareness training products.

8.2
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training?

KnowBe4 is a security awareness and compliance training and simulated social engineering product. It is used by organizations worldwide to strengthen their security culture and reduce human risk.


The product includes a comprehensive suite of awareness and compliance training, real-time user coaching, AI-powered simulated social engineering, crowdsourced anti-phishing defense and an AI suite that enhances human risk management through personalized training and automation. With content in 35+ languages, KnowBe4 provides an always-fresh library of engaging content to strengthen an organization's human firewall.


KnowBe4 provides:

  • Baseline testing to assess the Phish-Prone™ Percentage of users through a free simulated phishing attack

  • Fully automated simulated phishing attacks, using thousands of customizable templates with unlimited usage

  • AI-Driven phishing and training recommendations based on your users' phishing and training history

  • Enterprise strength reporting, showings stats and graphs for both training and phishing, ready for management

  • Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents (AIDA), AI-powered agents that reduce admin burden by automating template generation, training and reporting


KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Features

Security Awareness Training Features

  • Supported: Training Content Library
  • Supported: Multilingual Training Content
  • Supported: Training Gamification
  • Supported: Industry-Specific Security Training
  • Supported: Individualized Security Training Plans
  • Supported: Phishing Simulations
  • Supported: Security Reporting
  • Supported: Integration with Security Tech Stack

Security Features

  • Supported: Role-based user permissions
  • Supported: Single sign-on capability
  • Supported: Multi-factor authentication

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Screenshots

Screenshot of The Phishing Dashboard Displays how end users are doing at-a-glance and in comparison to peers across industries with Industry Benchmarking.Screenshot of Virtual Risk Officer™ The Virtual Risk Officer functionality helps identify risk to support data-driven decisions about a security awareness plan.Screenshot of the library of security awareness training content. KnowBe4 partners with The Security Awareness Company, Popcorn Training, exploqii, Twist & Shout, El Pescador, CLTRe, Saya University, and MediaPRO.Screenshot of the library of security awareness training content. KnowBe4 partners with The Security Awareness Company, Popcorn Training, exploqii, Twist & Shout, El Pescador, CLTRe, Saya University, and MediaPRO.

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Video

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KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported LanguagesArabic, Chinese (Cantonese) - Traditional, Chinese (Mandarin) - Simplified, Chinese (Mandarin) - Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (Great Britain), English (United States), Finnish, French (Europe), French (Canada), German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Europe), Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Europe), Spanish (Latin America), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Downloadables

Frequently Asked Questions

Cofense PhishMe, Infosec IQ, and Proofpoint Security Awareness Training are common alternatives for KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training.

Reviewers rate Phishing Simulations highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Not really much to think about. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training is just the best security awareness training platform and phishing attack simulation platform there is Just go for it

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 31, 2025
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 201-500 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
1 year of experience
Key Differentiators
  • Ease of Use
  • Other
The huge library of video trainings was the key factor that made us choose the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform. There is simply no other platform that comes even close to the number of KnowBe4 training videos. Also we found no other platform so complete as the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training platform. It just offers everything one can wish for in the direction of cybersecurity awareness trainings and phishing attack simulations!

KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training, the best in the business

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 11, 2025
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Sports Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
1 year of experience
Key Differentiators
  • Other
The deciding factor was the sender domains. KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training had the most extensive list of these, and they were the most similar to authentic domains (e.g. adobe.com, microsoft.com, etc)
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