KnowBe4 PhishER - Two Fins Up
Updated July 25, 2023

KnowBe4 PhishER - Two Fins Up

Cuyler McCoy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with KnowBe4 PhishER

With today's growing phishing attack surface, the need for a reporting and management system is inevitable. Manually managing phishing responses is cumbersome and downright unsafe. KnowBe4 PhishER allows us to quickly and safely manage our phishing reports.
  • Detailed Phishing Indicators
  • Automatic Categorization of Phishing Emails
  • Multi-Admin Workflow
  • Automated Responses
  • Setup a bit tricky out of the box. I prefer self-service setups that are easy to use, but KnowBe4 PhishER does offer great service for their products.
  • Less time coordinating phishing response
  • Less time investigating reports
  • Mitigating phishing risk more effectively
The PhishER identification tags are vital to our response team. The tags help us prioritize threats over spam or false positive reports.
PhishML, PhishRIP, and PhishER blocklist
All capabilities allow us to centrally manage our phishing response. Before we would have to manually track down emails in Microsoft's Security console, wasting a lot of time. All capabilities allow us to easily manage our phishing threats.

Do you think KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus's feature set?

Yes

Did KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus again?

Yes

KnowBe4 PhishER is suited for any decently sized organization. No matter the business, phishing is a severe threat today.

KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus Feature Ratings

Company-wide Incident Reporting
Not Rated
Integration with Other Security Systems
10
Centralized Dashboard
10
Machine Learning to Prevent Incidents
Not Rated
Live Response for Rapid Remediation
10

Configuring KnowBe4 PhishER

KnowBe4 PhishER is flexible. The configuration can be as simple or complex as you like. They also offers support for configuring the instance to your organization's specific needs.
Talk with your rep to ensure you are using the software to its fullest potential.
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface - Setting up workflows for your team is important. Having specific workflows for our criteria is helpful. Configuring quick actions also saves us a lot of time.
No - we have not done any custom code

Using KnowBe4 PhishER

160 - Information technology (reviewers) and end users (reporters)
1 - Information Technology with a focus on security
  • Security
  • Ransomware Mitigation
  • Malicious email tracking
  • Automated workflows
  • Automated responses
  • Machine learning
KnowBe4 PhishER fits nicely into their product suite. It is both affordable and useful.

Evaluating KnowBe4 PhishER and Competitors

  • Cloud Solutions
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Ease of use is important for small businesses that don't have many resources to dedicate to a complicated solution.
I wouldn't change anything

KnowBe4 PhishER Support

KnowBe4 support is attentive to our needs. Our requests and concerns are always processed quickly.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
No, the support is included in our current contract
They assisted us with setting up the more handy features, like quick actions.

Using KnowBe4 PhishER

The configuration is a bit complicated, but easy once you get the hang of it. Once configured, it is easy to manage our malicious emails that are reported by our staff.
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Well integrated
Consistent
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
Slow to learn
  • Quick actions
  • Link tracking
  • Initial setup