KnowBe4 Review
January 06, 2025
KnowBe4 Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus
Used for Cybersecurity Awareness, to build a culture of within the users' community that becomes natural to be aware of dangers surrounding them while being online in any form or shape. Main challenge is to get everyone to complete their training on time so I can start a new campaign.
Pros
- Well structured KMSAT, PAB is a great addition.
- Good Training Library, ability to customize templates
- Phish/ER opens a windows to types & volume of suspect emails and allows admins to act upon.
- "Rooms" in Phish/ER, to me, is considered my entry point to start my admin duties.
- PAB and Phish/ER work very well together.
- KnowBe4 Learner App is a great addition.
Cons
- KnowBe4 Reporting needs improvement by adding more flexibility.
- Customizing Reports is a very cumbersome process.
- Browsing my Library under "Modstore", I should be able to see if an item was used or not, how many times, or filter by "Usage".
- Phishing Templates: create or modify Template - need the ability to embed an image (either by copy and paste or by selecting one from local computer. Currently, the only way is to use a URL that pints to an image.
- Landing page of the Modstore: please add ability to change the results in "Detailed List" in addition to the "Tiles".
- Phish/ER: Add the ability to Block an email or a URL with "Never Expires" option. Currently, the maximum is "60 Days". As a result, I have to go to the "Tenant Allow/Block List" on Microsoft 365 and add entries manually. That defeats the feature in Phish/ER to block from its "Console".
- Phish/ER: There are some well known URLs and Domains to be safe. For example, https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification. Such URL should not be listed under "Domains & URLs" when viewing "Message Details". At least, do not allow admins to "Block" it by greying out the option to block. If, by mistake, someone blocked that URL, all messages company-wide will get blocked. That happened with me and everyone struggled to find out why emails are being blocked, including "KnowBe4 Support". It took a while until we were able to find out what was happening.
- Phish/ER Reports are extremely limited. A lot needs to be done to offer more visibility.
- Phish/ER Rules: It is time to introduce a Point & Click alternative to Yara.
- Modstore: Introduce more Training modules that does not include drama or acting, just strictly instructional training. My users' community, especially execs, ask for those that are not drama or cartoonish.
- Modstore: Although that might be outside the scope of Cybersecurity, it would be beneficial to have some training modules that teaches users about "Computer Basics". A considerable number of users do not have the basic knowledge of how a computer works, what are the different types of files, how files et stored, what is an Operating System. It is true that we, as admins, make sure they know before getting them on a corporate system. But the fact is that doe not happen in reality. You get a new user and asked to onboard him / her in a few hours. I would consider that type of training to ba an integral part of Cybersecurity awareness.
- Phish/ER & PAD: Identifying email threats more quickly allowed us to send alert to the users' community in a timely manner based on the pattern of the threat.
- KnowBe4 Training Campaigns have proven to noticeably increase users' awareness.
- KnowBe4 Phishing Campaigns made users realize how dangerous and deceiving hacker can be.
The combination of Microsoft 365 Security & Phish/ER, we have both visibility and the means to act promptly to threats. With the increased users' awareness, our security posture has improved noticeably.
All of them.
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

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