Vista Equity Partners acquires security firm KnowBe4 for $4.6 billion
KnowBe4, a developer of cybersecurity training software, has accepted a $4.6 billion buyout bid from private equity company Vista Equity Partners.
KnowBe4 announced the agreement on Wednesday, about a month after disclosing that it received a buyout offer from Vista. The private equity firm's $4... Read more
Vista Equity bids €4.2 billion to acquire KnowBe4
Vista Equity Partners made a €4.2 billion bid to acquire KnowBe4
Vista Equity Partners will pay €24 euros per KnowBe4 share, a 39 percent capital gain over KnowBe4's last listing. The company has seen its share price drop since the beginning of this year.
Acquistion bid confirmed
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KnowBe4 launches benchmark to compare security hygiene with industry norms
KnowBe4 has introduced the Security Culture Survey benchmark to help companies improve their security culture.
Many organizations invest in security awareness and hygiene among employees. Security awareness programs are commonplace. KnowBe4 developed a benchmark to keep programs and corporate cu... Read more
KnowBe4 launches AI-based phishing simulations
KnowBe4 has introduced a new feature that allows employees to be trained to recognise phishing emails. The feature uses AI to simulate personal phishing attacks.
With the phishing platform, administrators can test how resistant their employees are to phishing attacks. The platform sends out phis... Read more
Passwordless: how will it change the future of authentication?
According to some security professionals, passwords will disappear as an authentication mechanism. Instead, we're heading to a passwordless future. However, a group of security professionals don't believe in passwords disappearing that quickly. What direction are we heading?
For many, the passwo... Read more
Security company KnowBe4 acquires MediaPRO
KnowBe4 has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire MediaPRO. The intention is to combine the product portfolios of the two companies.
The acquisition was announced in a press release. In it, KnowBe4 says that MediaPRO customers will get access to the additional benefits of KnowBe4... Read more
KnowBe4 simplifies phishing training for employees
KnowBe4, a vendor of security awareness, anti-phishing and compliance training, developed a tool that makes it easier for companies to develop phishing campaigns for training purposes.
Phishing is still one of the most essential methods used by hackers to carry out attacks. It is therefore cruci... Read more
Fake LinkedIn alerts successful with phishing, research shows
Research by KnowBe4, expert on phishing attacks, shows that the use of LinkedIn in the subject line of phishing messages leads to a high success rate among cybercriminals.
The company reports this in a press release on Tuesday. KnowBe4 has simulated phishing attempts in the study and then measured ... Read more
KnowBe4 launches free phishing test aimed at social media
KnowBe4 makes a free Social Media Phishing Test (SPT) available that helps companies identify employees who are susceptible to phishing. According to the supplier, the number of attacks originating from social media accounts increased by 43 percent.
Hackers would increasingly use social media to att... Read more
KnowBe4 acquires security software specialist CLTRe
KnowBe4, a provider of cyber security awareness training, takes over the Norwegian specialist for security software CLTRe. This provides customers with even more opportunities to examine their company or organisation with regard to the state of the internal culture surrounding cyber security.
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