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KnowBe4 Buys Egress to Aid Awareness Training, Email Defense

Data Breach Today

KnowBe4's First Deal Since 2021 Brings AI-Based Email Protection, Training Together KnowBe4 purchased an email security provider founded by a Check Point veteran to offer AI-based email protection and training that's automatically tailored relative to risk.

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ISACA Generative AI Survey: Training Gaps, Focus on Security

Data Breach Today

AI and Governance Expert Stresses Importance of Training for All Employees According to a recent pulse poll from ISACA on generative AI, only 6% of respondents' organizations are providing training to all staff on AI, and more than half - 54% - say that no AI training is provided at all, even to teams directly affected by AI.

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Gamification Can Make Security Training Fun

Data Breach Today

Webhelp CISO on Interactive Tools for Cybersecurity Awareness Training In a bid to revolutionize information security training and make it more engaging and memorable for employees, Ivan Milenkovic, group CISO at WebHelp, advises firms to adopt gamification and interactive content in corporate training to make it more accessible and memorable for employees. (..)

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CISA Recommends Continuous Cybersecurity Training

KnowBe4

In an age when 70% - 90% of successful data breaches involve social engineering (which gets past all other defenses), sufficient training is needed to best reduce human-side cybersecurity risk. Everyone should be trained in how to recognize social engineering attempts, how to mitigate (i.e., delete, ignore, etc.)

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News alert: Security Journey accelerates secure coding training platform enhancements

The Last Watchdog

Pittsburgh, PA – July 13, 2023 – Security Journey, a best-in-class application security education company, has today announced an acceleration of its secure coding training platform enhancements. Additional Pre-built and Customizable Learning Paths – including multiple training formats to drive engagement.

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Huntress Buys Security Training Provider Curricula for $22M

Data Breach Today

Huntress evaluated seven companies with security training tools and chose Curricula for its ease of use, manageability for smaller customers and enjoyable online learning experience.

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Why User Awareness Training Misses the Mark

Data Breach Today

Oz Alashe, CEO of CybSafe, Discusses New Approaches to Changing User Behavior A great deal of awareness training has been offered to users - including phishing simulations - but none of it seems to have led to a significant change in their poor security behaviors and decision-making skills, says Oz Alashe, CEO of CybSafe.

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