Offering targets human element in cybersecurity

KnowBe4 has announced the introduction of SecurityCoach, real-time security coaching aimed at reducing risky behaviour.

Social engineering techniques like phishing, spear phishing and impersonation are being used by cybercriminals to manipulate an organisation’s employees in attempts to hack into their organisation, causing significant downtime and security breach risks.

Human Detection and Response (HDR) correlates, identifies and responds to the tens of thousands of detected events related to the risky security behaviour of an organisation’s users being generated within their existing security infrastructure. The human factor is involved in 82% of data breaches, according to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. However, according to IDC, less than 3% of IT spending is allocated to help secure the human layer.

SecurityCoach helps IT/security professionals to develop a strong security culture by enabling real-time security coaching of their users in response to risky security behaviour. Leveraging an organisation’s existing security stack, IT/security professionals can configure their real-time coaching campaigns to immediately deliver a SecurityTip to their users related to a detected event.

“With SecurityCoach, we are introducing a new product category that automates the delivery of real-time security coaching and advice to help end users enhance their cybersecurity knowledge and strengthen their role in contributing to a strong security culture,” said Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4.

“KnowBe4 is driving a new human-centric category in cybersecurity (HDR), entirely focused on helping our customers improve their security posture by inoculating their end users against security threats using our new-school security awareness platform. We anticipate this to be one of the most impactful products that we have ever introduced, making a significant difference in improving security culture and enabling IT/security professionals to conduct meaningful and measurable automated security coaching campaigns.”

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