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"There are many valuable features. It's already deployed in the cloud, and you don't have to install anything. You just upload your users to the cloud and tweak something if needed. You can whitelist some servers to work with this properly. When everything is ready, you can start using the platform and its many automated features.""The main thing is the overall report card. We get to tell the percentages of users who click on links and who don't click on links. We also get an overall score or risk score from them, which also helps us.""Their customizable nature allows us to create scenarios that closely resemble real-world phishing attempts, making them highly relatable to our end users."

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"They have a a a knowledge base and a program. They have a very robust training system for the new for different levels of of professionals. That is their most valuable feature."

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"It can be more interactive with users. We want to put the users in different scenarios and let them make decisions. For example, instead of making users go through a video and then asking questions, it can have a video where they click on the scenarios and have to make decisions. It can maybe have something like a live simulation. It would be nice for users.""Enhancing the product's emotional intelligence, particularly by providing training content tailored to specific audiences, is an area for improvement.""It could be more localized for Ukrainian users. This platform is international, and it has a lot of material in different languages, but not in Ukrainian and Russian languages. There's plenty of different content updated regularly for English, French, and German users. They have a lot more information, and Ukrainian users also want more."

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"The training should be improved in regards to the needs of the customers. It has to be understood what kind of training should be provided and also provide assessments."

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  • "I don't know the cost, but I believe we are paying yearly. We did like a three-year or five-year contract. I am not aware of any extra costs in addition to a standard licensing fee."
  • "Licensing is paid on a yearly basis. You can go to the official site to check their approximate pricing. It's based on the number of users or staff. It can vary from country to country, but for Ukraine, it works as it's stated on the site."
  • "I rate the product pricing as four out of ten."
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    Top Answer:They have a a a knowledge base and a program. They have a very robust training system for the new for different levels of of professionals. That is their most valuable feature.
    Top Answer:The training should be improved in regards to the needs of the customers. It has to be understood what kind of training should be provided and also provide assessments.
    Top Answer:I was responsible for training for a partnership with Infra Infra company and for that I used SecurityIQ.
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    Overview

    Old school Security Awareness Training is static. It’s a one-time event without follow-up. KnowBe4's Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training starts with a baseline test to show the actual Phish-prone percentage of your users. Then it steps users through effective, interactive, on-demand browser-based training. As step three, you send frequent simulated phishing attacks to your employees to reinforce the training. This last feature, frequent simulated phishing attacks (we recommend at the very least once a month) really creates a change in behavior.

    SecurityIQ identifies your security-naive employees and delivers training targeted to their roles. It self-evolves with employees’ security aptitudes and learning styles, creating personalized learning experiences that motivate behavioral change.

    Sample Customers
    West Aurora Public School District 129
    Technical Financial Solutions, Arkansas Securities Department, America’s Car-Mart
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    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Construction Company8%
    Government7%
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    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise48%
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    Buyer's Guide
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    March 2024
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    KnowBe4 is ranked 2nd in Security Awareness Training with 3 reviews while SecurityIQ is ranked 6th in Security Awareness Training with 1 review. KnowBe4 is rated 9.0, while SecurityIQ is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of KnowBe4 writes "An integrated platform for security awareness training with many valuable features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SecurityIQ writes "An Automatic Solution for providing Tailored Training To Employees ". KnowBe4 is most compared with Proofpoint Email Protection, Terranova Security, Barracuda PhishLine, Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness and Sophos Phish Threat, whereas SecurityIQ is most compared with .

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