Perry Carpenter is author of Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors (Wiley, 2019). Working with noted hacker Kevin Mitnick, he is Chief Evangelist/ Strategy Officer for KnowBe4, developer of security awareness training and simulated phishing platforms with over 30,000 customers and 2 million users. He holds a MS in Information Assurance (MSIA) from Norwich University and is a Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO).

Try creating employee personas to customize your security communications efforts

Taking a marketing campaign approach with internal security communication efforts

Perry Carpenter

November 23, 2021

Security awareness should be an ongoing campaign, not just an event. That campaign, just like any marketing campaign, starts with a thorough understanding of the target audience — the people you wish to influence to adapt security best practices.

Building a culture of cybersecurity: 3 key takeaways from the 2021 SANS report

Perry Carpenter

July 8, 2021

Let’s face it, cybersecurity isn’t the responsibility of a single person, team or department -- it’s a shared responsibility of the entire organization, along with its extended network of technology partners, vendors and suppliers. Since humans are the biggest cybersecurity risk, the concept of a security culture is even more relevant and significant in today’s times.

3 steps to promote a human-centric security awareness culture

Perry Carpenter

May 3, 2021

Human error contributes to almost 95% of security breaches. Most security approaches still fail at making a desired impact. Let’s analyze the two main reasons why businesses fail to develop a robust, human-centric security approach.

Remote workers more at risk for social engineered deception and cyberattack

Perry Carpenter

November 16, 2020

Social engineering is a term that refers to efforts by hackers and cybercriminals to use people — rather than technology — to gain access to sensitive systems and information. It’s a problem that information security experts have been wrestling with for years and one that, in the midst of COVID-19, has become both more prevalent and more challenging.

Ransomware and the propulsion of the extortion economy has rapidly eclipsed into a national priority. Recently, we observed the catastrophic impact of a widescale ransomware attack impacting gas pipelines and raising national gas prices overnight.

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Try creating employee personas to customize your security communications efforts

Building a culture of cybersecurity: 3 key takeaways from the 2021 SANS report

3 steps to promote a human-centric security awareness culture

Remote workers more at risk for social engineered deception and cyberattack

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