Martha’s Vineyard Bank Fends off Phishing Threats With KnowBe4 for Over a Decade
26 October 2021 - 11:00PM
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness
training and simulated phishing platform, today celebrates over a
decade working alongside Martha’s Vineyard Bank to improve the
company’s security culture and awareness. The bank’s Training and
Development Manager, John Shorrock, teamed up with KnowBe4’s CEO,
Stu Sjouwerman, back in 2010 when the company was founded;
therefore, making them one of KnowBe4’s longest-running customers.
Working in a highly regulated industry and managing a wealth of
sensitive data, Shorrock learned early on the importance of
cultivating a security-first mindset within the organization to
protect their employees, customers and network in general.
KnowBe4’s platform stood out to Shorrock due to its innovative,
new-school approach, which sees a combination of interactive
web-based training, mock attacks as well as informative vignettes.
Equally, having a renowned former hacker, Kevin Mitnick, on board
to demonstrate the inner workings of an attack provides another
unique element to the training.
Together, the two companies have evolved for the better. In the
last decade, KnowBe4 has added further features and tools to its
vast portfolio; from a lightweight Security Orchestration,
Automation and Response (SOAR) platform to manage high-volumes of
malicious emails called PhishER, to an automated compliance audit
platform and AI-enhanced, personalized phishing tests. KnowBe4’s
library of content has since grown to well over 1,300 items in more
than 34 languages as well. Simultaneously, Martha’s Vineyard Bank
has witnessed drastic improvements in employee attitudes and
behavior towards cybersecurity both at work as well as in their
personal lives. Today, employees are bringing suspicious emails to
the attention of the IT team, who have subsequently terminated many
live attacks.
“We used to worry about bank robberies and now we really need to
worry about phishing attacks on our information, particularly when
working in an industry where privacy is paramount. We needed a
partner that was on top of it and could educate our employees; but
more importantly, bring the importance of cybersecurity to the
forefront of their minds,” said John Shorrock, Training and
Development Manager at Martha’s Vineyard Bank. “KnowBe4 has
done that, creating the latest and greatest training content in the
market. It has been a pleasure working with them and we have no
intention of going anywhere.”
“Shorrock and his team are somewhat visionaries. They recognized
the growing importance of cybersecurity at a time when few of their
peers had likely considered it,” said Javvad Malik, Lead
Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4. “There is no doubt that
the threat landscape has changed drastically in size and
sophistication, but we are humbled to support businesses like
Martha’s Vineyard Bank for the last ten years and hopefully, for
many more decades in the future.”
About KnowBe4 KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s
largest security awareness training and simulated phishing
platform, is used by more than 41,000 organizations around the
globe. Founded by IT and data security specialist, Stu Sjouwerman,
KnowBe4 helps organizations address the human element of security
by raising awareness about ransomware, CEO fraud, and other social
engineering tactics through a new-school approach to awareness
training on security. Kevin Mitnick, an internationally recognized
cybersecurity specialist and KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer,
helped design the KnowBe4 training based on his well-documented
social engineering tactics. Tens of thousands of organizations rely
on KnowBe4 to mobilize their end users as their last line of
defense.
Amanda Tarantino
KnowBe4
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amandat@knowbe4.com
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