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Kaspersky Security Awareness

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Kaspersky Security Awareness and KnowBe4 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Security Awareness Training solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Kaspersky Security Awareness vs. KnowBe4 Report (Updated: October 2024).

Kaspersky Security Awareness vs. KnowBe4

October 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Kaspersky Security Awareness

Ranking in Security Awareness Training

11th

Average Rating

0.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

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KnowBe4

Ranking in Security Awareness Training

1st

Average Rating

9.4

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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Security Awareness Training category, the mindshare of Kaspersky Security Awareness is 3.6%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of KnowBe4 is 31.5%, down from 37.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Security Awareness Training

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Gavin Du Toit

Sales Account Manager at a security firm with 11-50 employees

This solution reduces end users' mistake level by 70%

From Kaspersky and basically everybody that provides security awareness training, there should be more of a drive from their side to promote the product. It's becoming more of an essential product than a luxury. If you hire somebody, it should be a prerequisite that they pass these exams and you give them 15 or 20 minutes a day to do that. I think there should be a drive towards it. When you get audited, cybersecurity awareness training is on the audit list, so it is a box that needs to be checked by corporations. A lot of them just don't see how important it is until they're hacked. It's not just about being hacked and about their data, it's about their reputation.

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Brad Mathis

Employee-Owner, Senior Consultant, Information Security at Keller Schroeder

Lowers human element risks and has innovative training

Some more AI-driven automation for creating training and phishing testing campaigns, as well as automated reporting would help. The Phish Alert button could be improved, although it is understood this is due to Microsoft's constant changes. Any improvements in wizards and documentation are always a good thing!. Additonal areas for improvement could be around the technical training and best practice training areas such as NIST CSF, CISv8, Cyberinsurance, and more. Clearer whitelisting requirements are always appreciated. However, the current levels are significant and appreciated.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The Kaspersky Awareness program supports the Arabic language, which is one of the good points."

"The nice thing about it is, if you want to try it, there is a POC available, so you can have a proof of concept."

"KnowBe4's formulas for risk reduction simply work. Being a technical company, our initial phish-prone percentage wasn't super high, but it was still around 18%. Since we have been requiring ongoing training and simulated phish testing, our average phish-prone percentage hovers in the 0 to 3% range now."

"Their customizable nature allows us to create scenarios that closely resemble real-world phishing attempts, making them highly relatable to our end users."

"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."

"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."

Cons

"There should be more of a drive from their side to promote the product."

"Enhancing the product's emotional intelligence, particularly by providing training content tailored to specific audiences, is an area for improvement."

"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."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The more users there are, the cheaper the product is."

"Although the price is acceptable and somewhat competitive, it would be better if it were cheaper."

"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."

"I rate the product pricing as four out of ten."

"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."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Kaspersky Security Awareness?

The nice thing about it is, if you want to try it, there is a POC available, so you can have a proof of concept.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kaspersky Security Awareness?

The typical package would be about 200 South African Rand per year, per user. The more users there are, the cheaper the product is.

What is your primary use case for Kaspersky Security Awareness?

I sell the product. This solution basically provides cybersecurity awareness for the non-IT person. Let's say you're the IT manager of a company. You buy the Kaspersky product for X amount of users...

What do you like most about KnowBe4?

Their customizable nature allows us to create scenarios that closely resemble real-world phishing attempts, making them highly relatable to our end users.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for KnowBe4?

My advice would be to find a trusted partner and work with them. The pricing model is simple. If you have the technical staff and bandwidth, you may implement it yourself. However, if you want to g...

What needs improvement with KnowBe4?

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Overview

More than 80% of all cyber-incidents are caused by human error. Enterprises lose millions recovering from staff-related incidents – but traditional training programs usually fail to achieve the desired behavioral changes and motivation. Understanding what lies behind any learning and teaching process helps to build an effective educational program. Our programs not only deliver knowledge, but – more importantly – change habits and form the new behavior patterns that are the real goal of awareness training.

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.

Sample Customers

Insolar, Goods.ru

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