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December 2018
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- New items were added to the ModStore:
- KnowBe4
- Popcorn
- exploqii
- Security Awareness Company
- Reseller Dashboard was renamed to Account Management Dashboard.
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November 2018
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- Updated videos for Customizing Phishing Templates and Landing Pages and Customizing Training Notifications were added.
- New items were added to the ModStore:
- Teach Privacy **new publisher!**
- 10 training modules
- 1 game
- Popcorn
- 7 posters
- 5 Security Docs
- 1 training module
- KnowBe4
- 1 poster
- 1 training module
- 6 video modules
- Security Awareness Company
- 1 newsletter
- 2 Security Docs
- New placeholders were added to your Placeholder dropdown on phishing templates, landing pages, and training notifications. You can now add dynamic numbers and dates to your custom content.
- A new tag was added to specific email templates: SPF. See more about what this tag means here.
- A new video for Domain Doppelganger was added.
- Training-related certificates have been updated with a new design.
- Teach Privacy was added as a publisher to the ModStore.
- A new version of the Office 365 PAB was released which fixes an issue with centralized deployment. Server-based PABs update automatically. See more on our Phish Alert Release Notes.
- You can now set a required password length for your users from your Account Settings.
- A free KnowBe4 training module and PDF printable has been released, only available for the holiday season (November and December)
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October 2018
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- New items were added to the ModStore:
- KnowBe4
- 2 training modules
- 4 posters
- exploqii
- Security Awareness Company
- Popcorn
- 10 newsletters
- 3 training modules
- Twist & Shout
- ThinkHR
- A new version of the PAB was released for Office 365 and the Outlook Mobile app.
- An option to modify the session timeout for admins and users was added to your Account Settings. If inactive for the specified period of time, the admin or user will be logged out of their account automatically. MSPs/Resellers also have an admin session timeout available.
- Advanced Reporting and Virtual Risk Officer (VRO) was released for US and EU accounts.
- Advanced Reporting simplifies and expands your ability to create reports about your security awareness training plan progress, while our Virtual Risk Officer (VRO) feature calculates a risk score for users, groups, and your organization as a whole, helping you detect and strengthen the weakest points in your human firewall.
- A new version of Second Chance was released which addresses several bugs.
- Tutorial videos have been added/revised:
- You can now update user time zones in bulk via CSV import.
- A new version of ADI was released which adds support for a large number of users. See our ADI release notes for more details.
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September 2018
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- Videos are now called "video modules" and can be used as content for training campaigns.
- New tutorial videos are available on our Tutorial Videos page:
- The ability to hide a phishing campaign from reports during campaign creation was added.
- The ability to selectively notify admins upon user import via CSV was added.
- Two new attachment types for your simulated phishing tests were added, .docm and .xlsm.
- New landing pages are available:
- Automatically branded versions of our basic "Oops" and SEI landing pages were added. Look for the tag (Branded).
- These landing pages use your "Company Logo URL" as indicated in your Account Settings.
- New items were added to the ModStore:
- Popcorn
- The Security Awareness Company
- KnowBe4
- A new version of RanSim is available which adds a crypto-mining simulation scenario. See more in our RanSim product manual.
- New user fields were added that you can add to user profiles, download in CSV reports, and use in Smart Groups, including:
- Organization
- Department
- Risk Booster
- Language
- Employee Start Date
- Archived Date
- Comment
- Custom Fields (up to 4)
- Custom Date (up to 2)
- We've released Domain Doppelgӓnger, a web-based tool that performs searches specific to your organization’s domain and collects data on any potentially harmful or "evil twin" domains that the bad guys have registered with malicious intent.
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August 2018
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- New API endpoints were released to coincide with our new Policy feature.
- Twist & Shout and Canada Privacy Training were added as publishers to the ModStore.
- New items were added to the ModStore:
- Canada Privacy Training **new publisher!**
- Twist & Shout **new publisher!**
- KnowBe4
- Popcorn
- exploqii
- Our training-related placeholders were revised and built-in training notifications were updated to reflect this. The previous versions of the placeholders will still be supported.
- Training reports were revised slightly to coincide with our new Policy feature.
- The ability to include or exclude archived users from phishing reports was added to the Account Settings area.
- The ability to clone a group was added.
- A new version of PAB was released (1.2.30). See our Phish Alert Release Notes for details.
- A content "Duration" search filter was added to the ModStore.
- Advanced Reporting and Virtual Risk Officer (VRO) was released to beta.
- Advanced Reporting simplifies and expands your ability to create reports about your security awareness training plan progress, while our Virtual Risk Officer (VRO) feature calculates a risk score for users, groups, and your organization as a whole, helping you detect and strengthen the weakest points in your human firewall.
- You can enable this in your KnowBe4 Account Settings to participate in the beta. Send your feedback, comments, and questions regarding the beta to KnowBe4's support team.
- The ability to bulk delete users via CSV was added. Additionally, the "Delete" button was changed to "Archive" throughout the Users tab to represent its actual functionality.
- Landing Pages:
- A new multi-provider login landing page was added. Check it out under the Phishing > Landing Pages > Phishing for Sensitive Information.
- Phishing Templates:
- A new Security Hint and Tip was added.
- Several new Current Events templates were added.
- German, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, and South African phishing templates were added.
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July 2018
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- New items were added to the ModStore:
- KnowBe4
- 2 training modules
- 30 posters in five different sizes
- Security Awareness Company (SAC)
- 5 training modules
- 6 Security One sheets
- Popcorn
- 11 training modules (micro-modules)
- ThinkHR
- We've added a new Policies tab beneath the Training area of your platform.
- Our Policy feature allows you to store, distribute, and track various policy acknowledgments and agreements required of your employees as part of your security awareness training program.
- We've added Release Notes to your console.
- These release notes will inform you of any major updates, new features, or changes that have happened since your last login. Dismiss the messages by clicking the "X" icon in the top-right corner of the message.
- Upgrades were made to the design of our phishing test attachments.
- All attachments now include a link within it, so users can have a "click" failure in addition to an "attachment opened" failure and will be taken to a landing page upon clicking the link. The design was also changed to improve the overall user experience.
- Landing Pages:
- A new "Robot CAPTCHA" landing page was added. Check it out under the Phishing > Landing Pages > Generic.
- A new Instagram login landing page was added. Check it out under the Phishing > Landing Pages > Phishing for Sensitive Information.
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June 2018
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- New items were added to the ModStore:
- 24 new Security Docs from Popcorn
- These are one-page infographics that relate to their corresponding Popcorn training modules.
- The Privacy Series of training modules (published by Popcorn) now has matching Posters (in 11x17, 18x24, and Digital Signage formats) and Security Docs available.
- New Posters and Security One Sheets from the Security Awareness Company
- 2018 Creating Strong Passwords module (in each language) was enhanced to make each version more localized.
- Our landing page interface was redesigned and now includes a Copy URL feature.
- Second Chance is now available on our EU server.
- KnowBe4's default landing domain for both servers has changed.
- New API endpoints for Training-related data were released.
- The ability to change the default Date/Time Format in your console was added. This setting can be edited in your Account Settings area.
- Short demo videos for all of KnowBe4's free tools are now available.
- A new version of Active Directory Integration (ADI) has been released that corrects an uncommon error related to using LDAPS to connect to your Domain Controller. ADI tools that are functioning as normal do not need to be updated to the latest version.
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May 2018
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- New modules for Gold, Platinum, and Diamond-level subscriptions were added to the ModStore:
- PCI Simplified
- 2018 Common Threats, Part 2 - Kyle's Story
- Enhancements were made to our Security Roles feature, allowing you to further limit permissions to only include specific, "targeted groups". See our How to Use Security Roles manual for more information.
- Banners will be added to new, updated, and soon-to-be-retired content in the ModStore. See here for more information on the "Retiring Soon" banner.
- Employee number option was added to Smart Groups.
- Benchmarking data settings on the Dashboard will be saved whenever changed. The setting is at the account-level, meaning all admins on the account will see the same saved settings.
- If you're using our server-based Phish Alert Button (PAB) with Mac OSX, we recommend upgrading to the latest version of High Sierra (10.13 or newer) if you experience issues. See our PAB compatibility matrix.
- You can now remove failures from your phishing tests. All failure types can be removed from a user's timeline (on their individual profile page) or from within an individual Phishing Campaign's report.
- Changes to the Training Campaign Creation Screen were added:
- The "Courses" dropdown has been modified to allow sorting by Published date, Duration, and Title.
- Retired courses will also be hidden by default on this dropdown, but can be displayed if desired.
- The order of courses can now be changed by dragging and dropping the selected courses in the order they should be prioritized.
- 17 new modules have been added to the ModStore from publisher ThinkHR for Diamond-level subscriptions. These courses cover a variety of topics, including (but not limited to) sexual harassment, bullying, campus security, and diversity.
- To browse all ThinkHR courses, access the MODSTORE tab from within your console and beneath the Publisher filter, click "ThinkHR".
- 24 new posters by Popcorn have been added to the ModStore for Diamond-level subscriptions. These posters correspond to 24 of the Popcorn Cyber Heroes Series, Security Moments Series, and Something Phishy training modules. The posters are available in 11x17 tabloid, 18x24 large poster, and 16:9 digital signage formats.
- 44 exploqii video modules are now live in the ModStore for Diamond-level subscriptions. These video modules are currently available in English and German. As well, our exploqii video modules have downloadable versions available in MP4 format and can be added to training campaigns.
- A new Phish Alert Button (PAB) training module is available. This module can be assigned to users within training campaigns as part of the process of implementing the PAB in your organization.
- The module is titled "Using the Phish Alert Button: Report Suspicious Emails" and is available all subscription levels.
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April 2018
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- Mailserver Security Assessment (MSA) was released. This tool allows you to test your email security controls and mail server with over 30 different types of email messages. Using this tool will provide you with the knowledge you need to understand the types of emails and email attachments that can reach your end users.
- Modules for Diamond-level subscriptions were added to the ModStore:
- OWASP Top 10
- Executive Awareness and Leadership
- Computer Security & Data Protection
- Mobile Security Basics
- End of the Day Security Challenge
- PCI DSS Retail Store Experience
- A new version of Second Chance was released which adds support for Gmail and Office 365. This new version also includes:
- A new URL report in the console which lets you see what URLs are triggering Second Chance prompts for your users.
- The addition of URL unwinding, which decodes shortened or rewritten URLs to display the actual destination of the link that was clicked.
- The option to specify a Web Proxy during installation.
- Vishing 2.0 was released with support for US and international numbers. There are over 200 built-in templates and 21 different language categories.
- We have modules now available in 20 additional languages in the ModStore for Gold/Platinum/Diamond subscriptions:
- 2018 CEO Fraud
- 2018 Ransomware
- 2018 Safe Web Browsing
- As part of the Popcorn Series "Security Moments", the module Hacking Emotions is now available in the ModStore for Diamond subscriptions.
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March 2018
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- Industry benchmarking data was added to KnowBe4's Free Phishing Security Test.
- Popcorn Training was added as a publisher in the ModStore and is available with Diamond-level subscriptions.
- A new version of PAB was released (1.1.17). See our Phish Alert Release Notes for details.
- The EEC Pro has been updated. Customers receiving the previous version of the EEC will now receive the new EEC Pro moving forward. See more here: EEC Pro Product Manual
- The "2018 Mobile Device Security" module is now available in 20 languages (Gold/Platinum/Diamond subscriptions).
- You now have the capability to use our Active Directory Integration (ADI) with Azure Active Directory Domain Services. See our ADI and Azure AD Domain Services article for more information.
- An external (non-KnowBe4) SAML vulnerability was announced and KnowBe4 promptly patched to prevent any issues with this vulnerability.
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February 2018
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- An API has been released to allow you to pull user and group data from your console.
- Industry benchmarking data was added to the Dashboard of your console. This allows you to compare your security awareness program's results with those in your industry or others.
- There has been an update to the whitelisting process for Office 365 mail environments.
- If you have whitelisted our mail servers by IP Address, see here.
- If you have whitelisted our mail servers by email header, see here.
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January 2018
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- A video for your end users was released--it explains how to get started with their KnowBe4 training. You can include a link to this video with your training notifications if you'd like to, to help explain the training process.
- Phish Alert Button CSV download is now available on the KnowBe4 console Dashboard and shows the number of simulated vs. non-simulated emails reported.
- New Facebook, Office 365, and Netflix Landing Pages were added to System Landing Pages.
- Enhancements were made to all tabs that display email templates. This includes:
- The My Templates, System Templates, and Community Templates tabs under the Phishing portion of the console
- The My Templates and System Templates tabs under the Training portion of the console
- AwareGO was added as a publisher in the ModStore and is available with Diamond-level subscriptions.
- The "2018 Creating Strong Passwords" module is now available in 20 additional languages (Gold/Platinum/Diamond subscriptions).
- A new version of PAB was released (1.1.16). See Phish Alert Release Notes for details.
- A reporting API for Phishing data was released and allows customers to pull Phishing data from their consoles. For more information, see the links below:
- A new category of "Security Hints & Tips" templates was added to System Phishing Templates which automatically include your organization logo. Look for the (Branded) tag on the category.
- The MSP/Reseller Console's Dashboard page was updated to include more information, including subscription level and end date, number of active accounts, number of purchased seats, and number of active seats (paid/free/trial).
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