Trust Is A Currency.
KnowBe4 Protects It.
Human Risk Management Designed To Overcome The #1 Cybersecurity Risk In Financial Services: Email and Human Error
Financial services companies move fast, must stay compliant and keep client data secure.
Yet email, one of the most commonly used tools in the business, remains its biggest cyber risk. Despite advances in email filtering and encryption, the leading cause of email-related security incidents is human error:
68%
of data breaches in financial services is due to human error
90%
of outbound email security incidents go undetected
1 in 3
clients would switch providers following a data breach
A Smarter Approach
Legacy tools and static policies built for simpler workflows can’t keep up, and miss the nuanced, real-world behaviors that create regulatory risk. Rather than relying on one-size-fits-all rules, KnowBe4’s Human Risk Management Platform (HRM+) understands how users communicate, detects risky behavior and enforces adaptive controls in real time.
With HRM+, financial services organizations can leverage:
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Behavioral analysis flags risky user actions, such as sending confidential client data to unusual addresses
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Context-aware scanning identifies sensitive financial data in emails and attachments, alerting users before they hit send
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Recipient anomaly detection learns patterns and flags unusual activity, like sending payroll files to unknown addresses
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Real-time policy enforcement blocks risky messages or prompts users for confirmation
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Audit-ready reporting documents every action, giving compliance and regulators insight into risk mitigation
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What our customers say
With the large volume of sensitive data exchanged, it only takes one successful phishing attack or email to an unauthorized recipient to result in serious consequences.
Michael Weaver, Information Security Officer at First Bank
We selected KnowBe4 Defend and Prevent as added security layers in our Microsoft 365 environment to ensure we are minimizing our risk profile.
Daniel Volk, CIO, Crawford & Company
The phishing simulation programme is fantastic—we automated simulations completely, templates are updated regularly and sent based on preset difficulty so training is relevant and ongoing.
Juan-Marc Scrimgeour, Acting Head: Technology Security at Capitec
Publix Employees Federal Credit Union
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KnowBe4's Human Risk Management Platform (HRM+)
HRM+ is a comprehensive, AI-driven “best-of-suite” platform that fortifies user behavior against security threats. It comprises:
- Security Awareness Training
- Cloud Email Security
- Anti-Phishing Defense
- Real-Time Coaching
- Compliance Training
- AI Defense Agents
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KnowBe4 Human Risk Management+ Platform (HRM+)
HRM+ is a comprehensive, AI-driven “best-of-suite” platform that fortifies user behavior against security threats. It comprises:
- Security Awareness Training
- Cloud Email Security
- Anti-Phishing Defense
- Real-Time Coaching
- Compliance Training
- AI Defense Agents
See KnowBe4 Human Risk Management+ in Action
Secure the Digital Workforce: Human + AI
KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15 years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.