SECURITY PLATFORM MD COLLARD WINS AWARD

KNOWBE4, a leading international security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, said its managing director of Africa, Anna Collard, has won an Innovations Throughout Africa at Women in Tech Africa 2020 award. Innovations Throughout Africa is an initiative to raise awareness of tech innovations being developed across Africa, from groundbreaking tech products to revolutionary services and processes by African-headquartered organisations, project teams or individuals. “For me, this is a great achievement and wouldn’t have been possible without the support from my team,” said Collard. She started Popcorn Training, a KnowBe4 company, seven years ago and despite being 100 percent bootstrapped, without an office and only employing five people, the company was able to secure contracts with well-established organisations. “We’ve come a long way since then and I’m proud to be a part of KnowBe4 now.” Popcorn Training, a KnowBe4 company, was one of the first companies to globally use story-based and engaging video and gaming content to teach people how to stay safe online. They have also received multiple international awards for their content. KnowBe4 is a provider of security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, which is used by more than 31 000 organisations around the globe. KnowBe4 helps organisations address the human element of security by raising awareness about ransomware, chief executive of fraud and other social engineering tactics through a new-school approach to awareness training on security. I