2024-12-03 02:21:00
KnowBe4, a world-renowned cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, today announced an innovative new suite of AI-native security agents designed to automate and improve human risk management – AIDA.
AIDA is a suite of agents that enhances the approach to human risk management by leveraging multiple AI technologies to create personalized, adaptive, and highly effective training for all end users that truly changes behavior. Supporting the entire set of agents is SmartRisk AgentTM. SmartRisk Agent leverages end-user behavioral data from all KnowBe4 products to help measure cyber risk in people. This agent’s multidimensional risk scores are designed to make it easier for security professionals to spot potential issues at the user, group, and organization levels.
According to one LastPass survey 2024more than 95% of cybersecurity professionals believe that AI-generated content makes phishing detection more challenging. This technological advancement in the hands of bad actors has created a new generation of highly convincing social engineering attacks that universal security awareness training cannot combat.
“AIDA is not merely the next step in KnowBe4’s human risk management, but a quantum leap forward,” said Stu Sjouwerman, Chief Executive Officer of KnowBe4. “It offers a suite of native AI agents that transform the way security professionals approach human risk management. AIDA empowers organizations to stay on the cutting edge of AI-based cybersecurity attacks by measuring human risk scores to better understand and mitigate threats within the risk landscape.”
The first four agents who were released include:
- Automated Training Agent: Uses AI with 316 indicators influencing 37 factors across 7 knowledge areas to analyze end users’ learning history, role, risk score, behavior patterns, and even languages so that AIDA can automatically assign the most relevant and engaging content.
- Model Generation Agent: By leveraging generative AI, AIDA creates highly realistic phishing models that can mirror current attack vectors. Social engineering indicators, or red flags, are based on NIST Phish Scale Framework.
- Knowledge update agent: AIDA delivers knowledge updates at optimal intervals, ensuring end users actually apply crucial security concepts.
- Policy Test Agent: AIDA generates intelligent questions based on an organization’s specific security and compliance policies.
AIDA is available as an add-on for KnowBe4 customers with a Diamond-level KnowBe4 subscription. For more information about AIDA, visit https://www.knowbe4.com/products/AIDA.
About KnowBe4
KnowBe4 empowers workforces to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations around the world, KnowBe4 helps reinforce security culture and manage human risks. KnowBe4 offers a complete, best-in-class AI-driven platform for Human Risk Management, creating an adaptive layer of defense that strengthens user behavior against the latest cybersecurity threats. The HRM+ platform includes modules for awareness and compliance training, cloud email security, real-time training, collaborative anti-phishing, AI defense agents, and more. As the only global security platform of its kind, KnowBe4 uses personalized and relevant cybersecurity protection content, tools and techniques to mobilize workforces to transform from the largest attack surface to an organization’s largest asset.
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How does AIDA personalize security awareness training for employees?
## Interview: KnowBe4 Launches AIDA, AI-powered Human Risk Management Suite
**Host:** Welcome back to Tech Talk everyone. Today we’re joined by Stu Sjouwerman, CEO of KnowBe4, to discuss their groundbreaking new suite of security agents, AIDA. Stu, thanks for joining us!
**Stu:** Absolutely, happy to be here!
**Host:** Let’s dive in. AIDA is making waves in the cybersecurity community. Can you explain what it is and how it works?
**Stu:** AIDA is not just a product, it’s a new era for human risk management. Think of it as a suite of AI-powered agents designed to personalize and automate **every aspect** of security awareness training.
**Host: **
**(referencing the press material)[[1](https://blog.knowbe4.com/cyberheistnews-vol-14-12-heads-up-i-am-announcing-aida-artificial-intelligence-defense-agents)]That’s interesting. The release mentions multiple agents. Can you elaborate on how these specifically benefit organizations?
**Stu:** Absolutely! You’ve got the **Automated Training Agent**, that analyzes user behaviour to deliver perfect training. No more one-size-fits-all! Then there’s the **Model Generation Agent**, which creates realistic phishing simulations based on the latest attack trends. This helps keep employees on their toes and prepared.
**Host:** This all sounds really advanced. But isn’t there a concern about AI itself being the target for attackers, especially with the rise of AI-generated phishing?
**Stu:** You hit the nail on the head. The
LastPass
survey mentioned in our announcement showed that 95% of cybersecurity professionals are concerned about AI-generated phishing. That’s exactly why we created AIDA. It’s designed not only to counter these threats but to
**stay ahead** of them.
**Host:** Impressive! So, how can our viewers learn more about AIDA and begin using it for their organizations?
**Stu:** It’s available as an add-on for our Diamond-level subscribers. All the information you need is on our website at [https://www.knowbe4.com/products/AIDA](https://www.knowbe4.com/products/AIDA)
**Host:** Fantastic! Thanks for joining us and shedding light on this remarkable development, Stu.
**Stu:** My pleasure. Stay safe out there everyone!
