About KnowBe4
KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is used by tens of thousands of organizations around the globe. KnowBe4 enables organizations to manage the ongoing problem of social engineering by helping them train employees to make smarter security decisions, every day.
Fortune has ranked us as a best place to work for women, for millennials, and in technology for four years in a row! We have been certified as a "Great Place To Work" in 8 countries, plus we've earned numerous other prestigious awards, including Glassdoor's Best Places To Work.
Our team values radical transparency, extreme ownership, and continuous professional development in a welcoming workplace that encourages all employees to be themselves. Whether working remotely or in-person, we strive to make every day fun and engaging; from team lunches to trivia competitions to local outings, there is always something exciting happening at KnowBe4.
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The Principal Cybersecurity Threat Researcher works in the KnowBe4 Threat Research Lab, and is responsible for deploying and configuring various security products and solutions such as endpoint, email, web and network protection.
Responsibilities:
- Keep up to date with emerging threats & security technologies
- Recommend solutions for security product deployment and configurations
- Experience designing, implementing & hardening systems
- Ability to think analytically & work collaboratively
- Provide coordination across functional boundaries
- Helps to translate KnowBe4's strategic goals into operational plans
- Act as team lead for large projects
- Make significant new contributions in technology, sometimes resulting in patents, trade secrets, and/or professional publications and presentations
- Provide coordination across functional boundaries
- Establish operational objectives and assignments
- Contribute as a technical expert to the development of new principles and concepts, providing solutions that are highly innovative and ingenious and cross diverse technical areas
Requirements:
- BS or equivalent plus 8 years experience
- MS or equivalent plus 4 years experience
- Keep up to date with emerging threats & security technologies
- Threat Intelligence and Analysis
- Open Source Threat Intelligence gathering and enrichment
- Threat Actor Attribution
- Threat Hunting
- Phishing Email Analysis
- URL/Attachment Analysis
- YARA rules for identifying Phishing campaigns/Patterns and Phishing kits
- Email Security Expertise
- In-depth knowledge of email security protocols and standards (e.g., SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
- Experience in analyzing and mitigating email-based threats, including phishing, spoofing, and business email compromise (BEC)
- Understanding of email infrastructure and ability to conduct email header analysis
- Social Engineering Research
- Phishing and social engineering Research
- Phishing Campaign Analysis
- Phishing Kits Analysis
- Reporting and Communication
- Threat Report creation
- Publishing articles and Blogs on the latest threats
- Technical Skills
- Good automation skills (actively working on any of the scripting languages for automating the daily tasks)
- Creating and implementing YARA rules
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Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.
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Healthcare Strength — Fully paid medical insurance for U.S. employees is repeatedly emphasized alongside dental/vision options and mental-health resources. This makes the benefits package feel materially strong even when cash compensation perceptions vary by role.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Open paid time off is positioned as a meaningful part of the total rewards package, with generous time-off framing across U.S. and local-region policies. Time-off flexibility is also reinforced by self-care initiatives and related cultural practices.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Company-wide monthly bonuses, referral bonuses, and certification reimbursement/completion bonuses create multiple ways to earn beyond base pay. Learning and leadership programs are also framed as tangible rewards tied to development and progression.
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