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KnowBe4, a global leader in human and agentic AI risk management, has announced a strategic partnership with Carahsoft Technology Corp. to strengthen cybersecurity culture and human risk management in the U.S. public sector. Under this agreement, Carahsoft will act as KnowBe4’s public sector distributor, leveraging its reseller partners and NASA SEWP V contract to make KnowBe4’s AI-driven Human Risk Management (HRM+) platform widely available to federal, state, and local government agencies.
KnowBe4 partners with Carahsoft to expand public sector access to AI-driven Human Risk Management
Carahsoft distributes KnowBe4’s HRM+ platform through reseller channels and SEWP V contracts
HRM+ integrates awareness training, phishing simulation, email security, and real-time coaching
Nearly 4,000 government agencies trust KnowBe4’s FedRAMP authorized platform
Partnership addresses critical human decision-making layer of cybersecurity risk
City of Daytona Beach CIO attests to KnowBe4’s platform impact on cybercrime defense
The U.S. public sector faces significant cybersecurity challenges including budget constraints, competing for talent, and evolving threats from nation-state actors and cybercrime groups. This partnership aims to deliver efficient, effective tools to build a security-conscious culture, reducing human-related security risks—the most targeted attack surface in cybersecurity.
KnowBe4’s HRM+ platform incorporates personalized, behavior-based intelligence powered by agentic AI. It provides security awareness and compliance training, phishing testing, cloud email security, crowdsourced anti-phishing collaboration, AI Defense Agents, and real-time coaching to transform employees from vulnerabilities into cyber defenders.
Brian O'Donnell, VP of Cybersecurity Solutions at Carahsoft remarked:
"By addressing human risk effectively, this partnership empowers government agencies to protect their critical infrastructures more robustly and cost-effectively."
Hossam Reziqa, Chief Information Officer, City of Daytona Beach, shared:
"KnowBe4 is not only a training platform but an integral toolkit to fight cybercrime."
KnowBe4 empowers over 70,000 organizations worldwide to build resilient security cultures through AI-driven human risk management. Its HRM+ platform is the only comprehensive solution integrating training, simulation, coaching, and AI defense for adaptive human-layer cybersecurity protection.
Carahsoft Technology Corp. is a leading Government IT solutions provider supporting federal, state, and local agencies, as well as education and healthcare. It serves as a Master Government Aggregator and distributor for numerous cybersecurity, AI, and cloud technology vendors, offering extensive reseller networks and government contract vehicles including SEWP.
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