Netskope vs KnowBe4
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Santa Clara SSE/SASE pioneer (NASDAQ: NTSK, IPO Sep 2025 at $7.26B) with NewEdge 70+ data center network; $1.44B pre-IPO funding serving 2,400+ customers (30+ Fortune 100) competing with Zscaler for enterprise cloud security.
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Netskope is a Santa Clara, California-based Security Service Edge (SSE) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: NTSK) after completing its IPO in September 2025 at a $7.26 billion offering valuation — providing enterprise organizations with cloud-native security architecture through the Netskope One platform that unifies Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Next Generation Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and SD-WAN into a single solution delivered through the NewEdge global network with 70+ data centers. With $1.44 billion in total pre-IPO funding and 2,400+ customers including 30+ Fortune 100 companies, Netskope is recognized as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for SASE Platforms. Founded in 2012 by CEO Sanjay Beri, Krishna Narayanaswamy, Lebin Cheng, and Ravi Ithal.
KnowBe4 is the world's largest security awareness training platform, delivering simulated phishing, compliance training, and human risk management to 65,000+ organizations.
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KnowBe4 is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Tampa, Florida that operates the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, serving over 65,000 organizations across 11 million users. Founded in 2010 by Stu Sjouwerman, the company was built on the thesis that the human element — employees who click phishing links, reuse passwords, and inadvertently install malware — represents the primary attack vector in the majority of successful breaches, and that continuous, measurable security awareness training combined with simulated phishing exercises is the most effective way to reduce this human risk. KnowBe4 went public in 2021 and was taken private by Vista Equity Partners in 2023 in a transaction valued at approximately $4.6 billion.
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