KnowBe4 wins 5-Star Award in 2025 CRN Partner Guide

KnowBe4 has received a 5-Star Award in the 2025 CRN Partner Program Guide, marking their continued success in the cybersecurity field.

CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, bestows this recognition to companies that excel in fostering beneficial partnerships within the technology provider community.

This guide is an essential resource that helps solution providers locate vendor partner programmes aligning with their business objectives and offering substantial partner value. The award evaluates the extensive support and resources vendors offer, which are crucial for solution providers when choosing IT vendors, service providers, and distributors for developing technology solutions.

The 5-Star Award signifies a company's strength in developing programmes that cultivate sustainable, profitable, and effective channel partnerships. For the 2025 edition of the Partner Program Guide, CRN's research team assessed vendors on programme requirements and offerings such as partner training, education, and support, alongside technical, marketing, and communication resources.

Kirsten Esposito, VP of Global Channel Sales at KnowBe4, remarked on the significance of the award, saying, "Earning CRN's 5-star rating for the fourth consecutive year underscores our ongoing commitment to our partners' success in addressing critical cybersecurity challenges."

"Our focus on delivering a comprehensive human risk management strategy enables our partners to help their customers combat increasingly sophisticated social engineering attacks and other evolving threats. In 2025, we have further enhanced our partner resources and streamlined collaboration tools while expanding our technology offerings."

"The combination of our innovative product suite and strategic channel investments continues to create meaningful value for our partners," Esposito added.

Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN, at The Channel Company, further elaborated on the importance of the guide, "Being featured on the 2025 CRN Partner Program Guide highlights the dedication these technology vendors have to evolving with solution providers, driving innovation, and supporting mutual success."

"This critical annual project empowers solution providers to identify vendors that are committed to enhancing their partner programs and meeting the always-changing business needs of the channel and end customers. The guide provides deep insight into the distinctive value of each partner program so solution providers can make strategic partnership decisions with confidence."

The 2025 Partner Program Guide, including the full list of recognised vendors, will be available in the April 2025 issue of CRN and is accessible online as of March 24, 2025.