Just Announced: EasyDMARC, KnowBe4 Partner on Email Security
EasyDMARC and KnowBe4 partnered to combat phishing, which accounts for over one-third of cyberattacks. Learn how their integration strengthens email security.
Just Announced: EasyDMARC, KnowBe4 Partner on Email Security
EasyDMARC and KnowBe4 partnered to combat phishing, which accounts for over one-third of cyberattacks. Learn how their integration strengthens email security.
EasyDMARC and KnowBe4 announced a strategic partnership on May 4, 2026, bringing together two of the most recognized names in email security to tackle what has become one of the most persistent threats in cybersecurity. Phishing now accounts for over one-third of cyberattacks globally, according to the Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, and the new alliance is designed to close the gap between technical domain protection and human security behavior.
For business owners, marketers, and growth teams, the stakes are direct: phishing attacks on your sending domain do not just create security incidents. They damage sender reputation, kill deliverability, and erode the customer trust that every email campaign depends on.
What the Partnership Actually Does
Under the agreement, EasyDMARC becomes the sole and exclusive DMARC services provider to the KnowBe4 community. KnowBe4 will leverage EasyDMARC's domain and email analytics to give customers greater visibility into their email infrastructure, including DMARC reporting, authentication gaps, and sender vulnerabilities. Those insights are designed to help organizations accelerate DMARC enforcement, strengthen domain protection, and improve overall email deliverability and trust.
The collaboration brings together EasyDMARC's advanced email authentication and domain intelligence with KnowBe4's digital workforce security platform to help customers reduce exposure before attacks reach the inbox.
In practical terms, that means a KnowBe4 customer running phishing simulations and security awareness training will now have direct access to DMARC reporting and domain authentication management, without needing a separate vendor relationship.
The Two Companies Behind the Deal
KnowBe4 is trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, and its HRM+ platform includes awareness training, integrated cloud email security, real-time coaching, crowdsourced anti-phishing, and AI Defense Agents.
EasyDMARC and KnowBe4 announced a strategic partnership on May 4, 2026, bringing together two of the most recognized names in email security to tackle what has become one of the most persistent threats in cybersecurity. Phishing now accounts for over one-third of cyberattacks globally, according to the Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, and the new alliance is designed to close the gap between technical domain protection and human security behavior.
For business owners, marketers, and growth teams, the stakes are direct: phishing attacks on your sending domain do not just create security incidents. They damage sender reputation, kill deliverability, and erode the customer trust that every email campaign depends on.
What the Partnership Actually Does
Under the agreement, EasyDMARC becomes the sole and exclusive DMARC services provider to the KnowBe4 community. KnowBe4 will leverage EasyDMARC's domain and email analytics to give customers greater visibility into their email infrastructure, including DMARC reporting, authentication gaps, and sender vulnerabilities. Those insights are designed to help organizations accelerate DMARC enforcement, strengthen domain protection, and improve overall email deliverability and trust.
The collaboration brings together EasyDMARC's advanced email authentication and domain intelligence with KnowBe4's digital workforce security platform to help customers reduce exposure before attacks reach the inbox.
In practical terms, that means a KnowBe4 customer running phishing simulations and security awareness training will now have direct access to DMARC reporting and domain authentication management, without needing a separate vendor relationship.
The Two Companies Behind the Deal
KnowBe4 is trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, and its HRM+ platform includes awareness training, integrated cloud email security, real-time coaching, crowdsourced anti-phishing, and AI Defense Agents.
EasyDMARC describes itself as the Email Trust Platform, helping organizations secure, manage, and optimize their sending domain infrastructure at scale. With AI-powered DMARC analytics and automated SPF, DKIM, and DMARC management, the platform supports more than 230,000 domains across 130+ countries worldwide.
This partnership also deepens an existing relationship. KnowBe4 Ventures was a co-investor in an earlier EasyDMARC funding round, having established its venture arm in August 2022 to support the human layer of cybersecurity.
Why Phishing Has Become Both a Security and Deliverability Problem
The threat numbers behind this deal are hard to ignore. According to Verizon's DBIR 2025, phishing appears in 36% of all data breaches. The average cost of a phishing-related data breach reached $4.88 million in 2025, up nearly 10% from the prior year.
KnowBe4's own Phishing Threat Trends Report Vol. 7 found phishing rising 17% in the last six months, with organizations facing growing pressure to deliver measurable prevention.
For email marketers and growth teams, domain spoofing creates a second problem beyond fraud. When attackers impersonate your sending domain, legitimate emails get caught in the crossfire. Fully authenticated domains using DMARC are 2.7 times more likely to reach the recipient's inbox compared to unauthenticated domains. Yet adoption of meaningful enforcement policies remains low. In 2026, 525,996 domains tracked in EasyDMARC's 2026 DMARC Adoption Report remained at p=none, the monitoring-only policy that offers zero protection against spoofing.
The enforcement gap is especially wide for mid-market companies. Nearly four times as many Fortune 500 companies have reached p=reject compared to Inc. 5000 firms (62.7% vs. 15.2%), and more than half of mid-market companies remain parked at p=none.
What Leaders at Both Companies Are Saying
"Awareness alone is no longer enough. Execution is now the challenge." (Gerasim Hovhannisyan, CEO and Co-founder, EasyDMARC)
EasyDMARC describes itself as the Email Trust Platform, helping organizations secure, manage, and optimize their sending domain infrastructure at scale. With AI-powered DMARC analytics and automated SPF, DKIM, and DMARC management, the platform supports more than 230,000 domains across 130+ countries worldwide.
This partnership also deepens an existing relationship. KnowBe4 Ventures was a co-investor in an earlier EasyDMARC funding round, having established its venture arm in August 2022 to support the human layer of cybersecurity.
Why Phishing Has Become Both a Security and Deliverability Problem
The threat numbers behind this deal are hard to ignore. According to Verizon's DBIR 2025, phishing appears in 36% of all data breaches. The average cost of a phishing-related data breach reached $4.88 million in 2025, up nearly 10% from the prior year.
KnowBe4's own Phishing Threat Trends Report Vol. 7 found phishing rising 17% in the last six months, with organizations facing growing pressure to deliver measurable prevention.
For email marketers and growth teams, domain spoofing creates a second problem beyond fraud. When attackers impersonate your sending domain, legitimate emails get caught in the crossfire. Fully authenticated domains using DMARC are 2.7 times more likely to reach the recipient's inbox compared to unauthenticated domains. Yet adoption of meaningful enforcement policies remains low. In 2026, 525,996 domains tracked in EasyDMARC's 2026 DMARC Adoption Report remained at p=none, the monitoring-only policy that offers zero protection against spoofing.
The enforcement gap is especially wide for mid-market companies. Nearly four times as many Fortune 500 companies have reached p=reject compared to Inc. 5000 firms (62.7% vs. 15.2%), and more than half of mid-market companies remain parked at p=none.
What Leaders at Both Companies Are Saying
"Awareness alone is no longer enough. Execution is now the challenge." (Gerasim Hovhannisyan, CEO and Co-founder, EasyDMARC)
Gerasim Hovhannisyan, CEO and Co-founder of EasyDMARC, stated that organizations need practical, scalable ways to operationalize email security across both people and infrastructure, and that the partnership is designed to give customers the visibility and control they need to prevent attacks before they happen.
Greg Kras, Chief Product Officer at KnowBe4, noted that phishing and spoofing exploit both human vulnerability and technical gaps, and that the deal allows KnowBe4 customers to combine DMARC management with the workforce risk platform, delivering protection on both the technical and human sides.
What This Means for Your Email Program
The partnership signals a shift in how email security is being framed at the enterprise level. It is no longer purely an IT concern. This strategic alliance reflects a broader market shift where email security has transitioned from an IT priority to a business-critical trust layer, with domain security and deliverability now linked directly to customer trust and long-term resilience.
For teams sending marketing, transactional, or sales emails, that framing matters. A compelling finding in EasyDMARC's research is the direct correlation between national DMARC mandates and phishing outcomes: the United States, which has government DMARC mandates for federal agencies, saw successful phishing email delivery drop from 69% to 14%. Enforcement works.
EasyDMARC and KnowBe4 will showcase their joint offering at KB4-Con 2026, taking place May 12 to 14 in Orlando, FL, where the integrated product experience is expected to be demonstrated live for the first time.
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Gerasim Hovhannisyan, CEO and Co-founder of EasyDMARC, stated that organizations need practical, scalable ways to operationalize email security across both people and infrastructure, and that the partnership is designed to give customers the visibility and control they need to prevent attacks before they happen.
Greg Kras, Chief Product Officer at KnowBe4, noted that phishing and spoofing exploit both human vulnerability and technical gaps, and that the deal allows KnowBe4 customers to combine DMARC management with the workforce risk platform, delivering protection on both the technical and human sides.
What This Means for Your Email Program
The partnership signals a shift in how email security is being framed at the enterprise level. It is no longer purely an IT concern. This strategic alliance reflects a broader market shift where email security has transitioned from an IT priority to a business-critical trust layer, with domain security and deliverability now linked directly to customer trust and long-term resilience.
For teams sending marketing, transactional, or sales emails, that framing matters. A compelling finding in EasyDMARC's research is the direct correlation between national DMARC mandates and phishing outcomes: the United States, which has government DMARC mandates for federal agencies, saw successful phishing email delivery drop from 69% to 14%. Enforcement works.
EasyDMARC and KnowBe4 will showcase their joint offering at KB4-Con 2026, taking place May 12 to 14 in Orlando, FL, where the integrated product experience is expected to be demonstrated live for the first time.
