Security guides & articles

Deep-dive playbooks on the threats we stop and the defenses we build — written for security teams who want practical, no-fluff guidance.

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Phishing Detection

Phishing Detection

Phishing Detection: Catch Attacks Before Users Click

A practitioner's guide to phishing detection: signals, playbooks and tooling to detect and block phishing across your brand, domains and inboxes fast.

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Email Threat Detection

Email Threat Detection

Email Threat Detection: Stop BEC, Malware & ATO

Email threat detection catches the BEC, account takeover and payloads native filters miss. Learn how detection works under the hood and how to choose a tool.

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Typosquatting Detection

Typosquatting Detection

Typosquatting Detection: Find Lookalike Domains

A practitioner's guide to typosquatting detection: generate lookalike permutations, monitor registration and certificate feeds, and drive takedowns fast.

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Advanced Human Detection

Advanced Human Detection

Advanced Human Detection: AI-Powered Phishing Detection

Advanced human detection pairs AI-powered phishing detection with human-layer signals to catch the social-engineering attacks filters and people miss.

13 min readRead guide
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Phishing Simulation

Phishing Simulation

Phishing Simulation: A Practical How-To Guide

Phishing simulation explained: how it works, the test types that matter, the metrics to track, and how to run programs that lower employee click rates.

13 min readRead guide
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Security Awareness Training

Security Awareness Training

Security Awareness Training: Build a Security Culture

A practical guide to security awareness training: how it works, what to teach, simulations and reporting, and the metrics that prove it works.

14 min readRead guide
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Human Risk Management

Human Risk Management

Human Risk Management: Measure and Shrink Human Cyber Risk

Human risk management helps you measure, quantify, and continuously reduce human cyber risk across your workforce. Learn the frameworks, metrics, and tools.

13 min readRead guide
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Dark Web Monitoring

Dark Web Monitoring

Dark Web Monitoring: Catch Leaks Before Attackers Do

Dark web monitoring continuously surfaces leaked credentials and exposed company data so you can act before attackers do. Learn how it works and how to choose.

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Data Breach Monitoring

Data Breach Monitoring

Data Breach Monitoring: Catch Leaks Before Attackers Do

A practical data breach monitoring guide: how it detects leaked credentials and records, how to triage alerts by severity, and how to remediate fast.

13 min readRead guide
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Phishing Awareness Platforms

Phishing Awareness Platforms

Best Phishing Awareness Platforms for Mid-Market Companies in 2026

Compare the best phishing awareness platforms for mid-market companies in 2026 on scalability, compliance reporting, total cost, and deployment speed.

10 min readRead guide
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Security Awareness Training

Security Awareness Training

Best Security Awareness Training for Small Businesses

Compare the best security awareness training for small businesses: evaluation criteria, real pricing, 90-day benchmarks, and a 60-day rollout plan to follow.

12 min readRead guide
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Email Threat Detection

Email Threat Detection

Email Threat Detection Software: A 2026 Buyer's Guide

Compare email threat detection software in 2026: AI triage, BEC and ransomware detection, deployment models, pricing, and a POC checklist before you buy.

13 min readRead guide
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Human Risk Management

Human Risk Management

Human Risk Management vs Traditional Security Awareness Training

Compare human risk management vs traditional security awareness training on measurability, behavior change, compliance evidence, and ROI to pick a model.

10 min readRead guide
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Phishing Simulation Platforms

Phishing Simulation Platforms

Top Phishing Simulation Platforms Compared for 2026

Compare the top phishing simulation platforms for 2026 on realism, training integration, reporting depth, deployment, and pricing, with picks by org size.

10 min readRead guide
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Phishing Simulation

Phishing Simulation

7 Steps to Launch Your First Employee Phishing Test

Launch your first employee phishing test the right way. Follow 7 steps from goal-setting to reporting that change behavior, not just measure click rates.

9 min readRead guide
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SMB Cybersecurity Training

SMB Cybersecurity Training

SMB Cybersecurity Training: What Every Small Business Needs

SMB cybersecurity training cuts breach risk when run as an ongoing program, not a yearly module. Learn the six core topics, cadence, and metrics that work.

11 min readRead guide
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Credential Breach Monitoring

Credential Breach Monitoring

Credential Breach Monitoring: A Guide for IT Security Teams in 2026

Credential breach monitoring gives security teams an early warning as stolen logins surface in hours. Learn how it works, what to monitor, and how to respond.

9 min readRead guide
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Employee Risk Scoring

Employee Risk Scoring

5 Ways to Calculate and Track Employee Cyber Risk Scores

Build an employee cyber risk score from five signals: phishing behavior, training, reporting, access privilege, and dark web exposure. See how to weight each.

11 min readRead guide
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Dark Web Monitoring

Dark Web Monitoring

How to Find Out If Your Employee Credentials Are on the Dark Web

Learn how to find out if your employee credentials are on the dark web using HIBP, OSINT, and paid monitoring, plus what to do when you confirm exposure.

11 min readRead guide
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Human Risk Scoring

Human Risk Scoring

How to Use Security Risk Scores to Prioritize Employee Training

Use security risk scores to prioritize employee training by ranking real behavior, not completion. See how human risk scoring finds your riskiest people fast.

9 min readRead guide
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Phishing Awareness Training

Phishing Awareness Training

Phishing Awareness Training That Actually Works in 2026

Build phishing awareness training that changes behavior in 2026: baseline tests, realistic simulations, instant teachable moments, and the KPIs that prove ROI.

10 min readRead guide
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ISO 27001 Training

ISO 27001 Training

The Complete ISO 27001 Awareness Training Guide for 2026

ISO 27001 awareness training is a top audit nonconformity. Learn what Clause 7.3 and Annex A 6.3 require, what to train, and the records auditors sample.

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Cyber Human Risk

Cyber Human Risk

What Is Cyber Human Risk and Why It Matters in 2026

Cyber human risk drives 68% to 95% of breaches. Learn how to define it, measure it with composite scores, and launch a program with a 90-day roadmap.

10 min readRead guide
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Slack & Teams Phishing

Slack & Teams Phishing

How Phishing Simulations Work in Slack and Teams

Learn how phishing simulations work in Slack and Teams, from realistic lures to in-channel teachable moments and the metrics that prove behavior change.

10 min readRead guide
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Compliance Training Records

Compliance Training Records

How to Maintain Training Records for Compliance Audits

Learn how to maintain training records for compliance audits, map artifacts to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and NIS2 controls, and build audit-ready evidence.

9 min readRead guide
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DORA Training Compliance

DORA Training Compliance

How to Meet DORA Security Training Obligations in 2026

DORA security training is a binding obligation under Article 13(6). Learn which articles apply, who must train, and the audit evidence regulators demand.

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Compliance Evidence Reporting

Compliance Evidence Reporting

How to Prepare Exportable Compliance Training Evidence for Board Reports

Exportable compliance training evidence for board reports must be individual-level, version-controlled, and framework-mapped. Get the artifacts and formats.

11 min readRead guide
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Phishing Simulation

Phishing Simulation

Phishing Simulations That Don't Disrupt Operations: A 2026 Guide

Run phishing simulations without disrupting operations using whitelisting, segmentation, AI-timed delivery, and HR guardrails. A 2026 security playbook.

12 min readRead guide

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