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Eight Security Awareness Training Platforms Compared

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Summary

The article compares eight security awareness platforms and offers guidance on choosing training that covers role-specific procedures, phishing and voice or text scams, AI use, recurring assignments, reporting, and existing controls.

Key points

  • Compares Noon Security, KnowBe4, Hoxhunt, Adaptive Security, SoSafe, Proofpoint ZenGuide, Mimecast Engage, and Infosec IQ.
  • Describes differences in personalized assignments, simulations, course customization, chat-based learning, automation, LMS integration, and broader workforce protections.
  • Recommends teaching practical procedures, such as verifying payment requests and handling account recovery, rather than only describing threats.
  • Warns that email-focused training may not prepare employees for text and voice scams; suggests evaluating vishing, smishing, and deepfake scenarios.
  • Says AI training should clarify approved tools and what information employees may share, and notes that training and technical governance controls serve different roles.
  • Advises assessing recurring assignments, employee experience, reporting, and how training records move between an LMS and vendor platforms.
  • The article cautions that course completion alone does not show whether employees apply guidance; it recommends considering practice, reporting, and follow-up.

Article Details

Topic
Security awareness training platforms and their capabilities, limitations, and selection criteria

Vendors

Adaptive SecurityAdaptive Security: Useful when administrators want to build and edit courses around internal policies and company-specific scenarios.AikidoWhat it does. Noon is Aikido Security’s workforce security platform. Its simulations and training prepare employees for the attacks they actually meet, from phishing and voice scams to SMS fraud and deepfakeHoxhuntHoxhunt: Leans on adaptive practice and recurring program management. InfosecInfosec IQ Enterprise: Supports external learning management systems, which suits organizations already delivering mandatory training through a central platform.KnowBe4KnowBe4: Offers configurable groups, AIDA automation and contextual coaching.MimecastMimecast: Relevant when the priority is awareness next to email defense, through Engage with its Advanced Email Security.ProofpointProofpoint ZenGuideSoSafeSoSafe’s Sofie: Adds learning moments and answers security questions inside workplace chat.

Products

Adaptive SecurityAdaptive Security: Useful when administrators want to build and edit courses around internal policies and company-specific scenarios.Infosec IQ EnterpriseInfosec IQ Enterprise: Supports external learning management systems, which suits organizations already delivering mandatory training through a central platform.Noon SecurityNoon Security: Brings training together with protection for inboxes, devices and AI useProofpoint ZenGuideWhat it does: Proofpoint ZenGuide draws on employee role, observed behavior, threat exposure, and phishing performance to shape who gets trained on what. It supports automatic grouping and enrollment, short lessons,SoSafeSoSafe’s Sofie: Adds learning moments and answers security questions inside workplace chat.

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