Best Security Education Tools

Curricula, now part of Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training, provides security awareness training focused on employee behavior change through story-based lessons, phishing simulations, and reporting. In this category it is aimed at SMB and mid-market buyers that need recurring training without building a large internal program. The platform covers phishing, social engineering, password hygiene, and compliance-oriented awareness content, with assignments and tracking for administrators. It is positioned as a managed SAT product rather than a broad human-risk platform, with adjacent capabilities such as phishing simulation and reporting supporting the training workflow.

Infosec, now part of Cengage Group, sells security awareness training through Infosec IQ for organizations that want to reduce phishing, social engineering, and unsafe user behavior. The platform combines role-based training, phishing simulations, and recurring microlearning, with content that can be delivered in multiple formats to employees and contractors. It is positioned for security teams and L&D groups that need measurable awareness programs rather than one-off training. Infosec also offers adjacent cybersecurity skills training, but those products are outside this profile.

KnowBe4 empowers modern workforces to make smarter security decisions every day

Mimecast protects the work of every person in the organization, across every channel, from every actor, human and AI.

Proofpoint is a human-centric cybersecurity platform focused on protecting organizations from email-based and identity-driven attacks such as phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and social engineering. It secures inbound and outbound communications using advanced threat detection, AI-driven impersonation analysis, URL and attachment sandboxing, and behavioral risk signals. Beyond email protection, it extends into data loss prevention (DLP), insider threat detection, and security awareness training to reduce human risk across the organization. The platform integrates across email, cloud applications, and collaboration tools to protect sensitive data and stop attacks targeting users.

SANS Security Awareness is the workforce training line from SANS Institute focused on helping organizations build security awareness programs for end users, managers, and technical staff. It is positioned around expert-authored, role-specific content rather than generic compliance video courses, with separate offerings for general workforce training, phishing, and specialized roles such as developers, IT administrators, ICS engineers, and business leaders. It is best suited for regulated and risk-sensitive organizations that want SANS-branded content and measurable awareness outcomes. Adjacent offerings include broader workforce security and risk training programs.

Terranova Security is Fortra’s security awareness training product focused on changing employee behavior through phishing simulations, training content, and program reporting. In this category, it is positioned for organizations that want to run recurring awareness campaigns, test human risk, and track participation and learning outcomes. Its core value is combining training delivery with simulated attack exercises and measurement of knowledge retention. It is best suited for security teams, compliance teams, and larger enterprises that need structured awareness programs rather than standalone learning content.

ThreatLocker Ops is described in public material as part of ThreatLocker’s broader endpoint and zero-trust security portfolio, not as a standalone security awareness training suite. In the security awareness training category, the available evidence is limited to high-level claims about educating users around real-world threats, so buyers should treat it as an adjunct awareness capability rather than a dedicated LMS-style platform. It is best suited for organizations already using ThreatLocker that want threat-context education tied to policy and endpoint behavior.