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Security awareness training replacement.

Replace static awareness training with live human risk management.

Replace static awareness training with live human risk management.

Replace static awareness training with live human risk management.

Teams searching for a SAT replacement usually don’t want a different training library — they want out of the training-library model entirely. This page covers what replaces SAT, what has to survive the transition, and how to run it without a compliance gap.

What Gets Replaced

Five mechanics, swapped out.

The SAT Model (Retiring)

The SAT Model (Retiring)

The Replacement

The Replacement

Annual modules

Annual modules

Hour-long courses on a compliance calendar

Hour-long courses on a compliance calendar

60–90 second coaching at the moment of failure

60–90 second coaching at the moment of failure

Email template tests

Email template tests

Recycled lures employees learn to recognize

Recycled lures employees learn to recognize

Generated, role-adapted scenarios across email, SMS, and voice

Generated, role-adapted scenarios across email, SMS, and voice

Completion reporting

Completion reporting

Attendance evidence for auditors

Attendance evidence for auditors

Risk trends for boards — with compliance evidence as a byproduct

Risk trends for boards — with compliance evidence as a byproduct

Uniform scoring

Uniform scoring

Everyone measured by the same click rate

Everyone measured by the same click rate

Role-based scores weighing exposure, behavior, and resilience

Role-based scores weighing exposure, behavior, and resilience

Campaign administration

Campaign administration

Hours of manual building and chasing

Hours of manual building and chasing

Automated scenario generation and remediation workflows

Automated scenario generation and remediation workflows

What Must Survive

Non-negotiables in any replacement.

01

Compliance evidence

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI still require documented training. A replacement must generate that evidence continuously — and prove it before the old platform is retired.

02

Historical data

Years of completion records and phishing results are audit assets. Export and archive them; ingest them as trend context in the new system.

03

Phishing-report muscle memory

If employees know one thing, it’s the report button. The replacement keeps that habit and extends it to SMS and voice.

How to Run It

Replace in three moves.

Move 1

Baseline

Run a 14-day Human Risk Baseline alongside the incumbent. It quantifies what the current program misses — and gives you the before picture every replacement decision should start with.

Move 2

Parallel & validate

Run both systems for 30–60 days. Compare signal quality, dry-run a compliance evidence export, and brief stakeholders on the new metrics.

Move 3

Cut over at renewal

Archive legacy data, point attestations at the new reporting, and retire the old platform when the contract ends, so the parallel run is the only period you pay for two platforms.

FAQ

Is “replacing SAT” just rebranded SAT?

Will a replacement mean more work for employees?

What if we're locked into a multi-year SAT contract?

Start the replacement with evidence.

The 14-day Human Risk Baseline shows what your current program misses — before you commit to anything.

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See It Live

Explore how modern phishing simulations and real-time human risk insights can strengthen your security posture. Let’s talk.

Get Started

See It Live

Explore how modern phishing simulations and real-time human risk insights can strengthen your security posture. Let’s talk.

Get Started

See It Live

Explore how modern phishing simulations and real-time human risk insights can strengthen your security posture. Let’s talk.

Get Started

See It Live

Explore how modern phishing simulations and real-time human risk insights can strengthen your security posture. Let’s talk.