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The Basics

What is a phishing simulation?

A phishing simulation is an authorized, controlled exercise where security teams send realistic fake phishing emails to their own employees. Nobody is harmed. No credentials are captured. The goal is to measure how employees respond, who clicks, who reports, who needs more practice, and feed that behavioural data into targeted awareness training. For the numbers behind why this matters, see our 2026 phishing statistics.

Mature security programmes treat phishing simulators as a continuous measurement layer rather than a one-off audit. An online phishing simulator runs the same scenarios real attackers use. An email phishing simulator captures click and report rates by industry over time. A phishing attack simulator gives you the numbers behind your security culture so you can defend the things that matter and stop guessing.

PhishSkill is a phishing simulation software platform built around that loop. Email-channel simulations cover the inbox attacks employees see most often. WhatsApp phishing awareness training extends the same model to the mobile channel attackers shift to when email gets blocked. And AI-powered template generation keeps the scenarios fresh, so you never run yesterday's phishing simulations against today's threats.

How It Works

Automated, continuous assessment in four steps.

Configure

Choose from 100+ pre-approved training templates or customize simulation scenarios for department-specific security awareness testing.

Automate

Schedule training campaigns to run automatically. Randomize delivery times to simulate realistic attack patterns and test employee vigilance independently.

Track

Monitor test interactions: who clicked, who reported suspicious emails, and who entered test data (never stored or transmitted externally).

Remediate

Automatically assign micro-training only to employees who fail the simulation.

Everything you need to run a real programme

Phishing simulation software is only useful if it closes the loop: simulate, measure, train, prove. PhishSkill does all four, on the channels your employees actually use.

Email + WhatsApp simulation

One of the few platforms that simulates phishing on both email and WhatsApp — the mobile channel attackers move to when email is filtered.

AI-generated templates

Generate fresh, context-aware lures in seconds with AI template generation, so employees never face the same five recycled emails.

Risk-based auto-training

Click a simulation and the right micro-lesson is assigned automatically. Remediation targets the people who need it, not the whole company.

Behavioural risk scoring

Every employee gets a live risk score from simulation behaviour and training history, rolled up to department-level views for leadership.

Scheduled, automated campaigns

Set the cadence once and let campaigns run, with randomised delivery times that mirror how real attacks actually arrive.

Audit-ready reporting

One-click reports that provide evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS security-awareness controls.

Built around you, not a fixed catalogue

Large platforms give you whatever sits in their library. We do the opposite. Need a scenario modelled on a threat hitting your industry, or training delivered in Arabic? Request it and we turn it around in days, not quarters. Arabic-language training is available, and custom scenarios ship fast.

Custom scenarios on request
Arabic-language training available
Delivered in days, not quarters

Common phishing simulation scenarios

Templates that mirror the attacks employees actually face. Pick from the curated library, or generate context-aware variants with AI-powered template generation.

Credential harvesting

Fake Microsoft, Google, or single sign-on login pages designed to capture credentials. Tests whether employees verify the URL before entering passwords. See credential-harvesting success-rate benchmarks.

Executive impersonation

Spoofed CEO or CFO emails requesting urgent wire transfers, gift cards, or sensitive data. Targets finance, admin, and executive assistant teams. Read our CEO fraud & whaling prevention guide, or check whether your domain can be spoofed with our free domain security checker.

Package delivery lures

Fake DHL, FedEx, Aramex, or regional courier notifications with malicious tracking links. Especially common during retail peak seasons and festive periods.

Vendor invoice fraud

Bogus supplier invoices with payment-urgency pressure. Tests verification habits in accounts payable, procurement, and finance teams.

HR and payroll prompts

Fake benefits enrollment, salary reviews, or e-signature requests. Targets the entire employee base because everyone has an HR-shaped reflex.

IT service ticket pretexts

Impersonations of internal IT, helpdesk, or security teams asking for credential resets, MFA codes, or remote-access approvals.

Interactive Demo

Can you spot the phish?

Test your skills. Find the 3 red flags in this mock email simulation, or take the full Spot the Phish quiz — five scored scenarios.

To fully experience this interactive simulation (including URL hovering and detailed analysis), we recommend viewing this page on a desktop device.

Inbox - [email protected]

Threats Found: 0/3

HR Support

From: [email protected]

Today, 9:41 AM

Dear Employee,

We have detected an unusual login attempt on your account. Action is required immediately to prevent account suspension.

Please review the activity details and verify your identity.

http://203.114.x.x/verify-login

Thank you,
IT Security Team

Meaningful Metrics

What We Measure

We focus on actionable behavior that directly impacts your risk posture.

Link Clicks
The first indicator of vulnerability. Who is curious?
Test Data Entry
Who entered credentials in the simulation? (Data is never stored or used for authentication)
Report Rate
The gold standard. Who actively identified and flagged the threat?
Training Completion
Did the remedial lesson actually get done?

Ignored Metrics

What We Don't Measure

Email Open Rates

Modern email clients (Apple Mail, Gmail) pre-load images to protect privacy, causing false "opens". Security bots also scan emails, inflating numbers.

"We stripped out open tracking because it triggers false alarms and provides no security value. You can't control if someone reads an email, only if they act on it."

Safe by Design

Tenant Isolation

Your data is logically separated. Simulations run in a contained environment.

Safe Attachments

We never use malicious code. 'Malware' simulations are harmless file dummies.

Zero Inbox Access

We do not read your emails. We only track the specific simulation emails we send.

Frequently Asked Questions

A phishing simulator runs the controlled exercise that measures behaviour. Phishing awareness training is the educational content that teaches employees what to look for. PhishSkill combines both so the simulation surfaces a weakness and the training immediately addresses it.

Three ways. First, they replace assumed compliance ('we did annual training') with measured behaviour — our guide to reducing phishing click rate walks through the playbook. Second, they identify the people and departments most likely to fail a real attack — see click-rate benchmarks by department — so security spend is targeted. Third, the data feeds audit-ready evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS controls around security awareness training.

PhishSkill currently runs simulations across email and WhatsApp. Email is the primary channel; WhatsApp covers the mobile messaging gap most simulators ignore. See WhatsApp phishing awareness training for the mobile-channel flow.

Pros: behavioural data instead of self-reported awareness, audit evidence for compliance frameworks, targeted training that doesn't waste senior employees' time on basics. Cons: takes coordination with HR and legal in the first cycle, employees may feel tested rather than supported if you don't communicate the programme well, and click-rate metrics alone are misleading without paired report-rate measurement. A well-run programme handles all three.

Most organisations run monthly. Regulated industries (finance, healthcare, legal) often run every two weeks. The frequency question gets a full treatment in our guide on how often you should run phishing simulations, and the underlying phishing simulation playbook walks through cadence in context.

Three things. Library variety so employees see fresh pretexts instead of the same five recycled templates. Channel coverage so training matches the attack surface (email plus WhatsApp). And behaviour-triggered remediation that assigns micro-lessons automatically to people who click, not the whole company.

PhishSkill offers a 30-day free trial with full platform access — phishing simulations, training modules, and risk reporting — with no credit card required. It is a trial of the full Starter plan, not a permanently free tier.

No. PhishSkill never reads or accesses employee inboxes. It only sends and tracks the specific simulation messages it generates, with proper sender authentication. Most teams launch their first simulation within 30 minutes of signing up.

Beyond email simulation

Email phishing is the foundation. PhishSkill also covers awareness training, the WhatsApp channel attackers shift to when email gets blocked, and the AI generation that keeps your scenarios fresh.

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