Security awareness training for GRC teams
Security awareness training for teams that want real behaviour change
Annual training alone struggles to keep up with fast-changing attacks. SecurityRing lets you run regular simulations of current attacks, teaches anyone who slips with a lesson on that exact attack, and shows how click and training-completion results change over time.
After a one-time setup, your GRC team can launch each campaign in minutes, without a security engineer, and gets audit-ready evidence to support SEBI CSCRF, RBI, HIPAA, DPDP, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 reviews.
The click becomes a lesson.
Teams training with SecurityRing
100+ campaigns10,000+ people trained
The problem
AI changed the attacks. Annual training didn’t change.
Attackers now use AI to make lures more convincing and to reach people beyond email, including cloned voices, deepfake video and chat apps such as WhatsApp and LinkedIn. A course once a year can’t keep up on its own. Here’s how a SecurityRing programme differs from a typical annual course.
| Aspect | Typical annual course | SecurityRing |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence | Once a year | Campaigns you schedule, each running from 1 day to 8 weeks |
| Content | Often the same templates for everyone | Recommended from your industry, regulators, tools, news and anonymised patterns from other SecurityRing customers’ recent campaigns |
| Channels | Mostly email | Email and deepfake video in email today, WhatsApp in private beta |
| Feedback | Often weeks later, if at all | A lesson on the exact email, right after the click |
| Evidence | Completion records | Campaign results and lesson completion by team over time, exported as PPT, PDF or CSV |
Launch in minutes
Run the programme yourself, no security engineer needed
Set your context once: industry, country, regulators and the tools your people use. Recommendations refresh on a schedule as new attacks are published, so you have relevant ideas for your next campaign, and each campaign takes four steps.
Choose people
Everyone, chosen departments or named people from your roster.
Pick a recommended attack
Choose an idea recommended for your industry, tools and news, then click “Build this idea”.
Approve what AI built
The AI Builder drafts the email, landing page, lesson and quiz. Edit anything, then approve.
Schedule and launch
Optionally send yourself a test, set the delivery window and pace, and activate.
One-time setup: import your roster and have your email admin allowlist SecurityRing’s sender details (a ready-made request is in the app).
- EmailLive
- Deepfake video in emailLive
- WhatsAppPrivate beta
- LinkedInComing soon
- Voice callsComing soon
Simulation channels as of October 2026. Deepfake video is enabled per workspace. WhatsApp is a private beta and not generally available yet.
What employees see
Training tied to what just happened
The email looks like real work: their name, their manager, a tool they use. If they click, a training page opens with a video of that same email and its red flags highlighted, then a quick quiz. It is designed to take under two minutes.
Compliance evidence
Evidence for the frameworks you answer to
Many regulators and standards expect security awareness training. Here is what each one asks for, and the SecurityRing evidence your GRC team can hand over: campaign reports, per-person lesson-completion records, the executive trend report and a dated audit trail, downloadable as PPT, PDF or CSV.
| Framework | What it asks for on awareness training | Evidence from SecurityRing |
|---|---|---|
| SEBI CSCRFPR.AT standards; GV.RM guideline (e) | Mandatory, periodic cyber awareness programmes updated for new threats, a dedicated Board programme, and staff aware of phishing and social engineering. All but small-size and self-certification entities must also assess awareness periodically, for example by phishing test success rate. | Phishing test results by campaign and team, trend over time, executive report for the Board. Not a Board training programme. |
| RBI cyber security directions2026 Directions per entity type, e.g. Commercial Banks ¶202–204, NBFCs (Base Layer, ₹500 crore and above) ¶35–36 | Banks: evaluate employee awareness periodically, awareness programmes for new recruits, annual training for management and the Board. Base Layer NBFCs of ₹500 crore and above: measure training effectiveness through periodic assessment or testing, and keep training records for all users. | Simulation results can serve as the periodic test and a trend report can support the Board. Lesson-completion records cover people who clicked, not all users. |
| HIPAA Security Rule45 CFR §164.308(a)(5) | A security awareness and training programme for all members of the workforce, including management. | Dated simulation results and, for people who clicked, lesson-completion records. Whole-workforce training needs your own baseline programme. |
| DPDP Act, 2023Section 8(5); DPDP Rules, 2025, Rule 6 | Reasonable security safeguards to prevent a personal data breach, including appropriate organisational measures. Training isn’t named; an awareness programme is one measure you can show. | Records of ongoing simulations and follow-up lessons for your safeguards file |
| SOC 2Trust Services Criteria CC2.2 (with CC1.4) | A CC2.2 point of focus: communicate security knowledge and awareness to personnel through a security awareness training programme. | Simulation results, lesson-completion records and a dated audit trail for the audit period |
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022Annex A 6.3; clause 7.3 | Personnel receive appropriate awareness, education and training, with regular updates relevant to their job. | Which simulations ran, the results, and lesson completion for people who clicked, per campaign |
| PCI DSS v4.0.1Requirements 12.6.3 and 12.6.3.1 | Awareness training on hire and at least every 12 months, covering phishing and related attacks, and social engineering. | Phishing and deepfake simulation results, plus lesson-completion dates for people who clicked. Hire and 12-month training for all personnel needs your own programme. |
| NIST CSF 2.0PR.AT-01, PR.AT-02 | Personnel get awareness and training to work with cybersecurity risks in mind. NIST’s examples include periodically testing users. | Recurring simulations with results by team over time |
| GDPRArticles 32 and 39(1)(b) | Appropriate technical and organisational security measures; the DPO monitors awareness-raising and training of staff. | Simulation and lesson records your DPO can review |
Phishing simulation helps you show both training and resilience, because employees are tested with realistic attacks, and the reports serve as evidence alongside your other records. Most of these texts do not name it as mandatory. SEBI CSCRF cites phishing test success rate as an example of assessing awareness, NIST CSF’s examples include periodically testing users, and PCI DSS 12.6.3.1 requires awareness content on phishing and related attacks and on social engineering, which a simulation helps you demonstrate. None of them names a simulation tool as a requirement.
Want the clause numbers, official wording, sources and FAQ for one framework? Each name above with a link has its own page in the compliance hub.
SecurityRing gives you evidence for the phishing-simulation and follow-up part of awareness training. Its lesson goes to people who act on a simulation, not to every employee, so pair it with your baseline training where a framework asks for all staff. Using it doesn’t make you compliant, it isn’t a certification, and no regulator or standards body endorses it. Your auditor or regulator decides what evidence is sufficient. Pricing is quote-based, scoped to your team: see how it works.
SecurityRing’s own security posture. SecurityRing is ISO 27001:2022 certified, SOC 2 ready and GDPR compliant. See the Trust Center.
How is SecurityRing different from annual security awareness training?
Annual training is typically one templated phishing email and a long video, once a year. SecurityRing lets you run regular simulations of current attacks, recommended from your industry, company and tools, across email, deepfake video in email and WhatsApp (private beta). Anyone who slips gets a lesson on that exact attack straight away, and you see click and completion results by team over time instead of a completion certificate.
How does SecurityRing keep training relevant to our company?
Recommendations come from your organisation profile (industry, country and regulators), the tools your people log in to, your company and industry news, and new scams in public advisories. SecurityRing also shows anonymised, aggregated attack patterns from other customers’ campaigns in the last 90 days, with click rates. Emails are personalised with each employee's name, department and manager.
What do we need to set up before the first campaign?
Very little, and no security engineer. Fill in your organisation profile and tech stack, import your employee roster as a CSV or XLSX file, and have your email admin allowlist SecurityRing's sender details once (a ready-made request is in the app). SecurityRing provides the sending domains, so no DNS changes are needed. After that, you launch each campaign in minutes: choose people, pick a recommendation, approve and schedule.
How long does SecurityRing training take for employees?
Very little. Most employees only see a simulation now and then. If someone falls for one, a training page opens with a video of that exact email and a quick quiz, designed to take under two minutes. Across 100+ SecurityRing campaigns that have trained 10,000+ people, more than half of the people who clicked completed the in-the-moment lesson without a reminder. This is SecurityRing platform data, not an independently audited figure. There is no long annual course to schedule.
Which compliance frameworks does SecurityRing help with?
SecurityRing gives you evidence to support the security awareness training requirements in SEBI CSCRF, RBI's cyber security directions, the HIPAA Security Rule (§164.308(a)(5)), the DPDP Act's reasonable security safeguards, SOC 2 (CC2.2), ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (A.6.3), PCI DSS (12.6.3) and NIST CSF 2.0 (PR.AT). It doesn't make you compliant or certify anything, and its lesson goes to people who act on a simulation rather than to every employee, so keep your baseline training alongside it. Your auditor or regulator decides what evidence is sufficient.
What evidence do auditors get?
For each campaign: who was targeted, who opened, clicked or submitted details, which of them completed the lesson and quiz, and a dated interaction audit trail. Across campaigns, the executive trend report shows the phishing exposure score and how risk changed by department and seniority. Download reports as PPT or PDF and data as CSV, so preparing evidence takes less manual spreadsheet work.
How much does SecurityRing cost?
Pricing is quote-based. It is scoped around your employee count, campaign volume, reporting needs and the compliance support you want, so a 50-person team and a 5,000-person regulated enterprise aren't forced into the same plan. SecurityRing does not publish list prices. Book a demo or see the pricing page to discuss a scope that fits your team.
Framework sources
Each summary above was checked against the official text below on 9–10 October 2026. ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS are distributed under licence, so we summarise their requirements rather than quote them. RBI issues its 2026 cyber security directions separately for each type of regulated entity; the paragraph numbers above are from the Commercial Banks and NBFC directions.
- SEBI circular SEBI/HO/ITD-1/ITD_CSC_EXT/P/CIR/2024/113 (20 Aug 2024): CSCRF for SEBI regulated entities
- RBI (Commercial Banks – Cybersecurity, Technology: Risk, Resilience and Assurance Framework) Directions, 2026
- RBI (Non-Banking Financial Companies – Cybersecurity, Technology: Risk, Resilience and Assurance Framework) Directions, 2026
- HIPAA Security Rule, 45 CFR §164.308 (eCFR)
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (MeitY)
- Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (MeitY)
- AICPA 2017 Trust Services Criteria (revised points of focus, 2022)
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022
- PCI DSS document library (PCI Security Standards Council)
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 (NIST CSWP 29)
- GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EUR-Lex)
Go beyond the annual course with regular simulations and lessons
See how SecurityRing would run for your team, from the first recommended simulation to the evidence your auditor reads.