Phishing Is Not Solved by an Annual Click Test

One click test per year gives you a score, not a solution. Swishing builds real phishing recognition habits through game-based training your team repeats and remembers.

Annual click tests leave a wide-open door

62%
of breaches involve the human element (source: Verizon DBIR 2026)
1x
a year is how often a classic click test measures your team. Swishing trains all year round.
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fake emails in your employees' inbox
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a new challenge, with departments competing against each other

Click Test vs. Swishing

Four reasons organisations are switching from annual tests to Swishing.

Click Test

A phishing simulation sends fake emails, measures click rates, and embarrasses employees who fall for them

Swishing

Swishing trains recognition through safe, repeatable game scenarios with instant feedback and no inbox pollution

Click Test

A once-a-year test leaves 11 months of unprotected exposure between training cycles

Swishing

Swishing runs continuously with spaced repetition, keeping recognition sharp across the full year

Click Test

Standard e-learning is completed once, forgotten within days, and produces no lasting behaviour change

Swishing

Swishing builds habits through progressive difficulty and game mechanics that employees genuinely return to

Click Test

Phishing simulations produce a click-rate report that does not satisfy NIS2 Article 21 audit requirements

Swishing

Swishing generates completion logs and training reports that serve as documented evidence for NIS2 auditors

What Swishing delivers instead

Game-based. Habit-forming. Audit-ready.

Game-based habit formation

Employees practise identifying phishing patterns in short, repeatable game sessions. Spaced repetition builds recognition that sticks well beyond the next team meeting.

Departments compete

Let departments take each other on in a monthly campaign or in duels throughout the year. You schedule the rounds yourself or let them run automatically, and players see what is coming up.

NIS2-ready documentation

Swishing generates completion logs and training reports as documented evidence of your security awareness programme under NIS2 Article 21. Ready for any auditor.

Measurable improvement over time

Track awareness scores per team, department, or individual. See sustained reduction in risky behaviour, not just a snapshot of who clicked on a test email.

GDPR-compliant by design

EU-hosted with Microsoft Entra ID SSO as standard. No personal data leaves the EU, no shadow accounts. Built for organisations where data protection is non-negotiable.

Multilingual and mobile-ready

Playable in Dutch, English, French and German, on any device and with no app to install. Employees sign in with their Microsoft account (SSO). Works for remote teams, office staff and warehouse floors.

Ready to take the next step?

Tell us your situation and we point you to the right next step. We usually respond within one business day.

Who is ready to replace the click test?

HR Managers

Done defending an annual simulation report to management. Ready to show a structured, measurable awareness programme that actually improves over time.

CISOs and IT Managers

Tired of seeing the same employees click the same test emails year after year. Looking for training that measurably reduces risk across the full organisation.

Compliance Officers

Need documented proof of employee security awareness training for NIS2, ISO 27001, or internal audit requirements. Swishing produces the reports you need.

Management and Executives

Phishing attacks increasingly target decision-makers directly. Executives need trained reflexes, not a one-page summary of last year's simulation results.

Frequently asked questions

A phishing simulation sends fake emails to measure click rates. Swishing replaces this with a game-based training environment where employees practise recognising phishing patterns safely and repeatedly. No inbox pollution, no shame, no broken trust between employees and IT.

Yes. Swishing is designed as a complete replacement for periodic phishing simulations. It delivers training, engagement tracking, and documentation that a one-time click test cannot provide. Most organisations run Swishing on a continuous basis alongside their existing security stack.

NIS2 Article 21 requires organisations to implement security awareness training for employees. Swishing generates completion reports and training logs that serve as documented evidence of a structured awareness programme. Whether your file satisfies the requirement is for your auditor to judge.

Most organisations see measurable improvement in awareness scores within the first four to six weeks of regular play. The game-based format and spaced repetition ensure that learning is retained long after the initial sessions.

Under one hour for most organisations. We provide a step-by-step onboarding guide and a Microsoft SSO configuration walkthrough. Your employees can start their first scenario on day one.

Book a Swishing demo and replace your annual click test

Book a demo and see how Swishing replaces annual click tests with a training programme that actually changes behaviour.