Swishing: The Phishing Game
Swishing is a game-based phishing awareness training: employees swipe through realistic emails in short weekly sessions of 5 to 10 minutes, left for phishing and right for legitimate.
Instant feedback makes recognising phishing second nature.
The Swishing Experience
Swipe Through Emails
Users see realistic email examples. Some legitimate, some phishing. Swipe left for phishing, right for safe.
Realtime Admin Dashboard
Track participation, scores, and trends live in one clear dashboard.
Learn Instantly
Immediate feedback explains why each email is safe or dangerous. Learning happens in the moment.
Compete & Improve
Leaderboards and achievements drive engagement. Teams compete while building real skills.
Measurable Results
Platform Features
Why Gamified Learning Works
Traditional security training feels like a chore. Swishing feels like a game but it builds the same critical skills. Short, frequent practice sessions create lasting behavioral change that lecture-style training simply can't achieve.
Instant Feedback
Learn why each email is dangerous (or safe) immediately after your decision. Context reinforces the lesson.
Bite-Sized Sessions
5-10 minutes is enough. No scheduling conflicts, no disruption to work. Just quick skill-building.
Healthy Competition
Leaderboards and achievements tap into natural competitive instincts. Learning becomes intrinsically motivating.
NIS2: awareness training is mandatory
NIS2 is active since October 2024. For HR managers and CISOs at essential and important entities, awareness training is no longer a nice-to-have. Swishing turns the obligation into a tool your people actually want to use.
NIS2: legally required
NIS2 explicitly lists human resource security and cybersecurity awareness training as mandatory measures for all essential and important entities. This is not optional. It is a legal obligation with audit consequences.
Audit-ready reporting built in
Every Swishing session is logged automatically. Participation rates, score trends, and click reduction data can be exported as audit documentation to demonstrate compliance to regulators and insurers.
HR and CISO aligned
HR teams manage scheduling and rollout. CISOs and security managers get risk metrics and trend data. Swishing bridges people management and technical compliance without adding overhead to either team.
From obligation to culture
A declining phishing click rate after the first full training cycle is not just a stat. It is evidence of behavioral change that auditors, cyber insurers, and your board can rely on. Swishing turns a compliance requirement into a measurable security outcome.
Swishing vs. Traditional Approaches
Swishing does not replace every other tool but for building phishing recognition reflexes, it outperforms approaches that rely on annual training cycles or passive content consumption.
vs. Annual e-learning
Annual e-learning modules run once and are forgotten within weeks. Behavioral science shows that spaced repetition (short sessions spread over time) is three times more effective for habit formation. Swishing runs weekly, not annually.
vs. Phishing simulations
Phishing simulations measure your current risk level. Swishing trains employees to reduce it. The two are complementary: simulate to benchmark, use Swishing to close the gap, then simulate again to prove improvement.
vs. Module-heavy platforms
Module-heavy awareness platforms focus on completion rates. Swishing focuses on behavioral change measured in actual click reduction. Less admin overhead, faster time-to-impact, and employees who genuinely engage rather than skip through slides.
Frequently asked questions
How It Works
Show realistic emails
Employees see short, realistic email examples. Some are legitimate, others are phishing. No theory, just real scenarios.
Swipe and decide
Users swipe left for phishing and right for safe messages. Decisions are fast, intuitive, and close to real-life behavior.
Learn instantly
Immediate feedback explains why an email is safe or dangerous. Learning happens in the moment, not afterwards.
Track and improve
Admins follow participation, scores, and trends in a clear dashboard and use the insights to improve awareness over time.
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