What is a Phishing Exercise and why does it matter?

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A phishing exercise is a controlled test of how employees and systems respond to realistic phishing attempts and how security controls react to phishing payloads.

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During a phishing exercise, SECFORCE crafts a phishing campaign specific to your organisation to test if employees will share credentials or execute potential malware.

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SECFORCE phishing exercises go beyond generic simulations. Every engagement uses tailored pretexts and fresh infrastructure, giving you defensible metrics to prioritise training, tune controls, and reduce real-world phishing risk.

Phishing Exercise Outcomes

Proof of Real Phishing Risk

Proof of Real Phishing Risk

Sector-specific phishing pretexts aligned with the latest adversary TTPs mimic the techniques used by modern threat actors and advanced persistent threats.

Phishing Risk Reduction Roadmap

Phishing Risk Reduction Roadmap

Clear, ranked findings that identify which weaknesses to address first, what control gaps need remediation, and next steps for your people, processes, and technologies.

Validation of Detection Coverage and Training Effectiveness

Validation of Detection Coverage and Training Effectiveness

Proof of how security investments actually work under real conditions. See what happens from the moment an email is sent, through gateway processing and user interaction, to whether an authorised payload can actually execute on the endpoint.

Auditable Evidence for Boards and Regulators

Auditable Evidence for Boards and Regulators

Audit-ready evidence, including timelines, attack tactic details, screenshots, and telemetry which can be used for SOC correlation. Suitable for frameworks such as CBEST, TIBER, and other regulated assessments.

Who can benefit from a Phishing Exercise?

51% of organisations have faced sophisticated, personalised phishing emails in the past year, and targeted, AI-powered phishing campaigns are becoming the norm.

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Every organisation can benefit from an accurate, end-to-end measurement of how its staff and technical controls perform under realistic adversarial pressure. Automated phishing simulators or awareness platforms will not give you this kind of telemetry.

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The SECFORCE way

SECFORCE builds phishing campaigns that mirror how real threat actors operate.

Unlike automated phishing simulators that generate high-volume, low-fidelity metrics, every SECFORCE campaign is handcrafted, intelligence-led, and focused on realism.

Our team has delivered over 60 red-team engagements in five years, including multiple CBEST, TIBER, iCAST, CORIE, and FEER exercises. Our phishing campaigns reflect this experience and combine real-attacker tradecraft with continuous research and tool development to deliver the most current and rigorous testing available.

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Phishing Exercise Services

Credential-stealing AssessmentCredential-stealing Assessment

A targeted phishing campaign using a bespoke, organisation-specific pretext to assess employee awareness and evaluate email and web filtering controls. Campaigns track link interactions and can include safe credential-capture landing pages. Results include interaction metrics, filter-blocking stats, and prioritised remediation recommendations.

Malware Delivery & Execution TestMalware Delivery & Execution Test

An extended phishing engagement to determine whether malware can be delivered and executed via phishing on corporate systems. A custom test implant safely validates endpoint security controls, including EDR/AV responses and execution policies. Results include interaction metrics, endpoint execution results, SOC investigation evidence, and remediation recommendations.