Funding, partnerships, product launches, awards and leadership news from Hook Security, from 2020 to today.
Hook Security rebuilt its platform for MSPs, launched the podcast-style 2026 Annual Training, and is connecting it all to your AI with a new MCP server. Here's the side-by-side.
Read storyHook Security VP of Sales Nick Wolf joined The MSP Podcast for Season 13, Episode 2 of Tate Talks.
Read storyThe Cybersecurity Awareness Party is a free team game on CrowdParty, presented by Hook Security. Trivia and party rounds about staying safe online.
Read storyS. 3315 passed the Senate on September 30, 2026. Here's what it requires of HIPAA covered entities and business associates, and how MSPs can help healthcare clients get ready.
Read storyHookMinute is Hook Security's free daily phishing game: five emails, real or scam, about two minutes, no signup. Rebuilt with teams and streaks.
Read storyPsySec.io is a free, open database of 48 studies on why people fall for manipulation and what actually changes behavior. The research-backed alternative to human risk management.
Read storyNick Wolf joined host Barb Paluszkiewicz on KnowTechTalk to talk AI-written phishing, why typo-spotting is done, and how MSPs get people to report a click fast.
Read storyHook Security earned five G2 Fall 2026 badges, all computed from verified user reviews: High Performer, High Performer (Mid-Market), Best Support (Mid-Market), Easiest To Do Business With (Mid-Market), and Best Meets Requirements (Mid-Market). It is Hook’s fifth G2 High Performer recognition since the Winter 2022 report.
Read storyA 15-year channel veteran with a track record of building category-defining brands joins to help Hook double its MSP partner base in the next year.
Read storyThe book argues that most breaches still begin with predictable human behavior and lays out a framework for designing security around psychology rather than compliance alone.
About the bookThe new catalog covers phishing, ransomware, deepfakes, HIPAA, GDPR and PCI, with monthly deep dives and five-minute Quick Hits.
Read on Grit DailyHook Security acquires Haekka, bringing Slack-native security awareness and HIPAA training into the Hook platform family for companies and MSPs.
Read storyHook Security’s 2024 Training Catalog introduces over 20 new modules and an annual course with 12+ micro-trainings, blending innovative approaches like PsySec (Psychological Security), interactive storytelling, and just-in-time learning to elevate security awareness. These new offerings provide tailored, engaging compliance and cybersecurity training, empowering employees to proactively protect against evolving threats.
Read storyHook Security and Haekka bring security awareness training directly into Slack — micro-training where your team already works, no separate portal.
Read storyJoin the February 2025 Orlando conference addressing deepfakes' role in social engineering, offering insights, tools, and strategies for detecting and defending against digital manipulation.
Read storyHook Security presented the Texas DIR Cyber Awareness Webinar on how to prepare employees for deepfakes.
View on dir.texas.govHook Security recently made the decision to sign the "Truth in Cyber" pledge, a move that underscores our commitment to fostering transparency and trust in the cybersecurity industry.
Read storyA free daily game in the spirit of Wordle: five emails a day, and players decide which are real and which are phishing.
Play HookMinuteHook and Breacher.ai announced a deepfake awareness collaboration, and in July 2024 Hook launched a Deepfakes Awareness Training course developed with Breacher.ai.
Read about the courseIntroducing Tech Stack Tips - our brand new training series designed to supercharge productivity and enhance security across your organization's tech infrastructure!
Read storyMSPs can pull Hook's security awareness training results into Lifecycle Insights and show them in the Quarterly Business Reviews they deliver to clients.
Read the announcementIntroducing Hook Studios, our brand-new, absolutely free content hub created specifically for security awareness professionals!
Read storyHook Security closed a seed round in May 2023 led by returning investor TampaBay.Ventures, with DeepWork Capital, Stout Street Capital and individual investors participating.
Read storyHook Security won Judges' Choice at the 2022 NEXT Venture Summit in Greenville, beating nine other finalists and earning an automatic spot to pitch at Venture Atlanta.
Read storyHook Security’s May 2022 launch of HIPAA and industry-specific training, with a 2026 update: four HIPAA courses, the industry Best Practices series, PCI and GDPR courses, and the Haekka acquisition.
Read story2022 is here! At Hook Security, we’ve spent the last few months expanding our training library, creating new phishing templates and campaigns, and working on new features to help you create a lasting security aware culture. Here is a look into what we’ve recently released and what’s to come this year
Read storyHook earned High Performer in G2's Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 Grid Reports for Security Awareness Training, with #1 marks for Easiest To Do Business With and Fastest Implementation.
See every G2 badgeSCRA's SC Launch program made a second $250,000 investment in Hook Security, bringing its total commitment to $500,000. The check was presented at DIG SOUTH on August 24, 2021.
Read storyShort videos that play the moment someone clicks a simulated phishing email, matched to the type of email they clicked. The release also added a Domain Manager and more than 200 new templates.
See the phishing simulatorTampa Bay Wave picked 15 startups for its first CyberTech|X Accelerator cohort in January 2021. Hook Security was one of them.
Read storyA new home for walkthroughs, simulation tips and program guides for security teams and MSPs. It grew into the Hook blog.
Visit the blogHook's done-for-you security awareness training became available on CyberXchange, a cybersecurity marketplace that maps products to frameworks like SOC 2, PCI, CMMC and NIST.
Hook Security launched PsySec Advanced in September 2020, replacing once-a-year annual training with a baseline course plus one short, funny video course every month.
Read storyHook Security, the first psychological security awareness training company, is announcing a new strategic partnership with SendSafely, an end-to-end encryption platform, to safely and securely deliver files and reporting to our customers.
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