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Phishing simulation

What is reporting rate?

Also called Report rate.

The percentage of people who reported a suspicious message rather than ignoring or clicking it.

In more detail

A high reporting rate is a stronger positive signal than a low click rate, because it measures an action that actually shortens an incident. Click rate measures failure on one simulation; reporting rate measures whether a genuine attack would surface fast enough to act on. Ignoring a phishing email is not a win — it leaves the attack running against everyone else.

Why it matters

Reporting is the only behavior in the whole category that directly reduces the cost of a real attack.

Hook Security’s position

Hook Security treats reporting rate as the primary program metric.

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