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empowsec publishes a free, searchable security glossary that defines common security and phishing terms in plain language, available in English and German, making it a practical reinforcement resource for onboarding and ongoing security awareness.
empowsec offers eight free public security tools - no account required. From password strength testing to live email authentication checks, these tools give anyone a quick way to spot weaknesses and illustrate the kind of awareness empowsec builds across an entire organization.
Annual compliance training looks tidy on a spreadsheet, but the forgetting curve erases most of it within weeks. Here is why continuous, adaptive security awareness training drives durable behavior change.
empowsec makes it easy to add employees one at a time or in bulk via CSV, organize them into departments and groups, assign granular roles, and ensure every new user receives a smooth onboarding experience with welcome emails and registration reminders.
Reused passwords plus breached credentials are the fuel behind account takeover. Here is how to roll out password managers and build credential hygiene that actually holds across your organization.
ShinyHunters' May 2026 breach of the Canvas LMS exposed data tied to thousands of schools and hundreds of millions of users. Here is why education is a prime target and how awareness training reduces the risk.
empowsec's risk scoring engine assigns weighted points to every phishing and training event, applies time decay so recent behavior matters most, and rolls scores up to department and company level so you can target help where it is actually needed.
empowsec lets you bundle modules into courses, assign them to users or departments with due dates, automate reminders and manager escalations, and set up annual renewals - so compliance training runs itself rather than requiring manual follow-up.
empowsec delivers training in each employee's own language: modules, courses, interactive lessons, and phishing templates all support per-language translations, with bulk import tooling and hreflang SEO for public pages.
A threatening email claims to have webcam footage and demands Bitcoin — and it even quotes one of your old passwords. Here is why these extortion scams are almost always empty bluffs, and how to help employees respond calmly.
empowsec training pages can include spoken narration generated by text-to-speech, available in both English and German, with multiple natural-sounding voice choices per page. Narration improves accessibility and supports learners who absorb information better by listening.
The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report tallies a record $20.9 billion in losses, with business email compromise close to the top. Here's what the numbers mean and the controls that actually help.