Phishing Simulation
Test your employees with realistic phishing campaigns before real attackers do
What this engagement covers
The service
Our Phishing Simulation service sends realistic, customized phishing emails to your employees and measures who clicks, who reports, and who enters credentials. You get detailed analytics showing which departments, roles, and individuals are most at risk - plus automated follow-up training for anyone who fails. Run campaigns monthly, quarterly, or on-demand. Every simulation is built from real-world attack templates and customized for your industry.
What we test
Our simulations cover all major phishing vectors: credential harvesting with fake login pages, business email compromise (CEO fraud), spear phishing targeting specific roles, attachment-based payloads (macros, PDFs), QR code phishing (quishing), SMS phishing (smishing), multi-stage campaigns with follow-up emails, invoice and payment fraud scenarios, IT support impersonation, and vendor/supply chain phishing.
Scoping & Assessment Depth
Black Box Assessment
Zero-KnowledgeSimulates an external adversary targeting Phishing Simulation with no internal credentials, source code, or architecture documentation. Assesses perimeter exposure, unauthenticated attack paths, and edge resilience.
Gray Box Assessment (Recommended)
CredentialedSimulates an authenticated user, tenant, or insider threat within Phishing Simulation. We evaluate role segregation, authorization boundaries, privilege escalation, and business logic flaws across user tiers.
White Box / Source-Assisted
Full-KnowledgeConducted with direct access to architecture schematics, configuration files, and API/code documentation. Eliminates blind spots and provides exhaustive coverage of security mechanisms governing Phishing Simulation.
Attack Surface & Vulnerability Vectors
High click rates on CEO/executive impersonation
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover High click rates on CEO/executive impersonation across your Phishing Simulation environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Finance teams vulnerable to invoice fraud
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Finance teams vulnerable to invoice fraud across your Phishing Simulation environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
IT staff susceptible to fake system alerts
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover IT staff susceptible to fake system alerts across your Phishing Simulation environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Low reporting rates for suspicious emails
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Low reporting rates for suspicious emails across your Phishing Simulation environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Credential submission on fake login pages
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Credential submission on fake login pages across your Phishing Simulation environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Mobile users more likely to click phishing links
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Mobile users more likely to click phishing links across your Phishing Simulation environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
How we run it
We start by profiling your organization to create relevant, believable scenarios. Campaigns are deployed on a schedule you choose, with randomized send times to avoid pattern detection. Employees who click get immediate, non-punitive training that explains what they missed. Results feed into a risk dashboard where you can track improvement over time, compare departments, and export reports for compliance auditors.
Profile organization for realistic scenarios
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting profile organization for realistic scenarios across your phishing simulation deployment.
Create customized phishing templates
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting create customized phishing templates across your phishing simulation deployment.
Build credential harvesting landing pages
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting build credential harvesting landing pages across your phishing simulation deployment.
Deploy campaign with randomized send times
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting deploy campaign with randomized send times across your phishing simulation deployment.
Track opens, clicks, credential submissions
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting track opens, clicks, credential submissions across your phishing simulation deployment.
Trigger immediate training for failures
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting trigger immediate training for failures across your phishing simulation deployment.
Generate analytics and risk scores
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting generate analytics and risk scores across your phishing simulation deployment.
Produce compliance reports and trend analysis
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting produce compliance reports and trend analysis across your phishing simulation deployment.
What you receive
Findings land in your tracker as you go, not only in a PDF at the end. Retest is in scope, not a change order.
- Custom phishing campaign templates
- Fake landing pages with credential capture
- Automated training for employees who fail
- Department-level risk scoring and analytics
- Individual employee phishing susceptibility profiles
- Campaign comparison reports (month over month)
- Compliance-ready audit documentation
- Executive summary with risk trends
What we usually find
The issues this engagement surfaces most often. Yours will differ, but this is the shape of it.
Who this is for
Auditor-Ready Compliance Crosswalk
| Framework | Control Section | Testing Evidence & Report Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 Type II | CC4.1, CC7.1, CC7.2 | Technical testing evidence validating system boundaries, access restrictions, and vulnerability identification controls. |
| HIPAA Security Rule | 45 CFR § 164.308(a)(8) | Formal technical evaluation verifying the integrity of ePHI safeguards, network segmentation, and privileged access safeguards. |
| PCI DSS v4.0 | Requirement 11.4 & 11.4.3 | Adversary-driven external and internal penetration testing with application-layer validation and vulnerability remediation verification. |
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | Control A.8.8 & A.8.20 | Management of technical vulnerabilities and network security verification through independent technical assessments. |
| NIST Cybersecurity Framework | PR.AC, DE.CM, RS.AN | Technical testing verifying access controls, anomaly detection efficacy, and incident response mitigation capabilities. |
| CMMC 2.0 Level 2 / 3 | CA.L2-3.12.1, SC.L2-3.13.1 | Technical validation of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) protection, perimeter defense, and enclave isolation. |
| GDPR Article 32 | Art. 32(1)(d) | Documented evidence of regular testing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of technical measures protecting personal data. |
Findings are mapped to SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CMMC, GDPR, so the report drops into an audit package rather than needing to be translated first. If you need the readiness work behind one of those, that is a separate engagement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Direct answers on scoping, methodology, compliance validation, and deliverables.
Our Phishing Simulation service combines deep manual testing with automated verification. We cover: Custom phishing campaign templates, Fake landing pages with credential capture, Automated training for employees who fail, Department-level risk scoring and analytics, Individual employee phishing susceptibility profiles. Every engagement includes reproducible proof-of-concept exploits, developer-ready remediation guidance, and a free retest.
Yes. Findings are directly mapped to SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CMMC, GDPR control requirements. The resulting report is auditor-ready and formatted for immediate submission to SOC 2 CPAs, PCI QSAs, and enterprise vendor risk assessment teams.
Yes. Every Lorikeet Security engagement includes free retesting within 30 to 60 days to validate that your remediation patches successfully resolve the identified vulnerabilities before your final report is issued.
Typical active testing turnaround is Annual subscription, with critical findings reported immediately via your Talon portal so your engineering team can begin remediation without waiting for the final PDF.
Pricing starts from $7,500/year. We scope the engagement in one call based on your environment's surface area, user roles, and complexity, providing a transparent, fixed-price quote with no hidden change orders.
Scope it in one call
Tell us what is in scope and we come back with a fixed price and a start date. No discovery-call maze, no hourly estimate that moves.
