All Huntress Blog Posts

All Huntress Blog Posts

All things cybersecurity engaging and accessible - so you can stay ahead of hackers and boost your cybersecurity savviness.

Author: James O’Leary
Human Risk Management
Defense Drill Interventions
Defense Drill Interventions

Defense Drill Interventions pair Managed EDR with just-in-time SAT training, so users learn the moment they fall for ClickFix.

November 5, 2026
Custom HTML for Custom Phishing: Make the Fake Feel Real
Custom HTML for Custom Phishing: Make the Fake Feel Real

Build personalized, realistic phishing scenarios with Huntress Custom HTML for Custom Phishing, tailored to your organization's unique risks and vendors.

July 16, 2026
An Expert’s Review of Huntress Managed SAT
An Expert’s Review of Huntress Managed SAT

Most security awareness training checks a compliance box and nothing else. An expert took a hard look at Huntress Managed SAT to see whether it actually changes user behavior.

December 9, 2025
SAT in 2025 Report: What Are You Really Getting from Your Security Awareness Training?
SAT in 2025 Report: What Are You Really Getting from Your Security Awareness Training?

Organizations are spending more on security awareness training. Most of it isn't working. Huntress surveyed 500+ admins and learners to find out why — and what does.

September 23, 2025
Introducing Behavior-Based Assignments: A New Approach to Human Risk Management
Introducing Behavior-Based Assignments: A New Approach to Human Risk Management

Huntress found tens of thousands of endpoints with plaintext password files sitting on them. That's the kind of human risk that behavior-based SAT assignments were designed to actually fix.

A Whole New Way to Train: Introducing Threat Simulator from Huntress Managed SAT
A Whole New Way to Train: Introducing Threat Simulator from Huntress Managed SAT

60% of data breaches still involve the human element and traditional security awareness training isn't moving that number. Huntress Managed SAT's new Threat Simulator was built to.

June 10, 2025
The Wall Street Journal Says SAT Programs “Do More Harm than Good.” Are They Right?
The Wall Street Journal Says SAT Programs “Do More Harm than Good.” Are They Right?

The Wall Street Journal argued security awareness training does more harm than good. Huntress reads the research and responds — here's where the critique lands, where it misses, and what actually works.

February 27, 2025
2024 Wrapped: Huntress Managed SAT Edition
2024 Wrapped: Huntress Managed SAT Edition

2024 had the Paris Olympics, a Celtics championship, an Oasis reunion, and Brat Summer — and DeeDee. We discuss Huntress Managed SAT year in review, with the numbers behind a full year of security training.

December 8, 2024
Truman’s Take: A Product Researcher’s Insights on Managed Learning
Truman’s Take: A Product Researcher’s Insights on Managed Learning

Truman Kain is the researcher behind Huntress Managed SAT's curriculum strategy. Here's his take on managed learning, how episode topics get chosen, and what 'effective security training' actually means.

Lead the Pack with SAT Leaderboards
Lead the Pack with SAT Leaderboards

Competition drives engagement, and research shows game-based competition can significantly boost learning outcomes. Huntress SAT Leaderboards bring friendly rivalry to security training.

November 7, 2024
Friendly Reminder: SAT Can Be Enjoyable
Friendly Reminder: SAT Can Be Enjoyable

Annual security awareness training is due, and every employee just rolled their eyes. Here's the case for why SAT doesn't have to be a checkbox exercise, and what enjoyable training actually looks like.

September 26, 2024
Remote Work Security: Follow Imani’s Journey in Our Latest Huntress SAT Episode!
Remote Work Security: Follow Imani’s Journey in Our Latest Huntress SAT Episode!

Remote work created a distributed workforce that many organizations still haven't fully secured. Follow Imani's journey in the latest Huntress SAT episode, with real-world best practices through a story people remember.

August 22, 2024
Mistakes to Mastery: Get to Know Phishing Defense Coaching from Huntress SAT
Mistakes to Mastery: Get to Know Phishing Defense Coaching from Huntress SAT

Everyone fails a phishing simulation eventually. What matters is what happens next. Phishing Defense Coaching from Huntress SAT turns a click into a learning moment. Here's how.

June 12, 2024
Please Allow Me to (Re)Introduce Myself: Huntress Security Awareness Training
Please Allow Me to (Re)Introduce Myself: Huntress Security Awareness Training

Huntress acquired Curricula for its story-based approach to training that employees actually remember. Now it's been reborn as Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training.

March 5, 2024
Effortless Phishing Simulations Now Part of Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training
Effortless Phishing Simulations Now Part of Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training

Managed Phishing is now part of Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training. Here's what it adds, and why simulating phishing is different from just training employees not to click.

December 23, 2023