{"question": "best security awareness training for remote teams", "category": "security-awareness-training", "category_name": "security awareness training", "audience": "remote-teams", "audience_name": "remote teams", "engine": "Claude (Anthropic) with web search", "model": "claude-opus-5", "asked_at": "2026-10-01T21:35:48Z", "permalink": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/security-awareness-training-remote-teams-2026-10-01", "question_page": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/security-awareness-training/remote-teams", "brands_named": [{"position": 1, "brand": "Hoxhunt", "label": "compared"}, {"position": 2, "brand": "Slack", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 3, "brand": "Downside", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 4, "brand": "Riot", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 5, "brand": "Pistachio", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 6, "brand": "Microsoft", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 7, "brand": "Microsoft 365", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 8, "brand": "Huntress", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 9, "brand": "Huntress Managed SAT", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 10, "brand": "Curricula", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 11, "brand": "Microsoft 365/Google Workspace", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 12, "brand": "Google", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 13, "brand": "Google Workspace", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 14, "brand": "KnowBe4", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 15, "brand": "Need SOC 2", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 16, "brand": "SoSafe", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 17, "brand": "EU/GDPR", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 18, "brand": "Proofpoint", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 19, "brand": "Proofpoint ZenGuide", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 20, "brand": "NINJIO", "label": "mentioned"}], "sources_cited": [{"url": "https://hoxhunt.com/blog/best-security-awareness-training", "domain": "hoxhunt.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://hoxhunt.com/blog/knowbe4-vs-proofpoint", "domain": "hoxhunt.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://www.peerspot.com/products/comparisons/hoxhunt_vs_knowbe4", "domain": "peerspot.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.brside.com/blog/best-security-awareness-training-platforms-comparison", "domain": "brside.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.comparisec.com/vendors/security-awareness-training/huntress-managed-sat-curricula", "domain": "comparisec.com", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://www.g2.com/products/huntress-managed-security-awareness-training/reviews", "domain": "g2.com", "source_type": "review"}, {"url": "https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/security-awareness-computer-based-training", "domain": "gartner.com", "source_type": "review"}], "answer_text": "Quick caveat on the sourcing: a lot of the top-ranking \"best of 2026\" comparison pages are written by vendors about themselves (several are on Hoxhunt's own blog, and brside.com reads like SEO content). I've weighted the review aggregators and my own sense of these products accordingly.\n\nFor a **remote/distributed team**, the thing that matters most is that training arrives where people already are - email, Slack, Teams - rather than a portal nobody logs into. That reorders the usual rankings:\n\n**1. Hoxhunt** - My default recommendation for remote teams that actually care about behavior change, not just a compliance checkbox. Phishing simulations are delivered per-user and adapt in difficulty automatically, with gamified microlearning in the inbox. It's the highest-rated of the major platforms (4.8/5 on G2 across ~3,700 reviews) and the one I'd pick if your success metric is \"reporting rate went up.\" Downside: priced for mid-market and up.\n\n**2. Riot** - The best fit if your team lives in Slack or Teams. Training is delivered by a chatbot (\"Albert\") rather than a portal, it bundles employee digital-footprint/breach monitoring, and pricing is flat (~$6.89/user/month, no tier gating)", "answer_truncated": true, "measurement": "One answer from one engine on one date. Not a ranking and not a claim about the world; brands the engine did not name are not recorded.", "limitation": "Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.", "alerts": {"name": "Answer Watch Pro", "price_usd": 79, "period": "month", "gets": "daily change alerts for up to 5 brands in what one AI answer engine says, history, CSV export. Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included", "url": "https://bikoosh.com/answers"}}