Phishing simulation

Realistic phishing tests that teach, not trick.

A good phishing simulation isn't about catching people out — it's about building reflexes. Watchword's simulator lets you design a campaign end to end: pick a template, choose your audience, randomize per-learner variants so the tests aren't pattern-matchable, schedule a send window, and watch the results land on a live dashboard.

Privacy by design: when a simulated landing page records a "submit," it stores only the fact that data was entered — never the password itself, never the length, never the value. Watchword is a teaching tool, never a credential harvester.

The template library

Vetted templates across the categories attackers actually use: credential-harvest, invoice / BEC, MFA-fatigue, package / delivery, HR / payroll, IT-helpdesk, OAuth-consent, and document-share. Each one ships with its red-flag "tells" so a teachable moment is built in. Personalization tokens render with your org name and the recipient's first name.

Granular event tracking

Every recipient produces a per-event log with timestamps: sent → opened → clicked → submitted → reported. Reporting a phish is scored as a positive signal — the people who hit "Report" are your strongest defenders, and your Human Risk Score reflects that, not just quiz completions.

Adaptive and remedial

Clickers get auto-enrolled in remedial micro-training; consistent reporters graduate to harder, subtler lures. The simulation difficulty bends to behavior so it never goes stale.

What's live today vs. coming: the full simulator — compose, preview, schedule, and a behavior-modeled results dashboard — runs right now in your browser with no account. Live email sending (a dedicated send runner with SPF/DKIM/deliverability and a mandatory domain-authorization gate so Watchword can never be a spam vector) is the next wave. The simulator's logic and seam are built; the mail infrastructure is being provisioned.

Try the simulator free →