Security Awareness: Phishing, Deepfakes and Social Engineering Corporate Training
Instructor-led security awareness training with hands-on phishing and deepfake detection labs.
Your team learns to spot and stop human-targeted attacks. Over 16 hours of guided labs, they master phishing forensics, deepfake detection, social engineering defense, and OSINT exposure reduction, then prove it by running a full phishing simulation capstone.
Instructor-led group trainingVirtual / on-site / off-site10 languagesDelivered inEnglish, Spanish, Mandarin, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi, French, Japanese, Italian100+ countriesWe have delivered inUnited States, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Brazil, South Africa and 90+ more countries
How we build a human firewall team
The Edstellar CYBERSECURITY Capability Model
Diagnose
We assess your team's current awareness baseline and reporting habits.
Standardize
We align on spotting, reporting, and verification workflows for suspicious messages.
Practice
Your team runs guided labs on phishing forensics, deepfake checks, and OSINT audits.
Measure
We track detection accuracy, reporting rates, and simulation results across the cohort.
Scale
Graduates champion awareness and feed insights into your security culture program.
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Program Overview: What is Security Awareness: Phishing, Deepfakes and Social Engineering?
Security Awareness: Phishing, Deepfakes & Social Engineering is Edstellar's instructor-led program for everyone who handles email, messages, or customer data. It covers phishing mechanics, deepfake detection, social engineering tactics, OSINT defense, and request verification. Your people become the layer attackers bounce off, not the gap they slip through.
Over 16 hours, the program mixes short instructor-led sessions with realistic phishing and deepfake simulations. Your trainer coaches participants through live email forensics and audio-visual analysis exercises, giving feedback on every judgment call. Teams practice spotting manipulation cues together, which builds a shared reflex for pausing before clicking. The capstone runs a full phishing simulation that measures how the whole cohort's detection habits hold up under pressure.
Most breaches start with one employee trusting one convincing message, and deepfakes keep making those messages harder to doubt. This program trains your staff to read the tells, check the sender through a second channel, and report instead of reacting. You stop depending on luck and start depending on a workforce that questions first.
The capstone phishing simulation gives your security team something most programs never get: real baseline data on who clicked, who reported, and how fast the reports came in, plus a culture playbook to keep improving those numbers after training ends. Instead of an annual checkbox, awareness becomes a living metric your board can actually see moving.
Every concept is practiced hands-on in lab exercises that mirror real attacks. Your team analyzes real malicious emails, tests deepfake samples against detection checks, audits public exposure, and finishes with a capstone simulation campaign that proves job-ready skill.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
Guided labs
Hands-on exercises in every module.
- 2
Capstone simulation
Full phishing campaign simulation with measurement.
- 3
Detection walkthroughs
Email forensics and deepfake check deep dives.
- 4
Playbook templates
Reporting and response workflow formats.
- 16 hours of instructor-led training
- Dedicated lab environment per learner
- Flexible virtual, onsite, or hybrid delivery
- Course materials and lab guides
- Simulation capstone with instructor review
- Completion certificate per participant
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Security Awareness: Phishing, Deepfakes and Social Engineering Course Topics and Program Outline
A tailored 16-hour, five-module workshop: one learning journey from attack psychology to a capstone phishing simulation. Sessions pair concepts with labs on real attack artifacts. Materials include lab guides and playbook templates, plus a capstone simulation assessment.
Built by Edstellar with security awareness practitioners
Built by specialists who run awareness programs in production, shaped around your threat landscape and culture.
We map your team's awareness baseline and reporting habits before day one.
Instructors teach attack psychology, phishing mechanics, and deepfake tells with live demos.
Your team runs guided labs: email forensics, deepfake checks, and OSINT audits.
Learners design and run a full phishing simulation and present the results.
Every lab uses real attack artifacts your team will recognize from their inboxes.
Delivered as
Delivered instructor-led over consecutive days or split weeks, with lab access throughout the program.
Break down a real-world phishing lure and map each manipulation technique used.
learna)How attackers profile people and organizations
b)The psychology behind phishing and pretexting
c)Real breach case studies driven by social engineering
d)Lab: dissect a real phishing lure anatomy
Analyze malicious email samples, verify authentication failures, and log indicators of compromise.
practicea)Anatomy of modern phishing kits
b)Email header and authentication analysis (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
c)Spotting lookalike domains and homoglyphs
d)Hands-on: forensic analysis of malicious emails
e)Lab: triage a phishing inbox and document indicators
Run suspect audio and video through detection checks and deliver a verdict with evidence.
practicea)How voice clones and video deepfakes are made
b)Visual and audio artifacts analysts can spot
c)Detection tools and verification workflows
d)Hands-on: test samples against detection checks
e)Lab: run a deepfake verification workflow end to end
Audit a lab persona's public footprint and produce an exposure reduction plan.
practicea)Pretexting, baiting, and business email compromise
b)OSINT exposure: what attackers find about your team
c)Vishing and messaging-app attack patterns
d)Lab: build a personal exposure reduction plan
Build and run a complete phishing simulation with measurement and a rollout plan.
applya)Designing safe internal phishing simulations
b)Running and measuring a simulation campaign
c)Reporting results without blame
d)Lab: design and run a full simulation campaign
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
Practical human-risk defense skills your team applies immediately after the program.
Phishing Recognition
Spot phishing lures, lookalike domains, and malicious attachments fast.
Email Forensics
Read headers and authentication records like an analyst.
Deepfake Detection
Run verification checks on suspect audio and video.
Social Engineering Defense
Recognize pretexting, baiting, and BEC patterns.
OSINT Awareness
Audit public exposure attackers use for targeting.
Incident Reporting
Report suspicious messages through the right channel, fast.
Simulation Leadership
Design and run phishing simulations that change behavior.
Teams that Benefit from this Security Awareness: Phishing, Deepfakes and Social Engineering Group Training
Employees and security champions across every function. Content adapts to role and experience, so each cohort practices the workflows it owns, from spotting lures to running awareness programs.
Lead awareness in your teams
Champions learn to spot threats and coach colleagues.
Workflow friction
- Low reporting rates
- Repeat clickers
- Awareness fatigue
How the program helps
- Spot threats early
- Coach team members
- Drive reporting culture
Practice use cases
- Champion networks
- Reporting drives
- Team coaching
Be the first line of defense
Support teams learn to triage user-reported threats.
Workflow friction
- Report backlogs
- Unverified escalations
- User confusion
How the program helps
- Triage reports faster
- Verify suspicious mail
- Guide safe behavior
Practice use cases
- Report triage
- User guidance
- Threat verification
Protect your people
HR learns to guard hiring and people processes.
Workflow friction
- Targeted HR lures
- Data exposure
- Incident sensitivity
How the program helps
- Spot hiring scams
- Protect employee data
- Support victims
Practice use cases
- Hiring security
- Data protection
- Incident support
Build everyday vigilance
Everyone learns the habits that stop breaches.
Workflow friction
- Sophisticated lures
- Deepfake calls
- Urgency tricks
How the program helps
- Recognize attacks
- Report with confidence
- Verify before trusting
Practice use cases
- Daily vigilance
- Safe verification
- Quick reporting
Each department track adapts the labs to the systems and workflows your team owns.
Prerequisites: Open to all employees; no technical background is required. Security champions and IT staff get extra depth on forensics and simulation design. We calibrate examples to your industry's real threat patterns, so every cohort trains on the lures they will actually face.
Employee to security champion
Move from recognizing attacks to leading detection and simulation as module depth increases.
One program that grows with security culture, from spotting lures to running awareness programs.
Different Teams, Locations, Time Zones, or Languages? We've Got You Covered.
Whether your teams are spread across countries, time zones, languages, or experience levels, we deliver tailored training programs that ensure a consistent learning experience across your global workforce.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Onsite, Virtual and Hybrid
Choose the format that fits your team. Every mode includes the same labs, capstone, and instructor access.
Onsite Training
We run the program at your office or facility with our portable lab setup.
- Training at your own location
- Labs on your network segment or ours
- Direct access to the instructor all week
- Team exercises built around your estate
Live Virtual Training
Fully remote delivery with cloud-hosted labs and live instructor interaction.
- Live virtual classroom with the instructor
- Cloud labs, no local setup needed
- Breakout rooms for team exercises
- Recorded demos for later review
Hybrid Training
Split between live sessions and self-paced lab time with instructor support throughout.
- Live instructor sessions plus guided lab blocks
- Flexible scheduling across time zones
- Shared lab environment with instructor oversight
- Same capstone and reporting as other modes
Need a customized training format that works for your team?
Our training delivery is customized to your team's schedule, full days, half days, sessions spread across weeks, or modular formats. Share your preferred timeline, and we'll plan the training around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Share your team size, timelines, and delivery preference, and we will send a detailed per-group quote with batch options.
Yes. A short call aligns the curriculum, lab setup, and target environment with your team's goals.
Yes. Live virtual delivery includes cloud-hosted labs, so nobody needs local setup.
Yes. Onsite delivery brings the instructor and a portable lab setup to your location.
The program runs 16 hours, typically over two to three days, with lab access throughout.
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Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
Phishing and social engineering training follows general awareness, so staff know the basics before learning how attackers trick them. From there, your team learns to spot deepfakes and understands how human errors lead to data breaches.
SECURITY AWARENESS
Cybersecurity Awareness for the Enterprise Workforce Training
Teach every employee safe habits for passwords, devices and reporting.
STOP PHISHING
Security Awareness: Phishing, Deepfakes & Social Engineering Training
Recognise phishing, vishing, pretexting and other social engineering, and report attempts quickly.
SPOT DEEPFAKES
Deepfake, Synthetic Media & Content Authenticity Defence Training
Spot deepfake voice and video used in impersonation and payment fraud.
PREVENT DATA BREACHES
Data Breach Prevention & Response Training
Prevent data breaches and respond correctly when one happens.
Why Choose Edstellar as Your Security Awareness: Phishing, Deepfakes and Social Engineering Training Provider
Edstellar delivers corporate security awareness training that turns employees into a human firewall.
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YEARS DELIVERING
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Tailored
Scenarios and lures are tuned to your industry's threat patterns before the program starts.
Proven Methodology
A repeatable spot-verify-report workflow your team can use on every suspicious message.
Practice-Based Learning
Guided labs in every module plus a full phishing simulation capstone.
Expert Trainers
Working awareness specialists teach the tradecraft they use in live programs.
Global Scale
Consistent delivery across regions and time zones for distributed workforces.
Measurable Outcomes
Simulation results and lab performance show exactly what each learner can now spot.
Build Security Awareness Through Verification, Recognition, and Safe Reporting Practice
Edstellar develops practical defenses against phishing, deepfakes, and social engineering through realistic, controlled examples. Participants inspect messages, question suspicious requests, and examine public-information exposure. Simulation planning and review focus on verification behavior, appropriate reporting, and learning measures rather than promises that people or tools can detect every deception.
- Step 01
Consult
We explore how employees handle messages, unusual requests, and suspected incidents to identify gaps in verification habits, recognition, and reporting confidence.
- Step 02
Plan
Human-risk foundations lead into phishing analysis, deepfake awareness, social-engineering tactics, and public-footprint review before a controlled simulation and learning plan.
- Step 03
Align
Security-awareness facilitation supports nontechnical employees while offering suitable analytical depth for champions and IT colleagues responsible for evidence review or simulation design.
- Step 04
Customize
Fictional messages, synthetic personas, and controlled media examples reflect familiar work situations without using employee identities or launching unapproved deceptive campaigns.
- Step 05
Execute
Participants examine suspicious emails, discuss deepfake indicators, and assess a lab persona's exposure, receiving feedback on verification steps and appropriate incident reporting.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We review the simulation plan and responses for sound verification, clear reporting routes, responsible scenario boundaries, and measures that reveal learning needs.
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Security Awareness: Phishing, Deepfakes & Social Engineering Training Packages & Pricing
Where L&D holds an annual budget, license packages price the whole year at once instead of raising a purchase order per workshop. Hours and licenses are pooled across teams, programs and locations, so unused capacity is not stranded in one department.
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120
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Ideal for growing SMBs
Enterprise
800
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Designed for large corporations
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Multi-region and multi-year
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