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Wombatsecurity

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Wombat Security delivers AI-powered security awareness training that personalizes employee education based on individual user risk, roles, and behaviors to reduce human-activated cybersecurity threats. The platform uses automated risk-based learning paths, phishing simulations, and behavioral analytics to help organizations build a stronger security culture.

Also known as Proofpoint ZenGuide · Wombat Security · Wombat Security Technologies

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Wombat Security's security awareness training offering is now presented under the Proofpoint brand as Proofpoint ZenGuide, with the wombatsecurity.com domain serving Proofpoint's Security Awareness Training page. The product is positioned as risk-based employee education intended to go beyond compliance-oriented awareness courses and phishing tests, measuring human risk at the individual user level and delivering personalized education aimed at reducing human-activated threats.

Capabilities described include behavioral and role-based risk insights that evaluate user behavior, roles and access to identify high-risk and high-impact individuals; threat-informed risk scoring that incorporates threat exposure, vulnerabilities and phishing simulation performance; and a "Report Suspicious" button for threat reporting across email and mobile. Program automation features cover adaptive user grouping and automatic enrollment by risk, role and behavior, plus dynamic learning paths combining multi-step training, simulations, assessments and guided learning. AI components include the Satori Phishing Simulation Agent and AI ThreatFlip, which recommend simulations and convert real attacks into training material.

Learning delivery spans micro-learning and just-in-time guidance triggered by user behavior and risk context, multiple security topics, difficulty levels, formats and languages, WCAG-based accessibility settings for global learners, and gamified engagement through interactive dashboards. Outcome measurement tracks behavior change over time and benchmarks users against industry peers; used together with Proofpoint's Human Risk Explorer, it surfaces high-risk users and their risky behaviors. The product is also positioned alongside Proofpoint Collaboration Security Prime to embed risk-based learning into collaboration channels.

Business model

Enterprise software offering sold as part of the Proofpoint product portfolio, with prospective buyers directed to request a demo and to Proofpoint's "How to buy" channel; it is also positioned for use alongside adjacent Proofpoint products such as Human Risk Explorer and Collaboration Security Prime.

Latest developments

The offering is marketed as Proofpoint ZenGuide, with AI-based features (Satori Phishing Simulation Agent, AI ThreatFlip), Human Risk Explorer integration for identifying high-risk users and tracking behavior change, and integration with Proofpoint Collaboration Security Prime to extend risk-based learning across email, collaboration tools and cloud apps.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

Market position

Positioned as an alternative to "traditional" security awareness training, differentiated in the vendor's own comparison on converting real phishing emails into simulations, AI agents recommending attack-informed programs, AI-automated simulation creation and targeting, and measuring behavior change rather than course completion.

Emphasis on risk-based targeting of the highest-risk users rather than uniform annual training, threat-informed risk scoring, AI-generated simulations derived from live attacks against the organization, just-in-time coaching at the moment of risk, and measurement of behavior change and peer benchmarking instead of completion rates.

Technology

The platform combines individual-level human risk measurement (behavioral, role and access signals, threat exposure, vulnerabilities and phishing simulation results) with automated, adaptive enrollment and dynamic learning paths. AI features include the Satori Phishing Simulation Agent for recommending and automating simulation creation and targeting, and AI ThreatFlip for turning real phishing emails received by an organization into training content and ready-to-run simulations.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise motion via demo requests and Proofpoint's purchasing channels, supported by content assets such as a ZenGuide solution brief and blog material on moving beyond security awareness training toward sustained behavior change.

Organizations seeking to reduce human-activated cyber risk among their employees, including enterprises with global workforces requiring multi-language and accessibility support and role-based training for higher-exposure users.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Share of cyberattacks involving the human element (vendor-cited)Jan 202595%
Share of working adults unsure of their responsibilities in securing their organJan 202560%
Share of working adults who knowingly bypass security (vendor-cited)Jan 202568%

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Non-dilutive funding · 4 SBIR/STTR awards

Federal grants — no equity taken
AgencyPhaseYearAmount
U.S. ArmyArmyPhase II2012$749.2K
U.S. ArmyArmyPhase I2011$99.2K
U.S. Air ForceAir ForcePhase II2010$745.5K
U.S. Air ForceAir ForcePhase I2009$99.6K

Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts — non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.

Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Wombatsecurity do?
Risk-based security awareness training, now delivered as Proofpoint ZenGuide, that targets an organization's highest-risk users.
Who are Wombatsecurity's investors?
Wombatsecurity's investors include Escalate Capital Partners.