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Compare human risk management platforms.On whether the risk goes down.
Most platforms sell tools on a compliance calendar, and few see enough of your stack to measure risk at all. Compare them on the four things that decide whether your risk goes down: risk reduction, intelligence, fit and partnership.
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74.8%
Of risky behavior comes from 10% of the workforce (2026 Human Risk Report)
68%
Less time in a risky state after targeted action
4.9M
Identities in the research behind the platform
Leader
Named Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Human Risk Management Solutions, Q3 2024.
What to compare
Four things decidewhether risk goes down.
A compliance calendar counts completions. These four tell you whether a platform can find the people and AI agents driving your risk, act on it, and prove it moved.
Risk reduction
Risk that goes down, shown to the board.
Training and simulations sent on a schedule prove activity. Living Security reports outcomes: whether risk went down, in which business units, and because of which actions.
68% less time in a risky state after targeted action.2026 State of Human Risk, with the Cyentia Institute
Ask every vendor: what moved, and how do you know?
Intelligence
Enough of your stack to see the risk.
A risk view is only as good as what it reads. Living Security reads hundreds of signals from the email, identity, web, data and HR tools you already run, and weighs threat, access and behavior for every person and AI agent.
Two in three of this year’s riskiest 10% are new to the list.2026 State of Human Risk, with the Cyentia Institute
Ask every vendor: which of our tools does it read?
Fit
Built around your program, at any scale.
The platform runs on an agentic architecture, so it adapts to you. Define your own behavior score and scorecards, approve the playbooks you want, and send the right control into any tool in your stack. Livvy builds programs and reports from one conversation, and your team approves what runs.
If a tool in your stack can take an action, a playbook can trigger it.
Ask every vendor: what does it take to make it ours?
Partnership
A team that works beside yours.
We have built human risk programs with security teams since 2017. We publish the open HRM Framework for the whole field, and we help you climb from complying to preempting, one maturity level at a time.
“We benefit from not necessarily your data, but from your insights… those insights are what are helping us… build a security team that punches well above our weight.”Amjed Saffarini, CEO and Founder, Trove · HRMCon 2025
Ask every vendor: who helps us reach the next level?
Capability by capability
Six platforms, side by side.
| Capability | Living SecurityHuman risk management + AI | KnowBe4Security awareness + AI | ProofpointEmail security suite | MimecastEmail security suite | HoxhuntPhishing training | CybSafeBehavioral science |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary approach | AI-native HRM platform | Security awareness training platform, extending to AI agents | Awareness training (ZenGuide) inside an email security suite | Awareness training (Engage) inside an email security suite | Phishing training and behavior risk management | Behavioral-science HRM platform |
| What it reads to find risk | Hundreds of signals from your own stack | KnowBe4 data plus external events sent through its User Event API | Behavior, role, access, phishing and attack exposure (Human Risk Explorer) | Email, endpoint, identity, data, generative AI and third-party signals | Its own data plus Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike and Zscaler | Behavior data from its own and connected tools |
| Acting on the risk | Nudges, training or access changes; you set approvals | Real-Time Coaching and training | Training and AI-guided simulations | Engage training plus Incydr data protection | Coaching, training and escalation playbooks | Nudges and no-code automations (RESPOND) |
| Phishing simulation | Email, QR, SMS, voice and calendar, aimed by your signals | Email and voice simulations | AI-guided phishing simulations | Email simulations | Email, SMS, phone calls and Teams | Phishing simulations (PHISH) |
| Training content | Role- and risk-based, Content Studio, CyberEscape Online | 1,000+ pieces in its Advanced library | ZenGuide awareness training | Engage awareness training | Security Awareness Training | GUIDE behavior-led training and nudges |
| Works with what you already run | Keep what you own: SIEM, EDR, identity, DLP and email signals in; actions out to your tools | Third-party integrations for Real-Time Coaching: up to five included, unlimited as an add-on | Signals pre-integrated within the Proofpoint suite | Mimecast suite plus third-party tools | An API connector plus Defender, CrowdStrike and Zscaler | Integrations with workplace and security tools |
| Where each one leads | Every kind of action, aimed by one risk view across vendors | Library size and published pricing | Email security, with awareness training in the same suite | Email security, data protection and human risk in one suite | Simulations over email, SMS, phone calls and Teams | Published behavioral research (RCTs, SebDB) |
StrengthPartial or developingLimited or not offered
Source: each vendor's public website and documentation, accessed October 24, 2026. Ratings are Living Security's assessment.
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Living Security vs KnowBe4
KnowBe4 alternative
Built for the enterprise: Living Security scores every person and AI agent from the signals in the tools you already run, then acts on the risk through them. Your KnowBe4 results can come with you as signals.
Read the comparisonLiving Security vs Proofpoint
Proofpoint alternative
Proofpoint ZenGuide, formerly Proofpoint Security Awareness Training, lives inside an email security suite. Living Security scores human and AI agent risk from every tool you run, including Proofpoint, and acts on it.
Read the comparisonLiving Security vs Hoxhunt
Hoxhunt alternative
Living Security scores every person and AI agent on threat, access and behavior: who attackers aim at, what each one could expose, and what they do. Then it acts on the risk.
Read the comparisonSee your riskon the tools you already run.
A live walkthrough with our team, on your stack and your questions.
- 68%Less time in a risky state after targeted action (2026 Human Risk Report)
- LeaderNamed Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Human Risk Management Solutions, Q3 2024
